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The 2018 Polaris Gala, presented by CBC Music, takes place Monday, September 17 at The Carlu in Toronto. That night one of 10 nominated albums will be declared the 2018 Polaris Music Prize winner. A very limited number of tickets to the Gala remain available for sale via Ticketmaster HERE. Here are all the things […]
The Weather Station and Jennifer Castle have recorded a pair of songs together for the third edition of the Polaris Cover Sessions, sponsored by Stingray Music. The acts came together for a single day at Sugar Shack studio in London, Ontario this past August to record two songs — The Weather Station’s “I Tried to […]
The Polaris Music Prize presented by CBC Music today announced the 10 posters artists for the 2018 Short List. The 2018 Short List Poster Artists: Aaron Rinas: Alvvays – Antisocialites Mathieu Larone: Jean-Michel Blais – Dans ma main Matthew Boyd & Clea Forkert: Daniel Caesar – Freudian Alëna Skarina: Jeremy Dutcher – Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa Kellen […]
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 […]
