12th Annual
Lexington Music Awards
March 2026
UK Singletary Center for the Arts
2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Pam Perry
- Gene Brock
- Mark Girkey
- Renee Collins-Cobb
2025 Awards
INDUSTRY:
Best Venue: Bluegrass Barrel House
Best Music Store: Drum Center of Lexington
Best Music Company: Off The Cuff With Adam Banks
Best Studio/Engineer: Sneak Attack/Jason Groves
Best Sound Tech: Mike Hulliger
Best Radio DJ: “Dead Air” Dennis Dillon WBVX
Best Instrument Repair: Frazzell Guitars
Jay Flippin Music Educator Award: Vanessa Davis
PERFORMANCE:
Female Vocal: Savannah Dean Reeves
Male Vocal: Jeremy Zeller
Drums/Percussion: Jeff Frohlich
Ben Lacy Guitar Excellence Award (TIE): Stephen Lynch + Jim Gleason
Bass: Dave Medley
Keyboard: Lee Carroll
Brass/Wind: Jacon O’Donnell
Strings: Lucy Becker
STYLE:
Americana/Folk: Jeremy Zeller
Bluegrass: Mama Said String Band
TeeDee Young Blues Excellence Award: Rachel Crowe
Classical: EKU Guitar Ensemble
Country: One More Round
Funk/R&B/Reggae: Boogie G & The Titanics
Hip-Hop/Rap: Tony Wavy
Jazz/Latin/Big Band/World: Big Sugg & The Jazz Funkers
Metal: Graveyard Romeos
Pop: Rags & Riches
Punk: Sempervivi
Rock: Five Below Band
Singer-Songwriter: Jeremy Zeller
Cover/Variety: Five Below Band
SPECIAL:
Song of the Year: "It’s Hard to Be Young” - Jeremy Zeller
Album of the Year: "Love Ain’t Worth the Trouble”- Cody Lee Meece
Critics Choice: RadioLex WLXU
Community Service: Five Below Band
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!
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