Polaris Music Prize Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Tuesday, September 15, 2020

We needed some good news like this in the age of pandemic. No flu season this year? We’ll see. On

When this whole process began, music wonks such as myself nominated over 200 albums for consideration by the Polaris Music

Since its inception earlier in the century, the grand prize winner in the Polaris Music Prize has always been announced

The cull has begun. With 223 suggested albums to choose from, the 201 jurors (including moi) for the 2020 Polaris

It’s Polaris Music Prize time again. Music wonks from all across the country (yours truly included) are already nominated and

Okay, so he’s not completely leaving–he’ll continue as a member of the Polaris board–but he does have a new full

While the Polaris Prize goes to the best new Canadian album of the year, it was decided a couple of

Now that the Polaris Music Prize is over for another year, attention turns to the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize.

A lot of people woke up today wondering who won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize. And when they saw the

First came the nominations, resulting in about 200 candidate albums. Then came the vote to bring things down to the

After an endless parade of nominations (there were actually 233 albums put up for consideration) and an even more endless

The Dawn of Digital Sports Journalism at The Globe & Mail and Yahoo Canada – Steve McAllister in Conversation with TBP Podcast ep 005 September 4, 2020
Ask any Canadian sports journalist who they consider one the nicest and forward-thinking minds behind the rise of digital, and chances are they would say, Steve McAllister. As one of the most accomplished and highly regarded leaders in sports journalism over the last 20 years, Steve has provided the mentorship and launchpad for too many […]
Andrew Dick
Behind the desk of Global and CTV News – Kevin Newman in conversation with TBP podcast ep 004 August 18, 2020
Kevin’s award-winning career has spanned four decades, covering the biggest stories from the four corners of the earth and those most important to Canadians. While he’s a household name for his on-camera presence, as you will learn in this episode, Kevin Newman is also an innovator whose energy is fueled by the same startup drive […]
Mark Silver
At the top of the sponsorship world – Sam Galet in conversation with TBP podcast ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver