Polaris Prize 2007

Patrick Watson Is Keyed Up

Photographer: 
Jay Shuster
Venue: 
Mod Club
City: 
Toronto
Date: 
December 17, 2007

2007 Polaris Music Prize Coming To Television

A condensed one-hour version of September's Polaris Music Prize gala will be aired by a number of Canadian television stations in the next week-and-a-half. The broadcast will feature performances by nominees The Besnard Lakes, Chad VanGaalen, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Julie Doiron, Miracle Fortress and Polaris winner Patrick Watson. If you...
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Patrick Watson Wins Polaris Music Prize

Patrick Watson and his three bandmates are the winners of the $20,000 Polaris Music Prize for their Close To Paradise album. The money will quickly be put to good use, as Watson explained after accepting the second annual award from first-year winner Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy). It seems that a bill for $16,000 had just arrived from the Budget...
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Miracle Fortress, Patrick Watson, Plaskett, VanGaalen And Doiron To Play Polaris Gala

Five of the 10 finalists for this year's Polaris Music Prize will perform at an invitation-only event on Sept. 24 at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre, where the winner will walk away with $20,000. Montreal-based Secret City Records acts Miracle Fortress and Patrick Watson, Halifax's Joel Plaskett Emergency and Calgary's Chad VanGaalen will...
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Polaris Music Prize Album Arrives On Tuesday

Arcade Fire don't have a song on the Polaris Music Prize 2007 Nominees compilation that hits stores on Tuesday, but it's not because the folks behind the award didn't want them on it. There are 10 finalists for the prize and the other nine aside from Arcade Fire have songs included on the Warner album, which led some media outlets to...
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Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees

The 10 finalists for the second annual Polaris Music Prize, awarded to the best Canadian album of the past year, were announced at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Tuesday.  Cadence Weapon, one of last year's finalists, DJed the party and helped with the announcement of this year's 10 best, which featured a few obvious names and a few surprises....
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Canada's 10 Best Albums Vying For 2007 Polaris Music Prize

The 10 finalists for the second annual Polaris Music Prize, awarded to the best Canadian album of the past year, were announced in Toronto on Tuesday. A panel of more than 170 music journalists and broadcasters from across Canada were asked to choose their five favourite albums released by a homegrown artist between June 1, 2006 and May 31,...
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