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2023 Polaris Music Prize
The 2023 edition of the Canada, Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2023. The winner was electronic musician Debby Friday for her album ''Good Luck (Debby Friday album), Good Luck''. The longlist was announced on June 13, and the shortlist was released July 13. Shortlist Longlist Polaris Heritage Prize Nominees for the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize, an award to honour classic Canadian albums released before the creation of the Polaris Prize, were announced at the main Polaris Prize ceremony. The winners were announced on October 19.Megan LaPierre"Maestro Fresh Wes and Skinny Puppy Win 2023 Slaight Heritage Prize" ''Exclaim!'', October 19, 2023. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Polaris Music Prize 2023 in Canadian music 2023 music awards Polaris Music Prize, 2023 2023 awards in Canada September 2023 in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debby Friday
Debby Friday is an Electronic music, electronic musician based in Toronto. Her debut album, ''Good Luck (Debby Friday album), Good Luck'', released on Sub Pop in 2023, won the 2023 Polaris Music Prize, Polaris Music Prize. Early life Friday was born in Nigeria, and raised in Montreal. In 2018, she moved from Montreal to Vancouver. Career She released her first EP, ''Bitchpunk'', in 2018. In August 2019, her second EP, ''Death Drive'' was named Bandcamp's "Album of the Day" and received a 7.2 from ''Pitchfork''. In January 2023, she released the single "So Hard to Tell", ahead of debut album ''Good Luck (Debby Friday album), Good Luck'', which was released on March 24, on Sub Pop. Discography Albums *''Good Luck (Debby Friday album), Good Luck'' (2023, Sub Pop) Singles and EPs *''Bitchpunk'' EP (2018) *''Death Drive'' EP (2019) *"So Hard to Tell" (2023) *"Let U In" (2023) Awards *2020: Nominated, Prism Prize as co-director with Ryan Ermacora of the video for her song "Fatal" *202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayance
Aïsha Vertus, known professionally as Gayance (pronounced guy-ence), is a Canadian house and electronic music producer and DJ born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. Vertus grew up in Montreal-Nord, a multicultural neighborhood in Quebec. Her album ''Mascarade'' was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. Early life Gayance is of Haitian descent. She is a direct descendent of former Haitian president Jean-Nicolas Nissage Saget on her paternal grandmother's side. Vertus is fluent in French, English, Haitian Creole and Brazilian Portuguese. Vertus attended a public art school in Montreal-Nord called École Primaire Ste-Gertrude where she learned piano and theater. She went to Danse Mode Action, a dance school and casting agency based in Montreal from 1996 until 2009. Here, she learned ballet, contemporary dance, and tap dance. She later went to Urban Element Zone to learn street dance and was part of a dance crew trained by Ricky St-Jusna and Andy Michel. She studied cinema a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariel Buckley
Mariel Buckley is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter based in Calgary, Alberta. She is the younger sister of singer T. Buckley. Biography Buckley was born in Calgary, Alberta. Buckley recorded an EP in 2012, and her first album, ''Motorhome'', in 2014. The album was produced by Derek Pulliam, and featured mainly acoustic music. Buckley was accompanied by a string trio with Charlie Hase on pedal steel, Scott Duncan on fiddle, and Pulliam on bass. Buckley was a finalist in the 2014 All-Alberta Songwriting Contest. In 2018, she recorded a second album, the alt-country ''Driving in the Dark''. The album was produced by Leeroy Stagger. In August that year the album rose to #2 on the !earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart. Also in 2018 Buckley performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Her latest album, ''Everywhere I Used to Be'', was released in August 2022. It was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. In December 2022, Buckley and her brother released a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Brach
Philippe Brach is the stage name of Philippe Bouchard (born July 22, 1989), a Canadian singer-songwriter from Saguenay, Quebec. Launching his music career in 2012, he was the winner of the Francouvertes festival in 2014. Several weeks later, he released his debut album ''La foire et l'ordre''. He won the Prix Félix for Revelation of the Year in 2015. His second album, ''Portraits de famine'', followed in 2015, and his third, ''Le silence des troupeaux'', was released in 2017. He was a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee in 2016 for "Crystel" from ''Portraits de famine'', and in 2018 for "La fin du monde" from ''Le silence des troupeaux'', and ''Le silence de troupeaux'' was longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize. He is a frequent collaborator with singer and songwriter Klô Pelgag, including on the duets "Si proche et si loin à la fois" from ''Portraits de famine'' and a cover of Richard Desjardins's "Les Yankees" for the tribute album ''Hommage à Desjardins''. At the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brave
Big Brave (stylized as BIG , BRAVE) is a Canadian heavy, experimental band formed in 2012 in Montreal. The members are guitarist/vocalist Robin Wattie, guitarist Mathieu Ball, and drummer Tasy Hudson. While Wattie and Ball are original members, having played together as an acoustic, folk oriented duo before forming Big Brave, Hudson joined them in 2019, replacing original drummer Louis-Alexandre Beauregard. Loel Campbell appears on A Gaze Among Them as a hired drummer. Big Brave have released seven studio albums, the latest being 2024's '' A Chaos of Flowers'' and one collaborative album with The Body in 2021, ''Leaving None but Small Birds.'' They have been three-time Polaris Music Prize nominees, with longlist nods at the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for ''Vital'', the 2023 Polaris Music Prize for ''nature morte'', and the 2024 Polaris Music Prize for ''A Chaos of Flowers''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibi Club
