The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, today announced the performers for the September 17 gala at The Carlu in Toronto. They are: Jean-Michel Blais Jeremy Dutcher Hubert Lenoir Pierre Kwenders Partner Snotty Nose Rez Kids U.S. Girls Weaves Daniel Caesar will be in attendance but cannot perform due to his touring schedule. Alvvays […]
The Polaris Music Prize is giving away copies of its new 10-inch record, Polaris Cover Sessions #4. The album, pressed in regal gold vinyl, features Jean-Michel Blais covering Feist’s, “Mushaboom,” Weaves covering Arcade Fire’s “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” and Lindi Ortega covering Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” The three songs on the 10-inch were culled from the […]
The 10-album 2018 Polaris Music Prize Short List has arrived. To document this important occasion we gathered three jurors — Ian Steaman, Laura Stanley and Marc-André Mongrain — to weigh in on each album for the Polaris Podcast. Stanley talked about the gravity behind Jeremy Dutcher’s Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. “It’s about a lot of things, but […]
The Polaris Music Prize has released its final SiriusXM Polaris Cover Session for 2018 featuring Jean-Michel Blais reinterpreting “Mushaboom” from Feist’s Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize-winning album Let It Die. An in-studio performance video of the song is now available via the Polaris YouTube channel. Additionally, an audio stream of it can be found on […]
The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, has unveiled the 10 albums on the 2018 Short List. The 2018 Polaris Music Prize Short List is: Alvvays – Antisocialites Jean-Michel Blais – Dans ma main Daniel Caesar – Freudian Jeremy Dutcher – Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa Pierre Kwenders – MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning […]
When the 40 album Polaris Long List gets released each year it’s always cause for much discussion. For the latest episode of the Polaris Podcast we got three of the jurors whose votes helped shape the Long List — Michael Rancic, Erin Lowers and Christine McAvoy — to analyze what trends they saw in this […]
The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, has unveiled the 40 albums on the 2018 Long List. The 2018 Polaris Music Prize Long List is: a l l i e – Nightshade Alvvays – Antisocialites Arcade Fire – Everything Now Bahamas – Earthtones The Barr Brothers – Queens of the Breakers Bernice – Puff […]
Now that we’re deep into #Polaris2018 season we thought it would be a good time to tackle some of your frequently asked Polaris questions. To do this we sat down Polaris executive director Steve Jordan and asked him about how the Polaris prize winner is determined, how the Polaris jury is selected, what musical acts […]
The Polaris Podcast traveled to Hamilton, Ontario for this live taping event at Jillard Guitars featuring jurors Jamie Tennant (CFMU), J.C. Villamere (villamere.com) and Biljana Njegovan (Cut From Steel) talking records with host Steve Jordan. A wide range of Polaris and Hamilton-related topics were covered by the panel. Tennant used the opportunity to discuss his […]
The Polaris Music Prize has debuted its first SiriusXM Polaris Cover Session for 2018 featuring Weaves reinterpreting “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)” from Arcade Fire’s 2004 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize-winning album Funeral. An in-studio performance video of the song is now available via the Polaris YouTube channel. Additionally, an audio stream of it can be […]
