Last week, the 2016 Polaris Music Prize Short List of Canadian albums. Announced by this year’s Polaris Gala hosts, CBC Radio 2’s Tom Power and Amanda Parris the Short List Albums are; Black Mountain – IV Basia Bulat – Good Advice Grimes – Art Angels Carly Rae Jepsen – E•MO•TION Kaytranada – 99.9% Jessy Lanza…
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Polaris Music Prize 2016 Long List Revealed
Last week in Whitehorse, the Polaris Music Prize revealed the Long List of 40 albums in contention for the 2016 prize. This year’s list includes 19 returning and 21 new nominees. The Polaris Prize Long List and Short List are selected by an independent jury of music journalists, broadcasters and music bloggers from across Canada….
2015 Polaris Short List Posters Revealed
The Polaris Music Prize has revealed the 10 posters and artists for each of the 2015 Short List performers. In addition, a commemorative 10th Anniversary Polaris poster designed by Montréal’s Pat Hamou was also unveiled. The limited edition posters are now available for pre-sale and viewing on polarismusicprize.ca and will also be on sale at the Polaris…
Polaris Music Prize Short List Announced
The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Short List has been announced, highlighting this year’s top 10 albums up for consideration. ALVVAYS – Alvvays BADBADNOTGOOD & GHOSTFACE KILLAH – Sour Soul (Vinyl)BRAIDS – Deep in the Iris CARIBOU – Our Love JENNIFER CASTLE – Pink City DRAKE – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late TOBIAN JESSO…
Polaris Music Prize 2015 Long List
Last week, the Polaris Music Prize announced the 2015 long list at an event at The Carleton club in Halifax. The non-profit Polaris Music Prize organization annually celebrates and rewards the creativity and diversity of all recorded Canadian music regardless of sales or genre. From this years 197 eligible titles, the Polaris jury of 196…
Polaris Panels kick off in Vancouver
Wednesday night, the 2015 Polaris Music Prize campaign starts off with the first in a nationwide series of Polaris Panels. Last week, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, Steve Jordan, announced plans for a series of Polaris Panels in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. Replacing the former Salons, Polaris Panels…
Polaris Cover Sessions Debut
The Polaris Music Prize has launched a new project, the Polaris Cover Sessions. The Cover Sessions project invites past Polaris Short List nominees to visit Revolution Recording Studios and record a cover song by another past Polaris Short List nominee. AUX TV is filming each recording session to create a video to debut on the…