CBC presents the 2026 Polaris Music Prize has revealed the five nominee Short List for the second-ever edition of the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize. Launched last year as part of Polaris’ 20th and SOCAN’s 100th anniversaries, the Song Prize rewards $10,000 for one winning song, split between the song’s Canadian performers and the song’s credited […]
CBC presents the 2026 Polaris Music Prize has revealed its 10 nominee album Short List. The album Short List, powered by FACTOR, is where Polaris reveals the finalist records that will be considered for a given year’s Prize. The 2026 Polaris Music Prize Album Short List is: Angine de Poitrine – Vol. II Aquakultre – […]
CBC presents the 2026 Polaris Music Prize has revealed the 20 nominee Long List for the second edition of the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize. Launched last year as part of Polaris’ 20th and SOCAN’s 100th anniversaries, the Song Prize rewards $10,000 for one winning song, split between the song’s Canadian performers and the song’s credited […]
CBC presents the 2026 Polaris Music Prize, has revealed its 40 nominated album Long List. The album Long List, presented by Canada Council for the Arts, is where Polaris reveals the 40 nominated records that will be considered for a given year’s Prize. The 2026 Polaris Music Prize Long List is: Angine de Poitrine – […]
Business, as they say, is starting to pick up. There are at least nine #PolarisPeople with notable releases out this week. Frankly, if you can’t find anything new and interesting to listen to the problem probably isn’t the music, it’s you. Here are the new albums released this week: * The New Pornographers (2x Short […]
