The Mercury Prize is the OG (I think) of awards when it comes to recognizing the best album released in a country without regard to commercial success or genre. The Mercurys formed the
Read MoreThe Mercury Prize, the UK’s version of (and inspiration for) our Polaris Music Prize, has announced the nominees for 2025. As always, these are the finalists for the best British and Irish album
Read MoreThe Mercury Prize is the cash award given out to the best British/Irish album of the last year regardless of genre or commercial success. It’s the template for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize. Going
Read MoreThe Mercury Prize was the template for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize. A bunch of music industry boffins nominate, debate, and then vote on a bunch of albums until things get whittled down to
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreAfter 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
Read MoreWow. 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)
Read MoreA 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
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThe 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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