The Polaris Music Prize which celebrates creativity and diversity in Canadian music every year is being held tonight at The Carlu in downtown Toronto. One talented Canadian artist will be taking home $30,000 and the title of Canadian Album of the Year and you can watch it all happen in real time. Tune in right now:
Good luck to this year’s shortlisters:
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
Basia Bulat – Tall Tall Shadow
Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
Drake – Nothing Was The Same
Jessy Lanza – Pull My Hair Back
Owen Pallett – In Conflict
Shad – Flying Colours
Tanya Tagaq – Animism
Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams
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About the Polaris Music Prize
The Polaris Music Prize is a not-for-profit organization that annually honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music by recognizing, then marketing the albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation, or sales history, as judged by a panel of selected music critics. WEBSITE | TWITTER