| Music of Canada | ||
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| Maritime Provinces (NS, PEI, NB) | ||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
| Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon | ||
| Prairie Provinces (AB, MB, SK) | ||
| First Nations (Inuit, Dene, Innu) | ||
| Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec | ||
| Genres: Blues - Celtic - Classical - Folk - Hip hop - Jazz - Pop - Rock | ||
| Timeline and Samples | ||
| Awards | Junos, Polaris, Félixes, Hall of Fame, ECMAs, WCMAs, CASBYs, CRMAs, CCMAs, MMVAs, CUMAs | |
| Charts | Jam!, Chart, Exclaim! | |
| Festivals | CMW, NXNE, Halifax Pop Explosion, VFMF, Caribana, Stanfest, Harvest J&B, Evolve | |
| Print media | CM, CMN, Chart, Exclaim!, The Record, RPM, The Coast | |
| Music television | MuchMusic, MTV Canada, MMM, CMT Canada, MusiquePlus, MusiMax | |
| National anthem | "O Canada" | |
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. Canada's music has mirrored the history and culture of the country The Music of Canada's Maritimes has included many artists from both the traditional and pop genres Music is a part of the warp and weft of the fabric of Nova Scotia 's cultural life One of the Maritime provinces of Canada, Prince Edward Island is known as a home for traditional Celtic music. New Brunswick is a Canadian province. New Brunswick's capital city is Fredericton, which is home to the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival Newfoundland and Labrador is an Atlantic Canadian province with a folk musical heritage based on the Irish, English and Scottish traditions that Nunavut is a territory of Canada, inhabited predominantly by the Inuit and to a much smaller degree other members of the First Nations. The Northwest Territories are a territory of Canada. Music festivals held in the Northwest Territories include the Great Northern Arts Festival, which With the Klondike Gold Rush, a number of folk songs from the Yukon became popular including "Rush to the Klondike" ( 1897, written by W The city of Winnipeg Manitoba is the musical centre of the Canadian Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, having produced The Music of Alberta is varied but country and folk are especially strong Manitoba has been well known for producing some of Canada 's most famous music ever since the early 1960s Saskatchewan is one of the Prairie Provinces of Canada. Regina Regina was incorporated in 1883 and became the provincial capital American Indian music is the Musics that are shared by or that distinguish American Indian Tribes and First Nations. The Inuit live across the northern sections of Canada, especially in Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut and Northwest Territories, as well The Dene live in northern Canada. Their music includes modern rock and country songs Jigs and reels Work songs community dances numerous kinds The Innu are among the First Nations of Canada. They have maintained a vibrant Folk music culture especially involving Dance and percussion As the Canadian province with the largest population Ontario has a particularly prominent role in Canadian music. Popular music in British Columbia is strongly associated with the city of Vancouver. Being a modern cosmopolitan society today all types of music can be found in the Canadian province of Quebec. "Canadian blues" refers to the Blues and blues-related music performed by blues bands and performers in Canada. Newfoundland See also Music of Newfoundland and Labrador There are very strong connections between Newfoundland folk music and Irish music however elements In Canada classical music includes a range of musical styles rooted in the traditions of Western or European classical music that European settlers brought to the country from the The Canadian hip hop scene was first established in the 1980s Canada has been a source of Rock and roll music for decades beginning with Paul Anka who in 1957 went to New York City where he recorded his own composition The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music The European Film Awards were originally called the "Felix Awards" The Canadian Music Hall of Fame honors Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements in Music. The East Coast Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony based in Atlantic Canada for music appreciation on the East Coast of Canada. The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music presented annually by Toronto radio station CFNY, which The Canadian Country Music Association ( CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize promote and develop a Canadian The MuchMusic Video Awards (also known as (the MMVA or MMVAs) are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic Urban Music Association of Canada (UMAC established in 1996, is a Canadian Non-profit organization focused on showcasing and expanding Canadian urban Jam! is a Canadian website which covers entertainment news It is part of the CANOE online portal owned and operated by Quebecor through its Sun Chart is a monthly Canadian music magazine It is currently the only English Canadian popular music consumer magazine operating as a paid newsstand and subscriber Exclaim! (a/k/a !*@#) is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with special focus A music festival is a Festival oriented towards Music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as Musical genre, Nationality or locality Canadian Music Week (or CMW) is an industry conference and music festival held over four days in various venues throughout Toronto Ontario Canada North by Northeast (or NXNE) is an annual four-day live music and film festival and music conference in Toronto, Ontario The Halifax Pop Explosion is a Music festival that takes place every fall two weeks after Canadian Thanksgiving, in Halifax Nova Scotia The Vancouver Folk Music Festival takes place every third Weekend of July Caribana is a festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Stan Rogers Folk Festival, informally known as Stanfest, is an annual three-day Music festival held in Canso Nova Scotia. The Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival is an annual music festival held in downtown Fredericton, New Brunswick that features Blues, Jazz Evolve Festival is an annual music and cultural festival in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, dedicated to the promotion of Sustainable living and environmental Chart is a monthly Canadian music magazine It is currently the only English Canadian popular music consumer magazine operating as a paid newsstand and subscriber Exclaim! (a/k/a !*@#) is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with special focus The Record was a Canadian music industry magazine that featured Record charts trade news and opinions RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada The Coast is a free weekly Newspaper in Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia MTV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel devoted to talk lifestyle and documentary programming MuchMoreMusic is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia, based at 299 Queen Street CMT is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel which airs Country music and entertainment oriented programs MusiquePlus is a Canadian French language Cable television Specialty channel owned by Astral Media operating from Montreal MusiMax is a Canadian French language Cable television Specialty channel owned by Astral Media operating out of Montreal A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's "O Canada" is the National anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by the then Lieutenant Governor of Quebec the Honourable Théodore Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public The award was established in 2006 and includes a C$20,000 cash prize. The Polaris Music Prize is modelled after the Mercury Music Prize, which is handed to the best British or Irish album over the past year[1]. The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for Sponsorship reasons is an annual music prize The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The award is sponsored by Rogers, Sirius Satellite Radio, Radio Starmaker Fund, and the Canadian Recording Industry Association, and the ceremony is broadcast live on CBC Radio 3. Rogers Communications Inc (,) is one of Canada's largest communications companies particularly in the field of wireless communications and Cable television, with additional The Radio Starmaker Fund is a private fund developed by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters with the approval of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications The Canadian Recording Industry Association is a Non-profit trade organization that was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of Canadian companies CBC Radio 3 is a radio station that consists of three major parts devoted to Canadian arts and music a Sirius Satellite Radio station (channel 86 a weekly
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Jury and selection process
There is no submission process or entry fee for the Polaris Music Prize. Jurors select what they consider to be the five best Canadian albums released in the previous year. The ballots are tabulated with each number one pick awarded five points, a number two pick awarded four points and so on. A “long list” of every eligible album is then sent back to the jury. The jurors then re-submit five top picks from this "long list. " These ballots are retabulated and the top ten titles form the Polaris shortlist.
