YES Home Grown Awards 2013, a first of its kind awards programme organized by the YES FM for Sri Lankan original English music creator, will come alive Stein Studios, Ratmalana on Suynday 27 October. It includes the likes of local English musicians who have now come out to introduce their music through a platform created [...]

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YES Home Grown Awards 2013, a first of its kind awards programme organized by the YES FM for Sri Lankan original English music creator, will come alive Stein Studios, Ratmalana on Suynday 27 October.

It includes the likes of local English musicians who have now come out to introduce their music through a platform created by YES 101 popularly known as ‘YES Home Grown’ which now has its own weekly countdown on Thursday at 8.00pm – ‘The YES Home Grown Top 15’ hosted by Yazmin. This was announced at après conference held at the MTV/YES FM auditorum last week

To further recognize the local talent, YES FM is introducing the ‘YES Home Grown Awards 2013’ which will be a first of its kind in rewarding and honoring home artists show have taken the scene to greater heights.

The ‘YES Home Grown Awards 2013’ will go LIVE from Stein Studios, Ratmalana and on MTV Sports on the 27 October. It will be a star studded night of recognition, performances and glamour. The judging panel will consist of professional and legendary musicians with experiences of over 15 years in the music industry locally and internationally.

‘YES Home Grown Awards 2013’ will award artists in 9 categories: Best Male, Best Female, Best Band, Duo or Group, Best Hip Hop, Reggae or Rap Track, Best Electronica Track, Best Cover, Best Acoustic Track, YES Home Grown Honor Awards and YES Home Grown Listener Choice Award 2013.

During the early 90’s – a time when home artists hardly got any recognition in the country for their original music, YES101 started supporting them via airplay.

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