The nominees for the 11th Lexi Music Awards are listed below!
The winners will be announced at the event on March 9, 2025, 6pm-8pm at UK's beautiful Singletary Center!
Upcoming announcements include LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENTS, performers list, after-party details, and more!
And here are your nominees:
All "....of the Year":
(Industry Categories)
Venue
Bluegrass Barrel House
Manchester Music Hall
The Burl
Twisted Cork
Music Store
Doowop Shop Lexington
Drum Center
Willcutt Guitars
Willis Music
Music Company
Off the Cuff w/ Adam Banks
Hollar N Kentucky
Green Room Confessions
CD Central
Engineer/Studio
Austin Jones / Burgundy Box
Jason Groves / Sneak Attack
Danny Micoff / Mill Springs Studio
Tommy Shafer / Lazy Entertainment & Frazzell Studio
Live Sound Tech
Camryn Shaffer
Mike Hulliger
Matthew Florez
Tommy Shafer
DJ
Adam Banks WLXU
Deadair Dennis WBVX
Loretta Friend WIRV
MistiDawn WLXO/WBVX
Instrument Repair
Bob Davenport / RS Guitars
Don Brandenburg / Don's Guitar Salon
Frazzell Guitars
Willcutt Guitars
Music Educator
Paulie Felice
Vanessa Davis
Trish Torline
Kevin Holm-Hudson
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(Performance Categories)
Female vocal
Taylor Hughes
Dolly Burnett
Savannah Dean Reeves
Abby Hamilton
Male vocal
Jeremy Zeller
Shawn Black
Tanner Whitt
Trey Bryant
Bass
Cleveland Smith
Dave Medley
Justin Conn
Tristan Lambert
Brass/Winds
Matthew Polashek
Paul Osborne
Tommy Cate
Jacob O'Donnell
Drums
Jeff Frohlich
Jerry Baker
Ned Bellau
Peyton Whitt
Keys
Andrew Moore
Steven Miller
Raleigh Dailey
Lee Carrol
Strings
Ella Webster
Seth Murphy
Lucy Becker
Dave Rich
Guitar
Jim Gleason
Colin Michael
Connor Wilson
Stephen Lynch
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(Style Categories)
Americana/Folk
Jeremy Zeller
John Thomas Moore
Melissa Beth Deaton
Trippin' Roots
Bluegrass
Adalyn Ramey
Goodwin Brothers
Mama Said String Band
Pam Perry
Blues
Bryan Hines
Jaidon Smith
Joshua Altier
Rachel Crowe
Classical
Whit Whitaker
Lexington Philharmonic
EKU Guitar Ensemble
Tedrin Blair Lindsay
Country
Blacktop Rodeo
One More Round
Trey Bryant
Taylor Hughes
Funk
Boogie G & the Titanics
Honeychild
VSP Band
Deep Nourished Roots
Rap
Tony Wavy
Hybrid the Rapper
Kevin Kross
JK "JK-47" Wyche
Jazz/Latin
Bigg Sugg & the Jazz Funkers
Osbourne - Tolly
Univibes
No Rulez Banda
Metal
Crop
Gravel Switch
Graveyard Romeos
Taylor Road
Pop
Mom's Mad
Rags & Riches
Wesley Saylor
Vinyl Ritchie
Punk
Sempervivi
Small Steps
State Law
Molly's Midnight Villains
Rock
Bedford Band
Five Below Band
Four Shots In
Gravel Switch
Singer-Songwriter
Jeremy Zeller
John Thomas Moore
Taylor Hughes
Todd Campbell
Cover-Variety
Five Below Band
Canvas
Four Shots In
Vinyl Ritchie
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(Specials)
Song of the Year
"Daywalker" - Unky Bones
"It's Hard to be Young" - Jeremy Zeller
"Make it to Nashville" - Trey Bryant
"Up to No Good" - Todd Campbell
Album of the Year
"Love Ain't Worth the Trouble" - Cody Lee Meece
"Breakthroughs/Breakdowns" - Small Steps
"The Show" - Melissa Beth Deaton
"Artists of the Moon" - Andrew Moore & Hooch
Critics Choice
Tom Martin (WEKU)
Jeremy Zeller
RadioLex (WLXU)
Savannah Dean Reeves
Community Service
Five Below Band
Devine Carama
Michael Johnathon
Ned Bellau
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