{"id":15401,"date":"2016-08-12T08:38:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T12:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/?p=15401"},"modified":"2016-08-15T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:16:27","slug":"arkells-joel-plaskett-zaki-ibrahim-on-free-polaris-cover-sessions-10-inch-available-at-select-retailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/fr\/blog\/arkells-joel-plaskett-zaki-ibrahim-on-free-polaris-cover-sessions-10-inch-available-at-select-retailers\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkells, Joel Plaskett, Zaki Ibrahim On Free Polaris Cover Sessions 10-Inch Available At Select Retailers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Polaris<\/a>

Polaris Cover Sessions No. 2 front and back<\/p><\/div>\n

Starting today, buying one of the ten albums nominated for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize Short List<\/a> from select record stores across the national will earn savvy shoppers a bonus free vinyl copy of the Polaris Cover Sessions No. 2.<\/p>\n

The three songs on the ten-inch were culled from the Polaris Cover Sessions, an ongoing curated program where past Polaris nominees cover songs from other past Polaris nominees.<\/p>\n

Pressed on to elegant translucent blue vinyl by Precision Record Pressing<\/a>, Polaris Cover Sessions No. 2 features Arkells\u00a0doing\u00a0Owen Pallett\u2019s \u201cI Am Not Afraid,\u201d Joel Plaskett\u00a0covering\u00a0Feist\u2019s \u201cBittersweet Melodies\u201d and Zaki Ibrahim\u2019s interpretation of Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cShow Me The Place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The record is available in the following 27 locations across the country while supplies last:<\/p>\n

Atom Heart, Montreal, QC<\/p>\n

Aux 33 Tours, Montreal, QC<\/p>\n

Blackbyrd Myoozik, Edmonton, AB<\/p>\n

Blackbyrd Myoozik, Calgary, AB<\/p>\n

Compact Music (Glebe), Ottawa, ON<\/p>\n

Compact Music (Centretown), Ottawa, ON<\/p>\n

Dead Dog Records, Toronto, ON<\/p>\n

Ditch Records, Victoria, BC<\/p>\n

Dr. Disc Hamilton, ON<\/p>\n

Fred’s St John’s, NFLD<\/p>\n

Frequences Le Disquaire, Ste-Hyacinthe, QC<\/p>\n

June Records, Toronto, ON<\/p>\n

Le Knockout, Quebec City, QC<\/p>\n

Listen Records, Edmonton, AB<\/p>\n

Milkcrate Records, Kelowna, BC<\/p>\n

Music Trader Winnipeg, MB<\/p>\n

Neptoon Records, Vancouver, BC<\/p>\n

Obsolete Records, Halifax, NS<\/p>\n

The ODDs & SODs Shoppe, Ottawa, ON<\/p>\n

Red Cat Records, Vancouver, BC<\/p>\n

Sloth Records, Calgary, AB<\/p>\n

Sonic Boom, Toronto, ON<\/p>\n

Soundscapes, Toronto, ON<\/p>\n

Taz Records, Halifax, NS<\/p>\n

Taz\u00a0Records, Bedford, NS<\/p>\n

Taz Records, Dartmouth, NS<\/p>\n

Vinyl Diner, Saskatoon, SK<\/p>\n

The first Polaris Cover Sessions ten-inch was released last October and featured Whitehorse performing The New Pornographers\u2019 \u201cBones Of An Idol,\u201d Sarah Harmer performing Caribou\u2019s \u201cOdessa\u201d and Great Lake Swimmers performing Sarah Harmer\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m A Mountain.\u201d That record was also distributed for free-with-purchase through various Canadian record stores.<\/p>\n

Cover Session are presented by\u00a0SiriusXM Canada<\/a>\u00a0and supported by\u00a0SOCAN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each Cover Session was also videotaped while the various acts were in the studio performing their songs. Watch the videos from Arkells, Zaki Ibrahim and Joel Plaskett below:<\/p>\n

Zaki Ibrahim – \u00ab\u00a0Show Me The Place\u00a0\u00bb (Leonard Cohen cover) – Polaris Cover Sessions #6<\/em><\/p>\n