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