Playlist Friday: 2018 Polaris Music Prize Long List

The Polaris Music Prize Long List has been unveiled live at The Drake Hotel in Toronto, Canada!  Well over 200 Canadian albums have been narrowed down to 40. You can find the Long List here. [...]

Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Long List Playlist

It's Polaris Music Prize time again. I will be bringing it up for the next few months so get used to it. The Polaris Music Prize is a not-for-profit organization that annually honours and rewards [...]

Polaris Music Prize 2017

By Darlene Barss Today is the day we discover which artist will win the $50,000 Polaris Music Prize for 2017. I have enjoyed being a part of the  Polaris Music Prize process as a juror this year [...]

By | September 18th, 2017|Categories: Playlist, Playlists, Polaris Music Prize|Tags: , , |106 Comments

Playlist Friday: Polaris Music Prize Long List 2017

By Darlene Barss We have two playlists for you this week about the Polaris Music Prize Long List. One has a song representing each of the 40 albums that are on the official Long List. [...]

Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Top 20

Playlist Friday is about my top 20 choices for the Polaris Music Prize Long List. I have until June 6 to make my choices so I thought I would share with you where I am [...]

By | June 2nd, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , |37 Comments

Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Longlist Playlist

By Darlene Barss The Polaris Music Prize is a not-for-profit organization that annually honours and rewards artists who produce Canadian music albums of distinction. A select panel of music critics judge and award the Prize [...]

By | March 3rd, 2017|Categories: News, Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |39 Comments

Kaytranada wins the 2016 Polaris Music Prize

By Regina Sienra Kaytranada, the electronic producer from Montreal, was the winner of the 2016 Polaris Music Prize for his album 99.9%. The gala featured performances by Andy Shauf, Black Mountain, Basia Bulat, Carly Rae [...]

A look back at Polaris Music Prize 2010

By Michael Wynn It was late summer 2010, and my third week as a CBC Radio 3 employee. The indie and alternative wing of the CBC Radio network was going through one of its most [...]

By | September 18th, 2016|Categories: Editorial|Tags: , , |135 Comments

Listen to the 2016 Polaris Prize Podcast

By Regina Sienra The Polaris Music Prize gala is just around the corner. The winner of the $50,000 will be announced next Monday, September 19, at the Carlu in Toronto. For fans who are still [...]

By | September 13th, 2016|Categories: News, Polaris Music Prize|Tags: , , |118 Comments

Polaris Prize announces performers for the 2016 Gala

By Regina Sienra The Polaris Music Prize has announced both the performers and the members of the Grand Jury for its 2016 edition. Seven out of the ten shortlist nominees will play at the gala, [...]

By | August 16th, 2016|Categories: News, Polaris Music Prize|Tags: |130 Comments