Lido Pimienta took home one of Canada’s biggest music prizes for her record La Papessa at the Carlu in Toronto Monday night. The Colombian-Canadian musician and songwriter was awarded the 12th annual Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian record judged to be the best based on artistic merit.
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La Papessa beat out an impressive crop of competitors that included records from A Tribe Called Red, 2014 winner Tanya Tagaq, 2012 winner Feist, Gord Downie, Weaves, Leonard Cohen, Lisa Leblanc, Leif Vollebekk, and BADBADNOTGOOD.
Upon accepting the award Pimienta said she expected A Tribe Called Red to take home the $50,000 prize, but she was planning to take the stage with them. The Toronto-based artist appeared on multiple tracks on their nominated album We Are the Halluci Nation. Pimienta blasted the production crew before leaving the stage, dropping several F-bombs and expressing anger of not being able to hear anything through her monitors during an earlier performance.
All shortlisted finalists received a $3,000 cash award. Previous winners of the prize include Kaytranada, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Fucked Up, Caribou, Arcade Fire, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
See the photos from Polaris Prize 2017 below:
Image by Amanda Fotes