Radio City Freedom Awards 2019: The Complete Winners List
The sixth edition of the independent music awards honored the best in indie music, and saw performances by electro-pop artist Monica Dogra and rapper Emiway Bantai
Singer Monica Dogra performing at the grand finale of Radio City Freedom Awards 2019 in Mumbai. Photo: Courtesy of RCFA
Yesterday, the Radio City Freedom Awards (RCFA) returned for what was its sixth edition to honor the best in Indian indie. The award show ”“ that recognizes independent artists ”“ was hosted by VJ Ramona Arena and held at Mumbai-based venue Glocal Junction.
Rapper Emiway Bantai won the Best Hip Hop Category (People’s Choice). Photo: Courtesy of RCFA
The awards honored the best talent on the indie circuit, from Mumbai alternative band Calico taking home the prize for Best Young Indie Artist to Visakhapatnam metal outfit Against Evil winning the Jury’s and People’s Choice Award for Best Metal Artist.
RCFA also bestowed non music awards, with the Best Video going to New Delhi singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad for his track “Cold/Mess” and Best Album Art to Mumbai prog/fusion band Paradigm Shift while singer-songwriter/composer Ankur Tewari bagged the Skoda Indie-Genius: Person of the Year Award for his work on the soundtrack for the film Gully Boy.
The evening also witnessed performances by artists such as electro-pop singer Monica Dogra, rapper Emiway Bantai, Bengali folk fusion band Antarman and DJ Pash.
Check out the complete winners list for Radio City Freedom Awards 2019 below:
| Best Pop | Prateek Kuhad ”“ Cold/Mess (Jury Choice) |
| Sanam ”“ Itni Door (People’s Choice) | |
| Skoda Indie-Genius: Person of the Year | Ankur Tewari (Jury Choice) |
| Best Video | Prateek Kuhad ”“ Cold/Mess(Jury Choice) |
| Best Hip Hop | Brodha V ”“ Way Too Easy (Jury Choice) |
| Emiway Bantai ”“ Jump Kar (People’s Choice) | |
| Best Metal | Against Evil ”“ All Hail The King (Jury Choice) |
| Against Evil ”“ All Hail The King (People’s Choice) | |
| Best Rock | The Local Train ”“ Vaaqif (Jury Choice) |
| Coma Rossi ”“ Turn Back Time (People’s Choice) | |
| Album Art | Paradigm Shift ”“ Sammukh ( Jury Choice) |
| Indie Collaboration | VS42 x DeeMC x Siri x Kavya & Kriti – Tu Bas Naach (Jury Choice) |
| Young Indie | Calico ”“ Garnet Eye (Jury Choice) |
| Best Electronic | VS42 x DeeMC x Siri x Kavya & Kriti – Tu Bas Naach (Jury Choice) |
| Zingaroe – Defuse (People’s Choice) | |
| Best Folk Fusion | Agam ”“ Rangapura Vihaara (Jury Choice) |
| The Thayir Sadam Project ”“ A Crazy Little Thing Called Chakravakam (People’s Choice) |
