The annual Mercury Prize was awarded in Britain last night (September 7) and the for the first time in the event’s history stretching back 31 years, the winner was a jazz band. Congratulations
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The Mercury Prize (the inspiration for Canada’s Polaris Prize) seeks to determine the best album in the UK from the last year regardless of commercial success or genre. The short list of 12
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After being postponed because the original date was the night the queen died, Britain’s Mercury Prize was handed out yesterday (October 18) with rapper Little Simz winning it all. The Mercury Prize is
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Wow. That’s…fast. (Via Larry) Now take some time to leisurely go through music news for October 15, 2022. This US Supreme Court ruling could change the internet as we know it. (Via Amber)
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A few weeks after the Polaris Music Prize announced the Short List for 2022, the equivalent Short List for Britain’s Mercury Prize is out. Here are the nominations in alphabetical order. Fergus McCreadie
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In hindsight, people who follow UK music could see this coming. Arlo Parks’s Collapsed in Sunbeams was both a critical and commercial success, making it an early favourite for this year’s Mercury Prize.
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The Mercury Prize is the inspiration for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize: A juried competition to determine the best album of the last 12 months regardless of genre or commercial success. Music wonks from
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The Mercury Prize, the British equivalent of (and inspiration for) Canada’s Polaris Music Prize, was awarded to Michael Kiwanuka last night for his album, Kinwanuka. (Listen to it here.) The award goes to
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The Mercury Prize, the UK’s analogue to our Polaris Music Prize, has released its shortlist for this year. And just like Polaris, the winner (who will get a cheque for £25,000) will be
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Just a few days after Haviah Mighty was named the winner of the Polaris Music Prize, Dave, the South London MC/rapper was named the winner of the Mercury Prize in the UK. That
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The Mercury Prize, the national album competition that’s Britain’s version of our Mercury Prize, has announced the Short List for 2019. This year’s finalists–culled from about 200 nominations by music wonks from across
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