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Polaris Music Prize announces key dates for 2021 celebrations
By Emily Plunkett on February 25, 2021
With the global COVID-19 still front and center on the world’s mind, the Polaris Music Prize is reminding everyone that Canadian music is alive and...
Backxwash crowned as the winner of the 2020 Polaris Music Prize
By Emily Plunkett on October 20, 2020
Pandemics and social distancing did not deter the Polaris Music Prize from celebrating Backxwash’s God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of...
Polaris Music Prize announces the 2020 Short List
By Emily Plunkett on July 16, 2020
From New Wave shoegaze from Treaty 6 territory to pop, punk, R&B with elements of traditional Filapino kulintang, to the current ruler of Billboard’s R&B...
Polaris Music Prize announces online presentations for Short List and winner celebrations
By Emily Plunkett on July 7, 2020
COVID-19 has forced the Polaris Music Prize to move completely online this year. Following the announcement of the 40 album Long List on June 15,...
2020 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced
By Emily Plunkett on June 16, 2020
Social distancing will not stop the Polaris Music Prize from celebrating the best in Canadian music. During a live event streamed over YouTube and Facebook,...
Polaris Music Prize Long List to be announced June 15
By Emily Plunkett on June 4, 2020
The 2020 Polaris Music Prize Long List is set to be announced on June 15 with a little help from past nominees. Starting at 12...
Lido Pimienta announces new album, Miss Columbia
By Nicole Wolfe on February 7, 2020
Photo credit: Daniella Murillo Toronto-based Lido Pimienta has announced the release of her brand new album, Miss Columbia, the follow-up to the 2017 Polaris Music Prize winning...
Polaris founder Steve Jordan named as CBC Music Senior Director
By Emily Plunkett on January 15, 2020
Polaris Music Prize founder, Steve Jordan, is stepping down from his role as Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize to take a new position...
Haviah Mighty crowned 2019 Polaris Music Prize winner in Toronto, ON
By Emily Plunkett on September 19, 2019
In a thrilling evening of Canada’s best talent celebrating the best albums of the year at the Carlu in Toronto, the Polaris Music Prize was...
Polaris Music Prize 2019 – Elisapie’s The Ballad of the Runaway Girl is hauntingly beautiful
By Emily Plunkett on August 15, 2019
There’s something uniquely beautiful about Elisapie’s Polaris Music Prize-nominated album, The Ballad of the Runaway Girl. With lyrics in English, French and Inuktitut, Elisapie’s songs...
Polaris Music Prize announces Grand Jury and final list of performers ahead of Gala
By Emily Plunkett on August 15, 2019
With the Polaris Music Prize Gala just over a month away, the final list of performers and the list of the 11-member Grand Jury has...
Polaris Music Prize 2019 – Dominique Fils-Aime bares soul on Stay Tuned!
By Emily Plunkett on August 2, 2019
When celebrating one’s rich cultural background, it should be no surprise when the resulting album is bursting with a love only the artist could share....
Polaris Music Prize Gala announces first confirmed performers
By Emily Plunkett on August 2, 2019
With the announcement of their Short List nominees, the 2019 Polaris Music Prize Gala has announced the first of the evening’s performers. Confirmed for the...
2019 Polaris Music Prize Short List unveiled
By Emily Plunkett on July 23, 2019
On July 16, CBC Music hosted the unveiling of the 2019 Polaris Music Prize Short List on air, with one album every half hour. By...

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