9th Lexi Awards Public Ballot ACTIVE!

Ben Lacy & TeeDee Young guitar & blues awards!

Howdy, friends!

I hope this finds you all healthy and happy and ready for the holidays!

The 9th Lexi Music Awards will take place March 5, 2023 in the heart of Lexington KY...and the public ballot is live NOW (and will be for all of December)!

Find the link to the ballot HERE!

MUSICIANS - please share with all your music peers, family, friends, fans, & press!

MUSIC LOVERS - please share with all your friends, family, and with the artists & bands you love!

Go HERE to learn how we nominate and select award recipients!

Please feel free to contact us directly with any questions or comments!

From 1st Lexi Awards - MJ receiving Lifetime Achievement Award!

9th Lexi Music Awards Info

Howdy, friends!

Just a quick word to announce a few items...

1) DATE - The tentative date (we're finalizing details now) for the 9th annual Lexi Music Awards is Sunday, March 5, 2023....6pm to 8pm!

2) PUBLIC VOTE - the public ballot will be going live no later than December 1st. We'll keep the ballot open for all of December...and maybe a week or so into January.

Trippin Roots will perform at 9th Lexi Awards!

3) EVENT - We will have house band and a handful of musical performances...including a performance by Trippin Roots, who won the "unplugged battle" at the recent Lexi-Fest show!

4) PRO PANEL - We're assembling our Pro Panel now (the public vote nets 2 of 4 nominees in each category, while the pro panel selects the other 2 of 4 nominees in each category) and they will vote in December also, so we can release the names of nominees as quickly as possible.

5) MORE - For info on the voting process, please go HERE....and for "why we do it", please go HERE. As always, we love your feedback! Please feel free to contact us via email at LexingtonMusicAwards@gmail.com or join discussions on our Facebook Group!

Thanx to everyone who continues to support the Lexi Music Awards and the entire music community of the central KY region!

LEXI-FEST "Unplugged" Band Battle

As we did last year, we'll have a "band battle" (though this time its mostly solo & duo performers) with the winner getting a performance slot at the 2023 Lexi Music Awards!

Should be a fabulous show with a wide array of styles...and if its anything like last year, every single act will be amazing!

8th Lexi Music Awards Wrap-up (w/ pics/vid)

Amazing show...amazing musical performances....amazing atmosphere! 

My undying gratitude to Bill Meck and Dave Medley of WLEX TV-18, the entire staff & crew of the Lyric Theatre, Linda & Roy at Highbridge Springs, Sheila at Ale-8-One, Ginny & Melissa at Botany Bay, Molly, Chris, & Richard at Goodwood, and Laura, Michael, & Neil at Three Chord Bourbon, as well as our private sponsors Ian Dix and Bill Quinn and a big salute to Thompson Law Office, UPS Store at Beaumont Center, and Parrott Trophy!

In addition, a monster thanx & huge hugs to Edd MacKey & The Lexington Fashion Collaborative, Angelee Feltner for managing performance flow, Teresa for being ready for anything, Jay Hamon for video, and Damien McLean for graphics and photography...and to Rachel & Eric at Lexenomincs!

Also thanx for getting our "paid gigs for the artists" goals off the ground to everyone at Blues Between the Bridges, Hot August Blues, and Master's Music Festival! Hopefully that list will be MUCH bigger by the 9th Lexi Music Awards!

Ohh...lots of photos & video links at the bottom of the page!

And your award recipients for 2022 are:

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)