Thursday, February 11, 2016

And the winner is......

Winners at the 2nd Annual Lexington Music Awards (January 31, 2016):


best in industry:
best live music venue
Cosmic Charlie's

best music store (instruments)
Willcutt Guitars

best music company (CD & music sales, labels, agents, arts orgs, etc)
CD Central 

best recording studio/engineer/producer
Sneak Attack Recording Studio/Jason Groves (engineer)


best music educator (Jay Flippin Music Educator Award)
Kevin Holm-Hudson (University of KY)

best live sound tech
Wallace "Gator" Harrison

best DJ (radio)
Dead Air Dennis -WKQQ

best instrument repair/builders/customization
Willcutt Guitars


best artist in style categories:
Americana/Folk
Maggie Lander

Blues
Tee Dee Young

Classical
Lexington Philharmonic

Country/Bluegrass
Avery Crabtree

Funk/R&B/Reggae
Kung Fu Grip

Hip-Hop/Rap
Devine Carama and Hybrid the Rapper (tie)

Jazz/Latin/Big Band/World
Soljam 

Pop
Rhyan Sinclair

Rock
The Seas

Singer-songwriter
Taylor Hughes 

Cover Band/Variety Act
Lexington Lab Band

Song of the Year
"I Can't Love You Like I Said I Could" Taylor Hughes, Whitney Acke, Ray Adams


best artist in performance categories:
Vocalist (female - any style)
Lauren Mink

Vocalist (male - any style)
Avery Crabtree

Drummer/percussionist
Tony Hammons

Guitarist
Ben Lacy

Bassist
Bob Bryant

Keyboardist
Raleigh Dailey

Wind/Brass
Paul Osbourne

Strings (non guitar/bass)
Katie Penn-Williams

"special" categories:
Community Service 
Rennie Neubecker & Lexjam

Lifetime Achievement (vote for 5)
J.P. Pennington
J.D. Crowe
Ricky Skaggs
McLain Family Band
Vince DiMartino

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