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Interview with Moses Petros, aka Droophead This season’s Polaris creative direction comes courtesy of Toronto-based digital artist Moses Petros, aka Droophead. Known for his surrealist world-building and genre-fluid visual style, Petros brings a dreamlike sensibility to everything from rave flyers to high-fashion visuals. For this year’s Polaris design, he leaned into the reflective and elemental—turning […]
Polaris Music Prize 2025 20th Anniversary Event Season Announced Polaris is turning 20. And we’re reflecting with gratitude, pride — and hope. Since 2006, the Polaris Music Prize has championed albums based on artistic merit, not genre or sales. We’ve amplified bold Canadian voices, sparked career-defining moments, and created space for stories that might not […]
Polaris 2024 Short List nominees NOBRO have covered PUP’s “Reservoir for the latest edition of the SiriusXM Polaris Cover Sessions. A video performance of the song complete with an awkward civilian cameo and a celebratory side quest to a nearby bar is now available on the Polaris YouTube and Facebook channels. For those seeking an […]
Buffy Sainte-Marie won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for the album Power In The Blood; this win came with a $50,000 cash prize. The criteria for this award was strictly based on artistic merit, without regard for commercial factors such as sales or popularity. It was solely based on the strength of the music. Additionally, […]
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 […]
Jeremy Dutcher has won the 2024 Polaris Music Prize for the album Motewolonuwok. This is Dutcher’s second Polaris Music Prize win. The Prize, which was presented by CBC Music, goes to the best Canadian album of the year based on artistic merit without regard to genre, sales history or label affiliation. It was determined by […]
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 […]
The seven-person Allison Russell-inspired ballet Eve Was Black has been added to the 2024 Polaris Music Prize Gala winner reveal event, presented by CBC Music and taking place Tuesday, September 17 at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Set to “Eve Was Black,” the same-named Grammy Award-winning song from Russell’s Polaris-nominated album The Returner, the dance […]
Debby Friday will be the official host of the 2024 Polaris Music Prize Gala winner reveal event, presented by CBC Music and taking place Tuesday, September 17 at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Friday is the reigning Polaris champion, having won in 2023 for her debut full-length album Good Luck. She’ll be crowning the 2024 […]
