Laura Barrett has fully arrived with her new CD “Victory Garden”. While her EPs Earth Sciences and Ursula were both very good there was a sense that she was experimenting and introducing all of us to the kalimba. Now that we know what the instrument sounds like she has moved on and incorporated the african…
Polaris Short List Announced
As just announced live on CBC Radio 3 the short list for this year’s Polaris Music Prize: Plants And Animals:: Parc Avenue Basia Bulat :: Oh My Darling Two Hours Traffic :: Little Jabs Stars In Our Bedroom After the War Shad :: The Old Prince Kathleen Edwards :: Asking for Flowers The Weakerthans ::…
Polaris Jury Announced
Sure awards season is long since over but the most prestigious prize in Canadian Music is just getting warmed up. The 2008 jury for the Polaris Music Prize was announced today. This is the third year for the prize, which awards $20,000 for the best Canadian album based solely on artistic merit. Better still, “no…
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…
On Now Magazine’s Polaris Whining
Yesterday, Cody posted a link to Now Magazine’s rebuke of this year’s Polaris Music Prize list. Yesterday my only comment was “One of the problems with such awards is that there will never be agreement on who should win, or who should be nominated, but I can’t think of a better way to do it…