From 221 nominated albums comes the Polaris Music Prize Long List, the forty semi-finalists for 2023. Everything was nominated and then voted on by 205 music wonks across Canada (including me). A second
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After months of recommendations, discussion, debating, arguing, and kvetching, the Polaris Music Prize people ended up with a list of more than 200 albums that needed to be considered by the 200+ music
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After nearly of year of nominating, lobbying, and listening, the jury for the Polaris Music Prize (200+ people of which I am one) voted on the 204 submissions, winnowing things down to the
Read MoreAfter an endless parade of nominations (there were actually 233 albums put up for consideration) and an even more endless round of debates, the 200+ music boffins from across Canada were asked to
Read MoreAs a member of the wider jury for the Polaris Music Prize (there are over 200 of us), I long ago lost count of how many albums were put forward for consideration. It
Read MoreAfter months of to-ing and fro-ing, arguing and bickering, supporting and a tiny bit of bashing, the 200+ music industry types who make up the vast jury for the Polaris Music Prize have
Read MoreIt seems like there were hundreds of albums to choose from when it came to this year’s Polaris Music Prize, Canada’s annual critic pick for the best record of the year. The 200+
Read MoreStage two of the year-long journey towards naming the best album in Canada happened today with the winnowing of all the suggested albums–some 200-ish, all from many, many, many music writers and critics
Read MoreIt turns out that there was a glitch in the online voting system for this year’s Polaris Music Prize and that Greg MacPherson’s album Fireball should have made it. Another organization might have
Read MoreWe took another step closer towards the naming the winner of the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. The Short List of ten will hidden somewhere in this Long List of forty. The results of
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