Caribou, the winner of the 2008 Polaris Music Prize is this week’s featured artist on the CBC Radio 3 Sessions with reworks of some of his award winning tunes – you’ll never hear these songs done this way anywhere else. You can grab a copy of it at http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/sessions/CBCR3Sessions_2009-01-14.mp3. Also, if you missed it, yesterday’s…
RVT: Holy Fuck – Milkshake
A video made by Chad VanGaalen for Milkshake by Toronto’s Holy Fuck:
Patrick Watson Doesn’t Poo Clouds But…
In a country as musically rich and diverse as Canada, even to be nominated for the Polaris Prize is a huge achievement. The Polaris prize is, in my view, the greatest musical honour in Canada. It is not run by the record industry. Sales, marketing, and location have no bearing on the outcome. The prize…