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The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Long List has been announced. The 40 Long List albums were unveiled earlier today at The Carleton in Halifax, NS in association with Halifax Pop Explosion, with the assistance of the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage, the City of Halifax, and the Downtown Halifax Business Commission. The […]
Polaris Panels are coming to Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. Formerly known as Salons, Polaris Panels will feature general information about the Polaris judging process. Local jurists will offer insight into their own personal criteria for selecting their ballots. “In the past, Salons had a general target audience of music obsessives, musicians, and […]
The winner of the 2015 Polaris Music Prize will receive more money. Earlier today at the Slaight Music CMW Social, Steve Jordan, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, and Gary Slaight, President of Slaight Music, announced that Slaight will contribute an additional $20,000 to the Prize for 2015, bringing the total to […]
The 2015 Polaris Music Prize will be coming to Halifax, Nova Scotia in June. Steve Jordan, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, announced today the 40 albums making the 2015 Polaris Music Prize Long List will be revealed at Halifax music venue The Carleton on June 16. “After bringing the Long List […]
https://youtu.be/zseAB5pm5vQ?t=3h17m6s When Tanya Tagaq won the 2014 Polaris Music Prize last night for her Animism album she was introduced to the Polaris Gala audience with a spirited speech courtesy of Geoff Berner, the klezmer punk accordionist and author of the book Festival Man. To watch the speech, as well as Tagaq’s performance and winner announcement […]
Tanya Tagaq has won the 2014 Polaris Music Prize for her album Animism besting the nine other albums on the Polaris Short List. The Inuk throat singer performed an intense version of her song “Uja” accompanied by a 40-member choir during the Polaris Gala. “We’ve been doing it our own way without backing down artistically […]
The 2014 Polaris Music Prize Gala has arrived. That means some time late in the evening on Monday, September 22 the best Canadian album released in the last year based on artistic merit (with no regard for genre, professional affiliation, or sales history) will be declared. Here are the things you need to know: 1) […]
Polaris Music Prize is happy to announce a partnership with TFO. Melissa Hetu, from TFO’s BRBR will co-host a pre-Polaris Gala live stream that will air on AUX TV alongside last year’s host, Vish Khanna, and AUX’s Nicole Villeneuve and Sam Sutherland. “We’re really proud that Polaris has chosen BRBR TFO as its partner in […]
The presenters have been revealed for the 2014 Polaris Gala. They include 2014 Giller Long-Listed author Sean Michaels, journalists Sarah Liss, Ty Harper, Anupa Mistry and Richard Trapunski, and musicians Geoff Berner, Tasseomancy, and Polaris’ very own 2014 Short-Listed artist Owen Pallett. All the presenters have been selected by the nominees themselves. The Gala, which […]
Jay Baruchel, the Montreal actor and comedian responsible for such lines as “I don’t want to die at James Franco’s house” (from This Is The End) and “I’ll fill ya fulla corndogs” (from Goon) also happens to be the host of the 2014 Polaris Music Prize Gala, happening Monday, Sept. 22 at The Carlu in […]
