Tegan And Sara’s So Jealous and Jackie Mittoo’s Macka Fat are the two most recent albums to receive Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize designation. The Polaris Heritage Prize is a hall of fame-minded critics prize and public support campaign meant to celebrate classic Canadian albums created before Polaris began in 2006. Like the Polaris Music […]
Voting for the 2024 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize has opened. The companion award to the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees for the Heritage Prize are also Canadian albums of artistic distinction, without regard to sales, genre or affiliation. This is our version of a hall of fame where we honour meritorious Canadian albums […]
The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, has unveiled the 12 newest additions to its signature Polaris Poster series. Each year 10 Canadian visual artists are commissioned to create a unique art piece inspired by a nominated album on the Polaris Music Prize Short List. These vivid graphic interpretations of the nominees’ music are […]
Maestro Fresh Wes Symphony In Effect and Skinny Puppy Bites are the two newest albums to receive Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize designation. The Polaris Heritage Prize is a hall of fame-minded critics prize and public support campaign meant to celebrate classic Canadian albums created before Polaris began in 2006. Like the Polaris Music Prize, […]
Voting for the 2023 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize has opened. This annual campaign encourages public voting to discover and support exceptional Canadian music albums from the past. The companion award to the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees for the Heritage Prize are also Canadian albums of artistic distinction, without regard to sales, genre […]
The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, has unveiled the 12 newest additions to its signature Polaris poster series along with a traveling exhibition in four provinces across Canada. The exhibition kicks off the re-launch of the Polaris Community Development Program and announcement of the first ever Community Reception to take place at the […]
The Polaris Music Prize has announced albums from SNFU and Four the Moment have received 2022 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize designation. This Polaris hall of fame-minded critics prize/public polling campaign is meant to celebrate classic Canadian albums created before Polaris began in 2006. Like the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees of the Heritage […]
Voting for the 2022 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize has opened. This annual campaign encourages public voting to discover and support exceptional Canadian music albums from the past. The companion award to the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees for the Heritage Prize are also Canadian albums of artistic distinction, without regard to sales, genre […]
The Polaris Music Prize has announced albums from Nomeansno and Faith Nolan have received 2021 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize designation. Nomeansno’s hardcore punk album Wrong from 1989 was chosen in the Heritage Prize public voting category, which ran this year from September 27 to October 16. Faith Nolan’s 1986 blues-folk release Africville received Heritage […]
Voting for the 2021 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize has opened. Heritage Prize balloting was officially opened on Monday, Sept. 27 during the 2021 Polaris Music Prize Winner Celebration, where Cadence Weapon’s Parallel World album was awarded the 16th annual Polaris Music Prize. The companion award to the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees for […]
