Caribou at the polaris music prize gala 2008 by dustin rabin

Kathleen edwards at the polaris music prize gala 2008 by dustin rabin

The 2008 edition of the

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Polaris Music Prize The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award was established in 2006 with a $20,000 cash prize. The prize was inc ...

was presented on September 30, 2008, at the

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in Toronto. The prize was won by

Caribou The reindeer or caribou (''Rangifer tarandus'') is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only represe ...

for his album ''

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''. Unlike in prior years, the Polaris Prize committee did not release a compilation album of songs from the nominated albums. Instead, customers who purchased one of the nominated albums in a record store were given a free card entitling them to download one free song from each album at

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Jury

The 2008 grand jury consisted of Mike Bell (''

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''), Denise Benson (''

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''), Evelyn Cote ('' Ici''), Lana Gay (

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), Kevin Kelly ('' Newfoundland Herald''), Joshua Ostroff ( AOL Canada), James Stewart Reaney (''

London Free Press ''The London Free Press'' is a daily newspaper based in London, Ontario, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Southwestern Ontario. History ''The London Free Press'' began as the ''Canadian Free Press'', founded by Willia ...

''), Li Robbins (

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/''

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''),

Hannah Simone Hannah Simone (born 3 August 1980) is a British-Canadian actress from London, television host, and former VJ and fashion model. She portrayed Cece Parikh on the Fox sitcom ''New Girl''. Early life Simone was born in London to a British India ...

(

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), Darryl Sterdan (''

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'') and Frank Yang (''Chromewaves'').

Shortlist

The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 7. *

, ''

'' * Black Mountain, ''

In the Future ''In the Future'' is the second album by Black Mountain (band), Black Mountain, which was released January 21, 2008. It follows their Black Mountain (album), eponymous debut album which was released in 2005. A "limited edition" of the album was ...

'' *

Basia Bulat Barbara Josephine Bulat, known professionally as Basia Bulat (), is a Canadian Folk music, folk singer-songwriter. She is known for performing with an autoharp. Early life and education Bulat grew up in Etobicoke, Ontario where her mother was ...

, '' Oh, My Darling'' *

Kathleen Edwards Kathleen Margaret Edwards (born July 11, 1978
) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2002 debut album, ''

, ''

Asking for Flowers ''Asking for Flowers'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards. The album was released March 4, 2008, and was well received by critics, similarly to her first two albums released under Zoë Records, ''Failer'' and ...

'' *

Holy Fuck Holy Fuck is a Canadian electronica band from Toronto. They were a part of Dependent Music, a music label and artist collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 2004 until its closing. They were then a part of the Young Turks label and in ...

, '' LP'' * Plants and Animals, ''

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'' *

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, '' The Old Prince'' *

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, ''

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'' *

Two Hours Traffic Two Hours Traffic is a Canadian indie rock band, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They are named after a line in the prologue to Shakespeare’s ''Romeo and Juliet''. Critics have drawn comparisons to 1970s power pop band Big Star (b ...

, '' Little Jabs'' *

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, '' Reunion Tour''

Longlist

On June 12, for the first time in the three-year history of the award, the preliminary 40-album longlist was published.

References

External links

Polaris Music Prize
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