GOOD LUCK! Local Artists on Polaris Long List

The renowned Polaris Music Prize has unveiled their Long List of Canadian Albums for 2016 and quite a few local musicians are on it! 

Hamilton electronic music-makers Junior Boys and Jessy Lanza grace the list. 

Links: Junior Boys, More Junior Boys Stories, Video above courtesy of City Slang



Links: Jessy Lanza, More Jessy Lanza Stories, Video above courtesy of Rodolfo Yuzo

So do St. Catharines Alt-Folk sensation City and Colour and Daniel Romano from Welland.



Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy of Monical4



Links: Daniel Romano, More Daniel Romano Stories, Video above courtesy of Blue Jean Pieta

The announcement of the Short List (which will whittle the long one to just the top ten) will be on July 14, 2016.  The prize winner will be awarded at the Polaris Gala (September 19, 2016 at The Carlu in Toronto).

The top candidate will earn $50,000 and the rest of the Short List will receive $3,000.

GOOD LUCK.

Here is the complete Long List.

• Junior Boys: Big Black Coat
• Jessy Lanza: Oh No
• City and Colour: If I Should Go Before You
• Daniel Romano: Mosey
• Art Bergmann: The Apostate
• Justin Bieber: Purpose
• Black Mountain: IV
• Jean-Michel Blais: II
• Basia Bulat: Good Advice
• Daniel Caesar: Pilgrim’s Paradise
• Tanika Charles: Soul Run
• Coeur de pirate: Roses
• Dead Obies: Gesamtkunstwerk
• Destroyer: Poison Season
• Dilly Dally: Sore
• Drake: VIEWS
• Essaie pas: Demain est une autre nuit
• Fred Fortin: Ultramarr
• FOXTROTT: A Taller Us
• Grimes: Art Angels
• Half Moon Run: Sun Leads Me On
• Veda Hille: Love Waves
• Jazz Cartier: Hotel Paranoia
• Carly Rae Jepsen: E•MO•TION
• Kaytranada: 99.90%
• Majid Jordan: Majid Jordan
• Michelle McAdorey: Into Her Future
• Nap Eyes: Thought Rock Fish Scale
• Safia Nolin: Limoilou
• Operators: Blue Wave
• Peaches: Rub
• PUP: The Dream Is Over
• Andy Shauf: The Party
• The Strumbellas: HOPE
• Suuns: Hold/Still
• U.S. Girls: Half Free
• Un Blonde: Good Will Come To You
• The Weeknd: Beauty Behind the Madness
• White Lung: Paradise
• Donovan Woods: Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled

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Links: Polaris Music Prize, More Polaris Stories

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