Nominations were invited across 10 categories- Young Indie Artists, Indie Collaboration, Rock, Metal, Pop, Hip- Hop, Album Art, Electronica, Folk Fusion, and Video. More than 600 entries were garnered across genres.
Nominations for Radio City Freedom Awards -Edition 3.0, enticed some biggies from the Indie music circle. Brodha V, Indian Ocean, Midival Punditz, Benny Dayal, Nucleya, Demonic Resurrection, Laxmi Bomb, Faridkot were some of the names that featured in the nominations across genres.
The awards were categorized into the ‘Jury Choice’ and ‘People Choice’ awards. The ‘Jury Choice Award’ across each category was judged by a power packed jury comprising of Luke Kenny, Atul Churamani, Yotam Agam, Nandini Srikar & Subir Malik. The nominations were also up for public voting on www.planetradiocity.com/rcfa.
Anand Bhaskar Collective walked away as the Best Rock Artist – Popular and Jury Choice while Aditya Balani was awarded the Best Pop Artist – Jury Choice. While Indian Ocean bagged the Best Folk Fusion Artist – Jury Choice, Mumbai’s Finest was the Best Hip-Hop Artist – Popular and Jury Choice. The evening also saw Jainam, a budding musician from Gujarat’s Jamnagar walk away as the Best Electronica Artist – Jury Choice.
This edition, the theme at the Radio City Freedom Awards was ‘Music and Beyond’. Sticking true to it, the audience was in for a special performance by Spoken Word artist Rakesh Tiwari who was also accompanied by violinist Ramya Pothuri.
The audience was enthralled by the likes of Swarathma, Alobo Naga and The Band, Ganesh Talkies, Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Café and Laxmi Bomb whose beautiful renditions made the evening, an affair to remember.
Speaking on the award night, Ms. Rachna Kanwar, EVP & Business Head, Digital Media & New Business, Radio City 91.1 FM, says, “This is the third year of Radio City Freedom Awards and we are overwhelmed by the response it has generated. There is immense talent all across the country that is waiting to be heard and we are happy to take their music to millions of listeners through our web radio, Radio City Freedom. Apart from celebrating Indie music, we are also embracing spoken word and poetry this year as an extension to our show, ‘Open Mic’. We truly believe that Indie music deserves to be heard and celebrated!”
It was an evening of recognition and revelry coupled with fine music and talent at the Hard Rock Café, Worli. The 3rd edition of the Radio City Freedom Awards drew in loud cheers for winners and performers alike.
In an effort to recognize and acknowledge indie talent from unheard corners of the nation, the evening saw established and new indie musicians walk away with top honours at the awards gala.
On Planetradiocity.com we have been playing over 1000 Indie artists, 4600+ songs and 24/7 of pure indie music across 3 dedicated stations. The entire night reveled in vigor and enthusiasm. Radio City Freedom Awards – Edition 3.0 set a trend, where art was not only felicitated but also celebrated!
