ALERT: Lifetime Achievement Recipients, Performers, After-Party, More!

Its my great honor to convey the following information:

1) Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

The recipients for the 8th Lexi Music Awards are.....

Dr. Kevin Holm-Hudson

Paul M. Osborne

Todd Copeland

Congratulations to all!

2) Ticket Info

Due to hardships on the music & arts community, ticket price for the event have been REDUCED from $20 (plus fees) to $15 (fees included). Tickets are available exclusively through the Lyric Theatre box

office. Call (859) 280-2201 or go HERE.

Also, please feel free to respond, incite, and share using the Facebook Event Page!

3) Performers

Due to COVID restrictions (which include masking & 50% house capacity), we have had to drastically reduce the backstage staffing as well as the number of performers. However, we are happy to announce the return of our house band and several fabulous guests!

Mojo Tones (house band)

Paul M. Osborne (national anthem)

Rags and Riches

The Wallace Sisters

4) After-Party 

The main event at the Lyric Theatre runs from 6pm until roughly 8pm and catered by Goodwood....so our after party will start roughly 8:30pm at the amazing Goodwood Lexington (at 200 Lexington Green Cir Suite 110, Lexington, KY 40503). Molly & Richard & Chris have worked out a special "finger food" menu and will be serving their amazing drinks. Exclusives include Ale-8 sodas, Highbridge Springs water, and Three Chord Bourbon.

Just gonna add, on a personal note, that Goodwood has an excellent bourbon barrel stout!

Please visit our sponsors Three Chord Bourbon, The Botany Bay, Highbridge Springs, Ale-8-One, and Goodwood Lexington!

...And the 8th Lexi Awards Nominees Are...

....and with another HUGE thanx to our sponsors (without whom this event wouldn't be a reality), The Botany Bay, Highbridge Springs Water, Ale-8-One, Three Chord Bourbon, and Goodwood Brewing (with nod to our small private donors, also), our media partner WLEX-TV, and our event partner Lyric Theatre, I'm honored to announce the nominees for the 8th Lexi Music Awards!

INDUSTRY

Venue of the Year

Austin City Saloon

The Burl

Manchester Music Hall

The Twisted Cork

Music Store

DooWop Shop Lexington

Drum Center of Lexington

Willcutt Guitars

Willis Music of Lexington

Music Company

Black Mountain Management

Chillin' With Kenny C

CD Central

Pops Resale

Recording Studio/Engineer/Producer

EKO Studio/Rick Osborne

Sneak Attack Studio/Jason Groves

Austin Jones Recording/Austin Jones

NitroSonic Studio/April Edwards

Live Sound Tech

Chris Wheeler

Matthew Florez

Matthew Polashek

Wallace "Gator" Harrison

Radio DJ

Deadair Dennis Dillon - Classic Rock 921 (WBVX)

Kenny C Cummings - TMV Cafe

Renee Collins Cobb - Listen Locally/Overtones (RadioLex WLXU)

Tony Twitch - Z-103 (WXZZ)

Gear Repair

Gideon Maki - Gideon Maki Guitar Repair

Mike Mankel - Bourbon Barrel Guitars

Scott Leedy - RS Guitarworks

Bob Willcutt - Willcutt Guitars

Jay Flippin Music Educator Award

Beth Dean - Studio 88

Paulie Felice - SDML Academy

Kevin Holm-Hudson - University of Kentucky

Vanessa Davis - Vanessa Davis Music

PERFORMANCE

Female Vocal

Maggie Lander

Maggie Noelle

Sydney Adams

Vanessa Davis

Male Vocal

Cody Morgan

D Boone Pittman

Wesley Saylor

Tanner Whitt

Bass Guitar

Brandon Johnson

Nicholas Tirlea

Steve Nall

Aaron White

Brass/Wind

Brady Atwood

Matthew Polashek

Paul M. Osborne

Miles Osland

Drums/Percussion

Ned Bellau

Peyton Whitt

Steve Richmond

Todd Copeland

Keyboard

Lee Carroll

Raleigh Dailey

Keith McCutchen

Ryan Allen

Strings

Blakeley Burger

Brooke Danielle Way

Ishi Wooten

Josh Propst

Ben Lacy Guitar Excellence Award

Greg Erwin

Patrick Gibson

Tanner Blevins

Todd Stricklin

STYLE

Americana/Folk

D Boone Pittman & the Fugitives

Donnie Bowling

Jordan Allen & the Bellwethers

Trippin' Roots

Bluegrass

Dark Moon Hollow

Kentucky Bourbon Trailers

Mama Said String Band

Restless Leg String Band

TeeDee Young Blues Excellence Award

D Jay Rice

Dane Sadler

Rachel Crowe

Jeremy Short & Company

Classical

Lexington Singers

Gregory Partain

Keith McCutchen

Kentucky Bach Choir

Country

D Boone Pittman

Josh Bogard 

Paul Groves

Zac Hart

Funk/R&B/Reggae

Brett Higgins

Bootsie & Funkabilly

Driftwood Gypsy

Rob Dread & the KMA

Hip-Hop/Rap

Brett Higgins

Devine Carama

Hybrid the Rapper

Lil Cartier & Rolls

Jazz/Latin/Big Band/World

Big Sugg & the Jazz Funkers

cAnde Girl

Osborne-Tolly Duo

Lee Carroll's C the Beat

 