The ultimate winner is decided by a smaller group of 11 jury members who convene in Toronto, where the winner is announced at the Polaris Music Prize Gala in late September. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario
Jurors are selected by the Polaris Music Prize board of directors. The jury list includes more than 170 Canadian music journalists, bloggers and broadcasters. To ensure an impartial outcome no one with direct financial relationships with artists is eligible to become a jury member. The organization itself is a registered, not-for-profit corporation. Another key benefit of enlisting only music journalists as judges is the increased media coverage and it boosts the ultimate goal of drawing attention to quality music in a cluttered commercial landscape and increasingly fractured music scene. [2]
Notable jurors have included former MuchMusic VJ Hannah Sung, Toronto Star music columnists Ben Rayner and John Sakamoto, CFNY-FM program director Alan Cross, CBC Radio personalities Jowi Taylor, Patti Schmidt, Jian Ghomeshi, Matt Galloway, Grant Lawrence and Amanda Putz, Voir music journalists Stéphane Martel, Patrick Baillargeon and Olivier Robillard-Laveaux and CBC News: The Hour's host George Stroumboulopoulos. MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia Hannah Sung is currently a host on CBC Radio 3. She is a former MuchMusic VJ, her last show was on Much On Demand on August 31, The Toronto Star is Canada 's highest-circulation newspaper though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario. John Sakamoto is a Canadian Journalist and Music critic. He is best known for the Anti-Hit List column which has appeared on CFNY-FM is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at 1021 FM. Alan Cross is a Canadian radio broadcaster and a writer on music CBC Radio is the Radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Jowi Taylor is a radio broadcaster for CBC Radio, Canada 's national public broadcaster Patti Schmidt (born June 2, 1968) is a Canadian radio personality on CBC Radio. Jian Ghomeshi (born June 9, 1967) is a Canadian broadcaster writer and musician born in London, England, and raised in Toronto Matt Galloway is a Canadian radio personality who has been host of Here and Now, CBC Radio One 's local afternoon program on Grant Lawrence (born c 1973 is a veteran Canadian radio personality based in Vancouver. Amanda Putz (b 1975 is a Canadian radio personality Formerly the host of Fuse and Bandwidth on CBC Radio One, she Voir is a chain of Francophone Alternative weekly newspapers in the Canadian province of Quebec. The Hour is a Canadian television Newsmagazine broadcast on CBC Television. George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos (born August 16, 1972 in Malton, Ontario) is a Canadian television and radio personality known
Awards by year
- 2006 - Final Fantasy, He Poos Clouds
- 2007 - Patrick Watson, Close to Paradise
- 2008 - TBA
See also
- Mercury Music Prize (United Kingdom)
- Shortlist Prize (United States)
- Choice Music Prize (Republic of Ireland)
Notes and references
- ^ The Polaris Music Prize Will Go To Canada's Best Album. The shortlist for the Canadian 2006 Polaris Music Prize was announced on July 4, 2006, and the winner was announced on September 18 at Toronto's Michael James Owen Pallett (born on September 7, 1979) is a Violinist and singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and He Poos Clouds is the second album by Canadian Indie rock artist Final Fantasy, released June 13, 2006 on Blocks The 2007 shortlist for the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was announced on July 10, 2007, and the winner was announced on September 24 Patrick Watson is the name of the Canadian Indie rock band that consists of Patrick Watson, Simon Angell Robbie Kuster and Mishka Stein Close to Paradise is the second album by Patrick Watson, released on September 26, 2006. The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for Sponsorship reasons is an annual music prize The Shortlist Music Prize is a music award given annually to an album released in the United States within the last year as chosen by a panel of musicians producers and journalists The Choice Music Prize is a music award given annually to the best full-length Irish Album based on artistic merit regardless of genre sales or record Retrieved on July 4, 2006. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Follow the North Star. Retrieved on August 1, 2007. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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