The 2015 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2015 at The Carlu event theatre in Toronto, Ontario.[1] The event was hosted by children's entertainer Fred Penner.
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In May 2015, Slaight Communications announced an additional contribution to the Polaris fund which saw the prize for the winning album increased to $50,000,[2] as well as $3,000 to each of the non-winning nominees.
Shortlist
editThe ten-album shortlist was announced on July 16.[3]
Longlist
editThe prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 16 at the Carleton Music Bar and Grill in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1]
- Absolutely Free, Absolutely Free
- The Acorn, Vieux Loup
- Lydia Ainsworth, Right From Real
- Alvvays, Alvvays
- Arkells, High Noon
- Rich Aucoin, Ephemeral
- BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah, Sour Soul
- Bahamas, Bahamas Is Afie
- The Barr Brothers, Sleeping Operator
- Braids, Deep in the Iris
- Steph Cameron, Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
- Caribou, Our Love
- Jazz Cartier, Marauding in Paradise
- Jennifer Castle, Pink City
- Cold Specks, Neuroplasticity
- Louis-Jean Cormier, Les grandes artères
- Death from Above 1979, The Physical World
- Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late
- Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean
- Tobias Jesso Jr., Goon
- B. A. Johnston, Shit Sucks
- Pierre Kwenders, Le dernier empereur Bantou
- Lee Harvey Osmond, Beautiful Scars
- Jean Leloup, À Paradis City
- METZ, II
- Milk & Bone, Little Mourning
- Tre Mission, Stigmata
- The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers
- Joel Plaskett, The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power in the Blood
- Elizabeth Shepherd, The Signal
- Siskiyou, Nervous
- Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld, Never Were the Way She Was
- Various Artists, Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock and Country, 1966-1985
- Viet Cong, Viet Cong
- Patrick Watson, Love Songs for Robots
- The Weather Station, Loyalty
- White Lung, Deep Fantasy
- Whitehorse, Leave No Bridge Unburned
- Young Guv, Ripe 4 Luv
Heritage Prize
editIn 2015, the Polaris committee also launched the Heritage Prize, an awards program to honour classic Canadian albums released before the creation of the Polaris Prize.[4] Each year four shortlists of albums from four historical periods in Canadian music will be released, following which a public online vote will choose which album to honour.[4] These will be announced separately from the main Polaris Prize.
The winners for 2015 were announced on October 9.[5] The four winning albums will be honoured with a tribute concert in Toronto in early 2016, a trophy and the sale of a limited edition commemorative print.[5]
1960s-1970s
edit- Joni Mitchell, Blue
- The Band, Music from Big Pink
- Robert Charlebois and Louise Forestier, Lindberg
- Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen
- Jackie Shane, Jackie Shane Live
1980s
edit- Cowboy Junkies, The Trinity Session
- Glenn Gould, Bach: The Goldberg Variations
- Daniel Lanois, Acadie
- Maestro Fresh Wes, Symphony in Effect
- Mary Margaret O'Hara, Miss America
- Rush, Moving Pictures
1990s
edit- Sloan, Twice Removed
- Blue Rodeo, Five Days in July
- Bran Van 3000, Glee
- Dream Warriors, And Now the Legacy Begins
- Lhasa de Sela, La llorona
2000-2005
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Polaris Music Prize Announces 2015 Long List". Exclaim!, June 16, 2015.
- ^ "Polaris Music Prize grows to $50,000". Toronto Star, May 11, 2015.
- ^ "Polaris Music Prize Reveals 2015 Short List". Exclaim!, July 16, 2015.
- ^ a b "Polaris Music Prize Announces Heritage Prize Nominees". Exclaim!, September 18, 2015.
- ^ a b "Joni Mitchell, Cowboy Junkies, Sloan and Peaches Take Home Polaris Heritage Prizes". Exclaim!, October 9, 2015.