UPDATE – On March 7, 2025 Polaris rescinded Buffy Sainte-Marie’s prize due to an inability to confirm Canadian citizenship.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 performers for the 2015 Polaris Gala have been revealed. The Polaris Music Prize today announced the line-up of Short List performers for the Polaris Gala, taking place at The Carlu in Toronto on Monday, September 21. Confirmed performers include Alvvays, Braids, Jennifer Castle, Tobias Jesso Jr., Buffy Sainte-Marie and Viet Cong. A limited number […]
Singer/songwriter Fred Penner will host the 2015 Polaris Gala taking place September 21 at The Carlu in Toronto. Penner, 68, was revealed as the Gala MC earlier today at The Carlu where it was announced which 10 albums made the Short List for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize. Penner also hosted the Short List unveiling. […]
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 […]
Our friends at MusiCounts are giving two separate pairs of generous-minded people the opportunity to attend the Polaris Gala being held September 22 at Toronto’s Carlu. MusiCounts, the national music education charity behind campaigns like the Band Aid musical instrument grant and MusiCounts Teacher Of The Year Award, are offering eBay auctions on two distinct […]
The performers for the 2014 Polaris Gala being held September 22 at The Carlu in Toronto have been announced. Polaris Short-List nominees Basia Bulat, Mac DeMarco, Jessy Lanza, Owen Pallett, Shad and Tanya Tagaq will all hit the stage during the Gala. Additionally, members of Arcade Fire and YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN will also be […]
The fine folks at Long & McQuade are sending a pair of people to the 2014 Polaris Gala in Toronto on Sept. 22 and all you have to do for a chance to win is go into one of their 63 locations across Canada. It’s pretty simple. Head to a Long & McQuade store like […]
