| Polaris Prize 2009 - Short list nominees |
| Updated: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 | ||
The ten finalists for the fourth annual Polaris Prize were announced this morning by founder and executive director Steve Jordan. The award is handed out annually to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit and features a $20,000 cash prize.
Polaris Prize 2009 - Short list nominees
The ten finalists for the fourth annual Polaris Prize were announced this morning by founder and executive director Steve Jordan. The finalists for this year are: Elliott BROOD – Mountain Meadows (Toronto, ON) Fucked Up – The Chemistry Of Common Life (Toronto, ON) Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels (Toronto, ON) Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood) (St. John’s, NF) K’NAAN – Troubadour (Toronto, ON) Malajube – Labyrinthes (Montréal, QC) Metric – Fantasies (Toronto, ON) Joel Plaskett – Three (Halifax, NS) Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane (Calgary, AB) Patrick Watson – Wooden Arms (Montréal, QC) All of the finalists were released between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009 and were selected by a jury of over 180 music journalists, broadcasters and bloggers from across Canada. It is the first year that the short list features returning nominees (K’NAAN, Malajube, Metric, Plaskett, VanGaalen, Patrick Watson) and also the first year to include no debut albums.
Eleven members of the jury are to be selected to choose the 2009 winner at The Concert Hall at the legendary Masonic Temple in Toronto on September 21, 2009.
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