{"id":118314,"date":"2017-09-18T04:31:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T08:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=118314"},"modified":"2025-01-29T00:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:30:30","slug":"indigenous-musicians-and-stories-in-spotlight-at-this-years-polaris-music-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/18\/indigenous-musicians-and-stories-in-spotlight-at-this-years-polaris-music-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous musicians and stories in spotlight at this year’s Polaris Music Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TORONTO — Some of the country’s best-known Indigenous musicians and Gord Downie’s recounting of the Chanie Wenjack story are vying for the Polaris Music Prize tonight.<\/p>\n

An 11-member jury will choose a winner from the list of 10 nominees for Canadian album of the year, which also include Leonard Cohen, Feist and electronic-jazz quartet Badbadnotgood.<\/p>\n

The event will be webcast by CBC Music on Facebook and YouTube from the Carlu event hall in downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n

The Polaris prize is considered one of the country’s most prestigious music awards. Former winners include Arcade Fire, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Caribou.<\/p>\n

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The winner receives a ,000 cash prize and heightened awareness for their album.<\/p>\n

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This year’s list of candidates features conversation starters and albums punctuated by a particular social urgency.<\/p>\n

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A Tribe Called Red’s pulsing \u201cWe Are The Halluci Nation\u201d and former Polaris winner Tanya Tagaq’s \u201cRetribution\u201d tackle issues plaguing the country’s Indigenous community, while Colombian immigrant Lido Pimienta uses her Spanish album \u201cLa Papessa\u201d to draw attention to themes like the global water crisis and patriarchy.<\/p>\n

Downie is up for his \u201cSecret Path\u201d project, the true story of Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who died while trying to escape a residential school.<\/p>\n

Others in the running include Leif Vollebekk’s folksy \u201cTwin Solitude,\u201d the self-titled debut of female-led indie pop band Weaves, and singer-songwriter Lisa LeBlanc for \u201cWhy You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rounding up the group is Cohen for his final studio effort \u201cYou Want It Darker,\u201d Feist for \u201cPleasure\u201d and Badbadnotgood with \u201cIV,\u201d which features a track with last year’s Polaris winner Kaytranada.<\/p>\n

Performers will include Feist, LeBlanc, Pimienta, Tagaq, Vollebekk and Weaves. Downie isn’t expected to attend the event and Badbadnotgood is on tour.<\/p>\n

Polaris organizers say A Tribe Called Red will not play live, but will introduce a video presentation tied to their nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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