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I watched David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers the same day I learned that Dan Snaith, the former Polaris winner also known as Caribou, also known as Daphni, had released a new song by Daphni called “Waiting So Long”… featuring CARIBOU. Now I don’t know what to think. Are there two Dan Snaiths? Is one of them […]
Our friends at Massey Hall are currently running a promotion for $30 concert tickets to a bunch of shows right now. The promotion ends November 10 so get in there ASAP. Maybe you’ll score a seat to that hot Chris de Burgh show and end up sitting near one Polaris staffer who’ll be patiently sitting […]
Haviah Mighty reflects on the ripple effect of winning Polaris in 2019 — from redefining what’s possible as the first Black woman to take the Prize, to navigating music in the public eye. In this conversation with juror DJ MelBoogie, she opens up about growth, legacy, and the walls she’s tearing down in the studio right now.
Polaris Music Prize is seeking a maximum of three (3) individuals for its Board of Directors to help lead the organization. The Director role is an unpaid, volunteer position and requires an average of 2-5 hours commitment bi-monthly. Deadline for applications is November 20, 2025. Individuals will be elected at Polaris Music Prize’s Annual General Meeting in […]
Happy Halloween/Blue Jays Anticipated Victory Day. On this most sacred of days for those of us who wear black and walk the line between good and evil, former Polaris jury foreperson Liisa Ladouceur’s recent column “There is no goth revival – the spooky subculture never died” for The Globe And Mail feels timely. That said, […]
We’re gonna start this week’s new release column by talking about one of the most important Canadian songs ever created — “OK Blue Jays.” Let’s get the tenuous Polaris connections out of the way — a) Barry Keane, the drummer for late Heritage Prize winner Gordon Lightfoot, played on this song, and b) past nominees […]
Yves Jarvis’ All Cylinders has won the 2025 Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album, and Mustafa has won the first-ever SOCAN Polaris Song Prize for “Gaza Is Calling.” The two Prizes, which were presented by CBC, were handed out to cap off the 2025 Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony on September 16 at Massey […]
Jane Siberry’s The Speckless Sky and The Organ’s Grab That Gun have won the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize. The two new Heritage Prize winners were announced at 9 PM at the 2025 Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony, which took place at Toronto’s Massey Hall on September 16. The Polaris Heritage Prize is a hall-of-fame […]
Free No Registration Required | Sept 27 & 28, Oct 4 & 5, 2025 | Toronto | Toronto Music Garden | All Ages |||| Harbourfront and Polaris bring you free concerts featuring Polaris alumni, Land of Talk (Sept 27), Begonia (Sept 28), Charlotte Cornfield (Oct 4), and Tanika Charles (Oct 5).
Twenty years ago, Polaris set out to champion music as art — to celebrate Canadian albums based on merit, not metrics. Two decades, 700+ honoured artists, and over $1.4 million in prizes and artist fees later, we’re still here, still listening, and still believing in the power of music to move a culture forward. To […]
