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Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Main Source, Buffy Sainte-Marie Albums Receive 2020 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize Designation

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UPDATE – On March 7, 2025 Polaris rescinded Buffy Sainte-Marie’s prize due to an inability to confirm Canadian citizenship. The Polaris Music Prize has announced albums from Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Main Source and Buffy Sainte-Marie have received 2020 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize designation. Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s influential Keyboard Fantasies new age/electronic album from 1986 was chosen […]

2020 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize Voting Is Now Open

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Voting for the 2020 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize has opened. Heritage Prize balloting was officially opened on Monday, Oct. 19 during the 2020 Polaris Music Prize Celebration, a special cinematic broadcast event where Backxwash’s God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It album won the 2020 Polaris Music Music Prize. […]

Listen To The Polaris Sound Series: Indigeneity Playlist

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The Indigenous storytellers in this playlist will take the listener on a sonic journey through the experiences of the Indigenous people of Canada, laying bare the scars of colonialism, and lead us from the pain, frustration and desperation to the glorious resurgence of cultural liberation and pride. Everything in this world is part of a […]

Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq have teamed up for a Polaris Collaboration Session.

Buffy Sainte-Marie And Tanya Tagaq Team Up For Polaris Collaboration Session

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Past Polaris Music Prize winners Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq have teamed up to create the new recording “You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)” as part of the second-ever Polaris Collaboration Session. Sainte-Marie and Tagaq, who won the Polaris in 2015 and 2014, respectively, collaborated on the Sainte-Marie-written song “You Got To Run […]

Buffy Sainte-Marie Teams Up With Toronto Symphony Orchestra For Special Show June 30

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Buffy Sainte-Marie is going to the symphony. More specifically, 2015 Polaris Music Prize champion Sainte-Marie is going to Roy Thompson Hall on June 30 for a special one-time only performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). The TSO is being made available to Sainte-Marie as part of her Polaris win. Sainte-Marie will be performing hits […]

Polaris Music Prize Gala 2015 Winner Buffy Sainte-Marie Carlu, Toronto - September 21, 2015. Photo by Dustin Rabin

Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Power In The Blood Wins 2015 Polaris Music Prize

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UPDATE – On March 7, 2025 Polaris rescinded Buffy Sainte-Marie’s prize due to an inability to confirm Canadian citizenship. Buffy Sainte-Marie has won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for the album Power In The Blood, besting the nine other albums on the Polaris Short List. Sainte-Marie performed the songs “Power In The Blood” and “Carry […]

The 10 albums on the 2015 Polaris Short List

2015 Polaris Music Prize Short List Is Here

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The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Short List was revealed this morning at The Carlu in Toronto. Here’s the list: Alvvays – Alvvays BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul Braids – Deep In The Iris Caribou – Our Love Jennifer Castle – Pink City Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Tobias Jesso […]

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