Bibi Club is a Canadian indie pop musical duo, consisting of Nicolas Basque and Adèle Trottier-Rivard.Dave MacIntyre"Montreal, meet Bibi Club, the king and queen of living room party music" ''Cult MTL'', March 2, 2023. Basque is a member of Plants and Animals, while Trottier-Rivard, the daughter of singer-songwriter Michel Rivard, has been principally a supporting vocalist with Plants and Animals and Louis-Jean Cormier.Raphaël Gendron-Martin"Bibi Club: travailler avec l’instinct" ''Le Journal de Montréal'', August 27, 2022. After falling in love and becoming a couple when Trottier-Rivard guested on a Plants and Animals recording, the duo launched Bibi Club in 2019, releasing their self-titled debut EP that year. They followed this up in 2022 with the full-length album ''Le soleil et la mer'' on Secret City Records, which was later longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize The 2023 edition of the Canada, Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2023. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badge Époque Ensemble
Badge Époque Ensemble is a Canadian musical project led by Max Turnbull. They are most noted for their self-titled debut album, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. In addition to Turnbull, the band includes guitarist Chris Bezant, saxophonist Karen Ng, flautist Alia O'Brien, bassist Giosuè Rosati, percussionist Ed Squires and drummer Jay Anderson, and performs both instrumental music and songs with guest vocalists such as Jennifer Castle, Dorothea Paas, James Baley and Meg Remy. Their music blends jazz, progressive rock, psychedelic rock and funk elements.Lizzie Manno"Badge Époque Ensemble Announce New Album Self Help, Share Lead Single" '' Paste'', September 2, 2020. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2019. They followed up in 2020 with ''Self-Help''. Their 2022 album ''Clouds of Joy'' was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquakultre
Aquakultre is a Canadian soul and R&B musical project from Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose core member is singer and rapper Lance Sampson. Formed in 2015, they are most noted for their album ''Legacy'', which was a longlisted nominee for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. Background Sampson's ancestors are from Africville, and he grew up in the Uniacke Square neighbourhood of Halifax. He was a troubled teenager, who spent some time trafficking drugs and received a five-year prison sentence as a teenager. After being exposed to the music of Common and Erykah Badu, he taught himself to play guitar, and was released from prison after just 19 months for good behaviour. Career Sampson began performing as a rapper and singer in 2015, and in 2018 he won CBC Music's annual Searchlight competition with "Sure", a song he had written in prison. He recorded ''Legacy'' in just seven days at the National Music Centre in Calgary, Alberta, with a band that included Nathan Doucet, Jeremy Costello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling The Dawn
''"Darling the Dawn"'' is the debut studio album by Canadian post-rock duo All Hands_Make Light. Reception A brief review for ''BrooklynVegan'' by Andrew Sacher considers this music a mixture of Broken Social Scene and Godspeed! You Black Emperor. Nicholas Sokic rated this release an 8 out of 10 for ''Exclaim!'', writing that "the guitar-free, orchestral shoegaze is propped up by a treasure trove of Montreal's independent music scene". In '' Uncut'', Sharon O'Connell gave ''Darling the Dawn'' a 7 out of 10, calling it "luminous" with "soundscapes that shift across drone, ancestral chant, shoegaze and a forlorn take on sacred music, lent extra otherworldly heft by Engle’s beauteous vocals". The album was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize The 2023 edition of the Canada, Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2023. The winner was electronic musician Debby Friday for her album ''Good Luck (Debby Friday album), Good Luck''. The longlist was anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Hands Make Light
All Hands_Make Light (stylized as ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT) is a Canadian experimental noise-pop duo, consisting of singer Ariel Engle and instrumentalist Efrim Menuck.Erik Leijon"Two stars of the Montreal music scene unite for All Hands Make Light" ''Cult MTL'', September 23, 2021. The project was launched in 2020 after Engle, associated with AroarA and Broken Social Scene, and Menuck, a member of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, decided to work on something together, and took shape through filesharing over the internet after the COVID-19 pandemic limited opportunities to collaborate in person. They released their self-titled debut album in 2021, and gave their first live performances including an appearance at the 2021 Pop Montreal festival. They followed up in 2023 with ''Darling the Dawn'', which was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Snotty Nose Rez Kids are a First Nations hip hop duo composed of Haisla rappers Darren "Young D" Metz and Quinton "Yung Trybez" Nyce. They are originally from Kitamaat Village, British Columbia. Their 2017 album '' The Average Savage'' was shortlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize,"Polaris Music Prize Reveals 2018 Short List" '''', July 17, 2018. and for the at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colder Streams
''Colder Streams'' is the 11th studio album by Canadian alternative country band The Sadies, released July 22, 2022, on Dine Alone Records in Canada and Yep Roc Records in the United States.Alex Hudson"The Sadies Announce 'Colder Streams,' Produced by Richard Reed Parry" ''Exclaim!'', April 27, 2022. It was the last album recorded before the death of founding member Dallas Good in 2022. The album was recorded principally at the Skybarn studio in Montreal by producer Richard Reed Parry, with the band largely recording their parts solo or in duos due to social distancing restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ben Rayner"After losing singer and guitarist Dallas Good, the Sadies talk healing, touring and what's next" ''Toronto Star'', August 22, 2022. Several months before his death, Good had composed a new tongue-in-cheek "anti-biography" for the band's profile on Yep Roc's website, poking fun at the inflated public relations hype typical in music marketing by calling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |