Debby Friday wins the 2023 Polaris Music Prize
The culmination of a year’s worth of debate came to an end last night at Massey Hall in Toronto when Debby Friday’s album, Good Luck, was awarded the 2023 Polaris Prize. This all
Read MoreThe culmination of a year’s worth of debate came to an end last night at Massey Hall in Toronto when Debby Friday’s album, Good Luck, was awarded the 2023 Polaris Prize. This all
Read MoreFrom 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
Read MoreThe debates among the 200+ jurors have already begun and there’s already a long list of albums that have been suggested for this year’s Polaris Music Prize. While all that’s going on, we
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Read MoreWhat was once a list of more then 200 nominated albums became a Long List of forty. And now just ten remain in contention for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize. Here we go
Read MoreAfter 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
Read MoreIn another sure sign of spring, the dates have been announced for the Polaris Music Prize for this year. Members of the jury–200+ music wonks from across the country (including me) have been
Read MoreThe finale of the 2021 Polaris Music prize is coming up tonight (September 27) and after months of debating and arguing, one album will be named the best Canadian record of the year
Read MoreIt’s my parents’ anniversary today: 64 years. Wow. As for other things happening on August 3, 2021, here’s some music news. The Polaris Music Prize is looking for a new executive director. Here’s
Read MoreYou know we’re deep into summer when we start talking about the finalists for the Polaris Music Prize. We started with over 200 albums nominated by more than 200 music wonks across the
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