‘Radio City Freedom Awards – 4.0. that acknowledges the best of Indie talent, culminated with a Grand Finale in the city of dreams Mumbai.
After receiving an overwhelming response from Radio City Freedom concert in 6 cities – Bangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata, the grand award night witnessed an eclectic line of artistes take centre stage and audience grooving to special performances by renowned indie talent like Aisi Taisi Democracy, Paradigm Shift, Sukanti & Anushree and Mumbai’s Finest. The musical journey of Radio City Freedom Awards 4.0 was streamed LIVE by Facebook and will also be televised on 29th and 30th April from 1pm – 2:30pm on Channel V.
Nominations for Radio City Freedom Awards -4.0, attracted some biggies from the Indie music circle. Ananthaal, Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Café, Demonstealer, Midival Punditz Brodha V, Papon, Divine were some of the names that featured in the nominations across genres. Neeraj Arya’s Kabir café walked away as the Best Folk Fusion Artist – Jury Choice while Carnage Inc was awarded the Best Metal Artist – Popular Choice.
While Shadow and Light bagged the Best Pop Artist – Jury Choice, Midival Punditz + Papon + Malini Awasthi were awarded Indie-Collaboration Jury Choice.
The grand award night hosted by Cyrus Sahukar at the Hard Rock Café Worli on 22 nd March 2017 was a musical extravaganza to cherish.
List of final winners as below:
Popular Choice
Best Hip Hop Artist- Emiway
Best Pop Artist- Sanket Sane & Rimi Nique
Best Rock Artist- Oorka
Best Folk Fusion Artist- Jano Nyekha
Best Metal Artist- Carnage Inc
Best Electronica Artist- Mojo Jojo
Jury Choice
Best Rock Artist- The F16s
Best Pop Artist- Shadow and Light
Best Folk Fusion Artist- Neeraj Arya & Kabir Cafe
Best Metal Artist- Demonstealer
Best Electronica Artist- Donn Bhat
Best Hip Hop Artist- Divine feat. Naezy
Best Young Indie Artist- The F16s
Indie-Collaboration- Midival Punditz + Papon + Malini Awasthi
Best Video- The Ska Vengers
Best Album Art- As We Keep Searching
Indie-Genius: Person Of the Year winner- Uddipan Sarmah
Stay tuned to Radio City 91.1 FM and log onto www.planetradiocity.com/rcfa for more updates on Radio City Freedom Awards as we celebrate talent!
