Tuesday, October 25, 2016

CONGRATS! Blue Rodeo (ft Hamilton's Kim Deschamps) Wins 2016 Polaris Heritage Prize


The public have honoured Blue Rodeo's past in the 2016 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize. The contest celebrates Canadian album from various eras.  There are two winners for each section: one voted by the public and the other by a jury.  Blue Rodeo's Five Days in July, which features Hamilton's Kim Deschamps (he's no longer a member), won the public vote for the 1986-95 category.  The jury chose Mary Margaret O’Hara's Miss America.



Links: Blue RodeoMore Blue Rodeo StoriesVideo above courtesy of Blue Rodeo


CONGRATS!

Here is the full List OF WINNERS

1960-1975
1976-85
1986-95
1996-2005
Blast from the Past: This Year's Polaris Short List


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