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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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 Music Prize founder, Steve Jordan, is stepping down from his role as Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize to take a new position...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...