Drake, The Weeknd, Mac DeMarco & More Nominated for 2017 Polaris Music Prize
KAYTRANADA was last year’s winner.
The nominees for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize long list have been revealed. Following last year’s victory for Kaytranada, high-profile Canadian talents such as Drake, The Weeknd, Mac DeMarco, BADBADNOTGOOD, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charlotte Day Wilson, Feist and others have been selected for this year’s round-up of potential winners. The winner of the Polaris Music Prize will receive a cash reward of $50,000 CAD and will be chosen by a well-curated crew of journalist, critics and other industry figures. On July 13, this current list of Polaris Music Prize nominees will be narrowed down to ten acts and artists; the winner will be announced on September 18 during a ceremony at downtown Toronto’s Carlu venue.
You can run through the long list of 2017 Polaris Music Prize nominees below.
2017 Polaris Music Prize – Long List (Nominees)
A Tribe Called Red – We Are The Halluci Nation
Alaclair Ensemble - Les Frères Cueilleurs
Anciients – Voice of the Void
Arkells – Morning Report
Philippe B – La grande nuit vidéo
BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
Louise Burns – Young Mopes
Chocolat – Rencontrer Looloo
Clairmont The Second – Quest For Milk and Honey
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
Antoine Corriveau – Cette chose qui cognait au creux de sa poitrine sans vouloir s’arrêter
Le Couleur – P.O.P.
Marie Davidson – Adieux Au Dancefloor
Mac Demarco – This Old Dog
Gord Downie – Secret Path
Drake – More Life
Feist – Pleasure
Figure Walking – The Big Other
Fiver – Audible Songs From Rockwood
Geoffroy – Coastline
Hannah Georgas – For Evelyn
Japandroids – Near To The Wild Heart Of Life
Carly Rae Jepsen – E.MO.TION Side B
B.A. Johnston – Gremlins III
Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
The New Pornographers – Whiteout Conditions
Klô Pelgag – L’Étoile thoracique
Peter Peter – Noir Éden
Lido Pimienta – La Papessa
Jessie Reyez – Kiddo
Daniel Romano – Modern Pressure
The Sadies – Northern Passages
John K. Samson – Winter Wheat
Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
The Tragically Hip – Man Machine Poem
TUNS – TUNS
Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude
Weaves – Weaves
The Weeknd – Starboy
Charlotte Day Wilson – CDW
