Here’s the Short List for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize. One of these albums will win $50,000 tonight
What was once a list of more then 200 nominated albums became a Long List of forty. And now just
Read moreWhat was once a list of more then 200 nominated albums became a Long List of forty. And now just
Read moreA few weeks after the Polaris Music Prize announced the Short List for 2022, the equivalent Short List for Britain’s
Read moreThe finale of the 2021 Polaris Music prize is coming up tonight (September 27) and after months of debating and
Read moreYou know we’re deep into summer when we start talking about the finalists for the Polaris Music Prize. We started
Read moreWhen this whole process began, music wonks such as myself nominated over 200 albums for consideration by the Polaris Music
Read moreFirst came the nominations, resulting in about 200 candidate albums. Then came the vote to bring things down to the
Read moreThe Mercury Prize is the UK equivalent of Canada’s Polaris Music Prize: An attempt to name the best British or
Read moreAfter a year of arguing, lobbying, cajoling, kvetching, and passioned imploring by the 200+ members of the extended Polaris Music
Read moreWe’re less than three weeks from the Polaris Music Prize Gala, the night where one artist will be recognized as
Read moreThe Polaris jury pool–music writers, bloggers, journalists, tastemakers, broadcasters, etc.–started by putting forth about 200 albums for consideration. Those were
Read moreThe Barclay Mercury Prize–the prize upon which our Polaris Music Prize is based–announced the short list of albums for 2015.
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