Metal

All Saints Fade

Graveyard Romeos

StormToker

Taylor Road

Pop

Cody Morgan

Rags and Riches

Wesley Saylor

The Dreaded Laramie

Punk

Dead Letterman

Local Violence

NP Presley

Sempervivi

Rock

City Awake

Magnolia Boulevard

Rags and Riches

Manitoba Rock n Rolla

Singer-songwriter

Cody Morgan

Kevin Holm-Hudson

Vanessa Davis

Wesley Saylor

Variety/Cover

Eight Daze Sober

Five Below Band

Graveyard Romeos

Taylor Road

SPECIALS

Song of the Year

"939" Cody Morgan

"Black Thread" City Awake

"Love & Learn" Wesley Saylor

"Outlaw" Rags and Riches

Album of the Year

Emerge - D Boone Pittman & the Fugitives

Message from the Margins - Kevin Holm-Hudson & the Adjuncts

Pieces - Zac Hart

Pretty Little Cabin - Vanessa Davis

Critics' Choice

TBA (event day)

Community Service

Devine Carama - Believing in Forever

Renee Collins Cobb & Warren Cobb - Listen Locally/Overtones LIVE

Ted Messer

Woodsongs All Volunteer Crew

Lifetime Achievement

TBA (announced weeks before event)

Timeline: Run-Up to Awards Day!

As this is written.....

1) Public voting wraps up late this week.

2) Pro panel is already voting and wraps by next week.

3) Early January we announce nominees.

4) January will also see us announce ticket sales, performers, lifetime achievement winners, after-party location, re-list sponsors, and make posters available. We'll also be doing the rounds via local media (radio, TV, etc), to the degree that COVID allows.

5) SUNDAY, February 6, 2022, is the awards show (6-8pm) and our after-party (which are becoming as well known as the awards - haha!) will be roughly 8:30pm until we're kicked out...but usually last a couple of hours!

6) Aside: Still gathering sponsors, but big shout to Highbridge Springs Water, Ale-8, The Botany Bay, Overheard Productions, and Three Chord Bourbon!

7) Hope to have a few surprises coming, too, thanx to our sponsors and our partners in the music industry!

Stay tuned!

8th Awards Public Ballot

HERE IT IS, FOLKS....the public ballot for the 8th Lexi Music Awards!


Polls are only open for a few weeks, so please vote and share!

https://forms.gle/zWURzYfqDN2pVFMo6

Public Ballot & New Names

The public ballot will be launched the week of Thanksgiving (and only online for a few weeks), so keep your eyes peeled....then be ready to mobilize your friends & fan base or clients/customers to vote for you, your band, or your music business!

Also, we are dropping the title "Best...." from all categories, to be replaced by "...of the Year", which is far more consistent with our originally stated mission. So no more "Best Venue" or "Best Vocalist", but instead "Venue of the Year", "Vocalist of the Year", and the like.

Just an up-date on the process for anyone new to the Lexi Music Awards: We have a round of PUBLIC voting (this nets TWO nominees in each category)....as well as voting by our pro panel (an additional TWO nominees in each category)....and for the final round, once nominees are chosen, only the nominees themselves will vote for the award recipients in each category (except for the Critics' Choice Award).

The pro panel changes members every year and is always made up of a mix of folks: Performers, music educators, store management, venue owners, and the like.

Contact us with any additional questions if you can't find the answer(s) here on the blog or on the official website. Our email is lexingtonmusicawards@gmail.com

Counting down to ballot release commencing......

Lexi-Fest Band Battle

 This Sunday....winner gets a recording package and a performance slot at the 2022 Lexi Music Awards show!!

Thanx Best Buds Recording, Classic Rock 921FM, EKU Dept of Music, Highbridge Springs, Ale-8,Botany Bay, and everyone who helps this train GO!

2021 Lexi-Fest & 2022 Music Awards Show!

DETAILS COMING SOON on the Sunday, September 12 Lexi-Fest Festival in Richmond! We'll also kick off the public ballot for voting in the 2022 Lexi Music Awards that day!

Speaking of the awards show - huge thanx to Whit and Tim for getting us back in the beautiful & historic Lyric Theatre (the event will be Sunday, Feb 6, 2022) with a return to our 30+ awards categories, musical performances, and all the pomp & circumstance this community deserves!

And now we have the honor of welcoming aboard our newest sponsoring partner for the Lexi Music Awards, THREE CHORD BOURBON! Huge thanx to Neil Giraldo and his entire 3 Chord family (especially Laura for taking all the extra time to dial things in!). We also want to welcome back Highbridge Springs Water (thanx to Linda & Roy), Ale-8 One (thanx Sheila), and The Botany Bay (thanx Ginny), as well as our media partner from day one, WLEX TV-18 - with thanx to Angie Beavin, Bill Meck, and Dave Medley.

We're still hoping to partner with a few more area businesses (brewery, fashion, vehicle sales &/or repair, etc), so please drop us a line at lexingtonmusicawards@gmail.com or contact me directly as sdmusiclab@gmail.com if you or someone you know is interested in lending a hand!

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Max Corona & Deadair Dennis of Classic Rock 92-One, Joseph Carucci at EKU, and my partner-in-crime Angelee Feltner for all they are doing to make the 2021 Lexi-Fest a reality!

MORE SOON!