Relive the hi-lights of Monday night in a one hour MuchMusic special tomorrow night at 9pm Eastern and again at midnight Eastern (right around the time Saturday night live stops being funny). The gala was hosted by Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 and Sarah Taylor of MuchMusic and features 10 performances from each of the nominees and one food fight, without food.
One of Radio 3's most popular podcasts of the year is up and ready to tickle your iPod.
It sounds great and you can practically feel the plastic cups whizzing past your ears.
Lots of coverage of Polaris over at the Press -> In the News part of our site. We're rather overwhelmed at teh reaction. Lots of great show reviews, interviews and most
This is the ninth in a ten part offering of free Polaris Short List downloads, courtesy of iTunes Canada and the artists themselves. Tell your friends! And enjoy. Just download from the wee window on the right side of this page.
Patrick Watson is the first previous winner of Polaris to be nominated again. Check out this free track to find out way. Just click on the iTunes interface on the right side of this page. Dig in!
Way back in '06 when Polaris started, we racked our brain to come up with a proper gift for the nominees. The idea of a trophy just seemed so impersonal.
Another week, another free download of Polaris Short List music. This time it's Joel Plaskett with one of the few titles from his brilliant "Three" record to NOT repeat the same word three times. Enjoy, and tell your friends! See the download link on the right side of this page.
Get this fine Metric track for free on the right side of this page. Collect 'em all! And here's where you can get them all!
Get it while it's free! A new Short List download goes up tomorrow! See the download window on teh right side of this page. Enjoy.
Who picks the winner of the Polaris Music Prize, you ask? Each year, a Grand Jury of 11 is selected from the greater Polaris jury. They convene in Toronto at the Gala to debate, discuss and ultimately vote on which Short List album most deserves the $20,000 prize.
The Grand Jury for 2009 is:
