Amazing evening!! Our first time at Singletary Center for the Arts on the beautiful UK campus!
Lexington Music Awards
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
11th Awards Wrap-Up
Amazing evening!! Our first time at Singletary Center for the Arts on the beautiful UK campus!
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Nominees 11th Lexi Music Awards
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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Thursday, December 26, 2024
Public Ballot 11th Lexi Awards!
Here we go again....year number 11!
Y'all know the drill: Vote...and SHARE with your fans, customers, friends, family, and all music lovers!!
More exciting information soon!!
https://forms.gle/N6ifdgTXZkHbcq647
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
10th Lexi Music Awards Wrap-up!
Photos/Videos
I will edit this to include links to photos & videos of the event, so check back periodically.
What an amazing show AND amazing after-party!
The Team
In addition, a monster thanx & huge hugs to Edd MacKey & The Lexington Fashion Collaborative (& Keegan for stepping up to the plate under pressure), my partner-in-crime Angelee Feltner for managing performance flow, Max Corona for organizing our presenters, Teresa for being ready for anything, Jay Hamon for video, Damien McLean for photography & graphics...and to Rachel & Eric at Lexenomincs!
And as always, to everyone who voted, organized others to vote, wrote in suggestions, helped track down contact information, & more!
Performances
Bob Brynt's Hair Band was next up playing a composition siply not of this earth, followed by a return of Phoebe White performing "Yodeling Cowgirl"! We were then treated to a beautiful guitar/vocal performance by the amazing Serena Hutchens, followed immediately by Tripp Bratton's M'Power Rythm All-Stars! And the Mojo Tones had everyone dancing on the way out at night's end!
Award Recipients
Sunday, February 18, 2024
ALERT: Lifetime Achievement Recipients, Performers, Tickets, After-Party Info!
PERFORMERS: Thrilled to announce this year's performers!
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 have worked out a special "finger food" menu and will be serving their amazing drinks, including the Official Lexi Awards Beer! Exclusives include Ale-8 sodas, Highbridge Springs water, and Three Chord Bourbon.
Please visit our sponsors Three Chord Bourbon, The Botany Bay, Highbridge Springs, Ale-8-One, Feels Right, and Goodwood Lexington!
Monday, January 29, 2024
All Performers at Lexi Music Awards by Year!
The Wallace Sisters (national anthem)
Devine Carama & JK-47
Trippin' Roots
Rags and Riches
The Wallace Sisters
Liza Binford & Vanessa Davis
LaFayette HS Drum Line
Ivy Rye
Whit Whitaker was replaced by Kristy Kirsh due to illness
Kallie Settles (pre-show)
A List of All Lifetime Achievement Recipients by Year
2024
Tripp Bratton
2023
Jessie Laine Powell
Les Campbell
Ron Browning
Paul M. Osborne
Todd Copeland
Wallace "Gator" Harrison
Tom Martin
Walter Tunis
Tony Briggs (Vale of Tears, & more)
Ed Commons (Red Barn Radio)
Everett McCorvey (UK Opera)
William Harry Clarke
Jarrod Figgs
Caroll Hall
Jeff Hood
J.D. Crowe
Ricky Skaggs
McLain Family Band
Vince DiMartino
Jay Flippin
Bill Monroe
Loretta Lynn