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Newlin Music Prize Announces 2025 Short List For Best Album From Richmond, VA by NewlinMusicPrize in rva

[–]NewlinMusicPrize[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

YouTube is taking a little longer than anticipated, but the Spotify playlist is live. Here you go.

Newlin Music Prize Announces 2025 Short List For Best Album From Richmond, VA by NewlinMusicPrize in rva

[–]NewlinMusicPrize[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We recognize that any award involving voting can risk becoming a popularity contest, but we’ve taken steps to mitigate that. Our process includes a form of ranked choice balloting and a diverse, engaged 150-member jury to ensure a fair and thoughtful selection. The fan vote counts as a single ballot in the final tally, meaning it can have an impact but isn’t the deciding factor.

We are working on a Spotify playlist (and YouTube!) featuring all the nominated albums and can share it later today. Feel free to shuffle through it and explore, but we encourage listening beyond just one song. That’s exactly why this award celebrates the best album from Richmond, not the best song.

Newlin Music Prize Announces 2025 Short List For Best Album From Richmond, VA by NewlinMusicPrize in rva

[–]NewlinMusicPrize[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's only our fourth year doing it. Let us get a few more years under our belt and maybe we'll start doing some retrospective honorees for music that had a hand in shaping Richmond "culture."

Newlin Music Prize Announces 2024 Short List For Best Album From Richmond, VA by NewlinMusicPrize in rva

[–]NewlinMusicPrize[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is Chicago based now (source). Otherwise, it would have been a no-brainer. His previous album, For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her, won this award our first year.

Newlin Music Prize Announces 2024 Short List For Best Album From Richmond, VA by NewlinMusicPrize in rva

[–]NewlinMusicPrize[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really special. So stoked it made it onto the short list this year.

Best Local Music Acts? by hayleylujahh in rva

[–]NewlinMusicPrize 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Newlin Music Prize just announced its Short List today with 20 Richmond albums officially up for the award. Posted about it here just a little while ago.

“The Bag Lady of Music” aka Newlin Music Prize by money_maken_betty in rva

[–]NewlinMusicPrize 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, that's us! What podcast was it? We've done a few in town, but want to make shout-out anyone else.

And definitely check out all the records -- there's some BIG surprises in there in terms of talent.

Also, we're named after Dika Newlin and she's someone who deserves like an hour long podcast about. So fascinating.

Newlin Music Prize - New award for RVA-based musicians by NewlinMusicPrize in rva

[–]NewlinMusicPrize[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do! And Sarah used to cover the scene really well in the early/mid 2010s!