Indian network Radio City 91.1 FM held the grand finale of the fourth edition of its ‘Freedom Awards’ to celebrate indie music.
The event, which was held in Mumbai on Wednesday, saw established and new indie musicians walk away with top honours.
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 Bobin James, Atul Churamani, Luke Kenny, Nandini Srikar, Yotam Agam, Munbir Chawla, Vijay Basrur, Naveen Deshpande and Amit Gurbaxani.
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.
Shadow and Light bagged the Best Pop Artist – Jury Choice, and Midival Punditz + Papon + Malini Awasthi were awarded Indie-Collaboration Jury Choice.
Rachna Kanwar, COO Digital – Jagran Group, said: “Radio City Freedom Awards (RCFA) is more than just an award function. It accomplishes the need for acknowledgement in the independent music space which is the space where true revolution is really happening. 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 theme – Sounds of the Soil. 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”.
Here is the full list of winners:
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 Hip Hop Artist: Divine feat. Naezy
Best Pop Artist: Shadow and Light
Best Folk Fusion Artist: Neeraj Arya's Kabir Cafe
Best Metal Artist: Demonstealer
Best Electronica Artist: Donn Bhat
Best Rock Artist: The F16s
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: Uddipan Sarmah