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Music is the ultimate winner with
Radio City Freedom Awards 2014!
The second edition of India’s first indie-pendent music awards culminates in a grand finale in Delhi.
Delhi, 4th December, 2014: Radio City Freedom Awards 2014 drew
to a grand culmination with the best in the Indie music arena being
honored. The grand finale that was held at Kingdom Of Dreams on
3rd December, witnessed a huge amount of energy & enthusiasm.
Radio City Freedom Awards 2014, in its Second Season, received
more than 460 entries across genres of Hip-Hop/Rap, Folk Fusion,
Pop, Rock, Metal, Electronica, Video and Album Art.
Nominations for Radio City Freedom Awards 2014 attracted some of
the biggest names from the Indie music circuit. Brodha V, Bombay
Bassment, Laxmi Bomb, Swarathma, Junkyard Groove and The
F16’s were some of the big names to feature in the nominations
across different genres. The entries across all the categories were
judged by an esteemed jury consisting of Atul Churamani, Yotam
Agam, Nandini Srikar, Luke Kenny, Subir Malik and Suneeta Rao.
‘Faridkot’ mesmerized everyone with their Sufi tracks to kickstart
the musical maneuver. Excitement built up further as 2013’s
‘Best Hip Hop Artist’ Brodha V took over the proceedings. He got
everyone's foot tapping to his award winning song ‘Indian Flava’
and left the audience craving for more. Gaurav Raina aka GRAIN,
one-half of Midival Punditz took the level of music to a new level
with his electronic renditions. The evening reached its crescendo as
compose, singer and songwriter Raghu Dixit took the audience by
storm and drew curtains on a fantastic evening.
The large crowd which had assembled to celebrate the amazing
talent cheered the nominees and winners alike as the Jury award
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& the People’s choice awards were being given away. ‘Coshish’
won in the Rock category (Jury Choice), while ‘Symphony Novel’
left behind all others in the Metal category (Popular Choice).
Electronica and Hip-Hop brought in some new names. The new
categories that were added drew a lot of attention and brought to the
fore several new faces. The talented artist ‘Natania Lalwani’ won the
'Best Young Indie Artist' while ‘Ram Sampath featuring Bhanvari
Devi & Hard Kaur’ walked away with the 'Best Indie Collaboration
of the year'. The awards not just celebrated talent but also brought
together the best in the business in the indie music space under one
roof.
Speaking on the award night, Ms. Apurva Purohit, CEO, Radio City
91.1 FM, says, “Radio City Freedom Awards (RCFA) is more than
just an award function. It fulfils the need for recognition in the
independent music space which is the space where true innovation
is really happening. This year we have made a conscious effort to
reach out to as many artists as possible, in order to make sure that
everyone gets a platform to showcase their creativity. We are glad
that our efforts have paid off, and we hope that through Radio City
Freedom Awards, indie music artists get to reach out to a wide
audience and make further inroads in the music industry!”
Radio City Freedom Awards has truly set the benchmark for
celebrating music and encouraging budding musicians to come
forward and make their talent visible to the world. In the end, it has
to be said, that through RCFA, music is the ultimate winner!