11th Annual
Lexington Music Awards
March 2025
Lexington’s Historic Lyric Theatre
2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Tripp Bratton
- Devine Carama
- Lee Carroll
- JK “JK 47” Wyche
2024 Awards
INDUSTRY:
Best Venue: Manchester Music Hall
Best Music Store: Doo Wop Shop - Lexington
Best Music Company (TIE): The Indie Artist Booking & Management // Overtones/Listen Locally
Best Studio/Engineer: Sneak Attack/Jason Groves
Best Sound Tech: Wallace "Gator" Harrison
Best Radio DJ: “Dead Air” Dennis Dillon WBVX
Best Instrument Repair: Willcutt Guitars
Jay Flippin Music Educator Award: Paulie Felice
PERFORMANCE:
Female Vocal: Taylor Hughes
Male Vocal: Jeremy Zeller
Drums/Percussion: Tripp Bratton
Ben Lacy Guitar Excellence Award: Tanner Blevins
Bass: Dalton Rose
Keyboard: Lee Carroll
Brass/Wind: Matthew Polashek
Strings: Lucy Becker
STYLE:
Americana/Folk: Jeremy Zeller
Bluegrass: Mama Said String Band
TeeDee Young Blues Excellence Award: Treyvon King
Classical: UK Symphony Orchestra
Country: Blacktop Rodeo
Funk/R&B/Reggae: Boogie G & The Titanics
Hip-Hop/Rap (TIE): Kevin Cross // Tony Wavy
Jazz/Latin/Big Band/World: Big Sugg & The Jazz Funkers
Metal: Taylor Road
Pop: Rags & Riches
Punk: Sempervivi
Rock: Bedford Band
Singer-Songwriter: Vanessa Davis
Cover/Variety: Vinyl Ritchie
SPECIAL:
Song of the Year: "Jesus & Jail” - Taylor Hughes
Album of the Year: "The Triplets” - Vanessa Davis
Critics Choice: Jeremy Zeller
Community Service: Devine Carama
About the Awards
The Lexington Music Awards seek to honor the present and past glory of the greater Lexington entire music industry. With 31 categories spanning the music industry including best female vocal artist, best male vocal artist, Song of the Year, best music venue, and best educator, this is truly a comprehensive awards program.
Affectionately dubbed the LEXIs by the local music community, these awards reached their 10th annual presentation in 2024.
The LEXIs have a one-of-a-kind nomination and awards process. The public submits nominations through an online ballot during a designated period of time. "The public" consists of music fans, industry professionals, and community members.
Starting with the 2017 Awards, a professional panel was also added for each category. The goal of the pro panel is to ensure the best of Lexington do receive a nomination. Professionals on the panel were picked for their knowledge of the Lexington KY music scene and their expertise in a specific category. The awards do not differentiate the pro panel nominees from the rest of the top nominees in each category.
Once the online voting ends, and the pro panel has reviewed, nominations are counted and the top 3-4 nominees for each category are contacted. The nominees are then asked to help "peer review" the top candidates and choose a recipient of that year's award among themselves. Popular vote meets industry peer review for every single award. It's the best of both worlds!
Who We Are
The 11th Annual Lexington Music Awards, coming March 2025 at Lexington's Lyric Theater, were founded and is currently operated by David McLean of Skinny Devil Music Lab and Skinny Devil Magazine.
In addition to David, Operations and Marketing is ran by Angelee Feltner of Feltner Artist Management beginning 2024
The Lexington Music Awards are financially housed under The LeXenomics Group, Inc.'s non-profit 501(c)3 umbrella, aimed to help other great ideas grow in the Bluegrass!
Operations and Marketing is ran by Angelee Feltner of Feltner Artist Management beginning 2024
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