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Polaris People For The Week Of March 23 – Cadence Weapon, Feist, Shadowy Sadies On A Shadowy Planet And More

We're deep in Canadian Music Week over here in Polarisland. That hasn't stopped some of our juror-type friends from thinking ahead, however.

Never one to shy from a good debate, CBC Music personality and frequent Polaris host <strong>Grant Lawrence</strong> has already started <a href = 'http://music.cbc.ca/#/Radio3/blogs/2012/3/Polaris-Music-Prize-2012-If-The-Ballots-Were-Submitted-Today'>soliciting jurors</a> in the lead-up to the June 14 Polaris Long List announcement.

If that article's any indication, there's going to be a lot more Dan Mangan and Rich Aucoin in future Polaris People columns.

But not this week.

No, we've got other artists to talk about. Namely Arcade Fire, Cadence Weapon, The Sadies and Tegan And Sara. Find out why by clicking through.

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Shooting Star: Dustin Rabin

The Polaris team is lucky to work with a multitude of awesome folks within the music industry — one such talent is our Gala photographer, Dustin Rabin. We asked the busy lensman to tell us a bit about shooting the ceremony over the years, his many career milestones, and going behind the scenes with a certain Beatle.

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Polaris People For The Week Of Feb. 24 ““ Fucked Up Party Times, Shad Drum Lessons, Arcade Fire Crushes And More

That tingle you’re feeling right now isn’t allergies or spring fever, it’s your sub-conscious reminding you that we’re this close to announcing the official Polaris Long List, Short List and Awards Gala dates. Stay tuned for those coming soon.

Meanwhile, Polaris People like Fucked Up, Patrick Watson, Shad, Black Mountain and Metric are all in the news.

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Polaris People For The Week Of Feb. 10 ““ K'naan And 50 Cent, Polaris-Juno Crossover, Radio Radio Party Videos And More

Polaris Music Prize Short- and Long-List nominees from 2011 also picked up a number of nods at the 2012 Juno Awards nominations. We list 'em off.

Also, folks like Tegan And Sara, Cadence Weapon, Feist, K'naan, Radio Radio, The Besnard Lakes and Two Hours Traffic are making things happen. Find out what.

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A toast to the hosts!

As the clock ticks down to tonight's gala, Polaris 2011 hosts Grant Lawrence and Damian Abraham get ready for the big show!

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How to sneak into the gala (well, kinda)…

Sure, the gala is invite-only – but this year, there are ways for a select few to get the exclusive chance to check out the big show!

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Screen and be seen: The HP Polaris 2011 Screening Party!

The gala is invite-only. But the Drake Hotel, HP, and MusiCounts are teaming up to bring you the second annual Polaris screening party!

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The Gala! Who's playing? Who's hosting? Who's judging?

On September 19, 2011 at 8 pm, the gala will be exclusively broadcast to North America by SiriusXM Canada on Sirius channel 152, and to the world on CBC Radio 3 live from the home of MTV Canada, The Concert Hall at Toronto's Masonic Temple. It will be webcast live on MuchMusic.com and broadcast on MuchMusic, Saturday, Sept. 24 at 10 pm and midnight EST.

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Behind the Scenes: Polaris discussion list

Most familiar with the Polaris Music Prize will know that a jury of over 200 music writers, broadcasters, and bloggers is indispensible to the process that determines the award.

But what many may not know is that before the jurors make their five-album selections for the Long List and subsequent Short List, they spend much of the year discussing their picks and pans on an e-mail listserv that’s open only to jury members.

For a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the sort of exchange that goes on online between Polaris jurors, we turned to two jurors with very different opinions on the Short List: Veteran juror <a href="http://radiofreecanuckistan.blogspot.com/">Michael Barclay</a>, co-author of Canrock history <a href="http://www.ecwpress.com/havenot"><i>Have Not Been the Same</i></a>, came out strongly in favour of the Short List when it was first announced, while <a href="http://nxew.ca/">NxEW.ca</a> blogger Justin Beach (who's been on the jury for the past two years) offered up more of a shrug…

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Summer showcase: Osheaga Music & Arts Festival

As the final weeks of summer fall upon us, Polaris-winning and nominated artists continue to traverse the country hitting the summer-festival circuit. One of the newer additions to the Canadian festival community is Montreal’s Osheaga Festival, which has firmly made its mark since bowing onto the scene in 2006, thanks to its consistently high-profile lineups that combine big-name headliners with local talent and rising independent acts.

Programmer Evelyne Côté took some time out in the hours before this year’s edition of Osheaga kicked off to chat about the festival’s Polaris connections.

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