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Playlist Friday: Paper Bag Records

The playlist this week is the sixth in a series of playlists where we are checking out Canadian Independent Record Companies and the artists they represent. We have checked out Arts and Crafts, Constellation Records, [...]

Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Short List 2020

The Polaris Music Prize Short List will be revealed on Wednesday, July 15. The playlist today has a couple tracks each for 10 albums that I am hoping will be on that list. I was [...]

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar June/2020

The playlist this week is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating. And that is a lot! We have both a Spotify Release Radar playlist and a YouTube new video release [...]

Playlist Friday: Canada Day

Canada Day is coming up on Wednesday and I have an 8 hour long playlist to help you get ready for it! This playlist has been growing over the years. Our Canadian artists do seem [...]

By | June 26th, 2020|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |3 Comments

Playlist Friday: National Indigenous Peoples Day

June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First [...]

Polaris Music Prize Long List 2020

Today is the day of the big reveal of the Polaris Music Prize Long List for 2020. The #Polaris2020 Long List reveal takes place at noon ET / 9 am PT via Polaris YouTube and [...]

By | June 15th, 2020|Categories: Awards, Polaris Music Prize|Tags: , , , |10 Comments

Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Long List

It is Polaris Music Prize season and I am anxiously waiting to hear who makes it on to the Long List. The jurors votes are in and the official long list will be announced on [...]

Playlist Friday: World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day and that is what our playlist this week is all about. There are some older tracks mixed in with newer Canadian Indie tracks. The songs are about environmental issues or [...]

By | June 5th, 2020|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |2 Comments

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar May/2020

The playlist this week is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating. And that is a lot! We have both a Spotify Release Radar playlist and a YouTube new video release [...]

Playlist Friday: Mint Records

The playlist this week is the fifth in a series of playlists where we are checking out Canadian Independent Record Companies and the artists they represent. We have checked out Arts and Crafts, Constellation Records, [...]