2014 Polaris Music Prize

Annual Canadian music award ceremony thumb|alt=See caption|Tanya Tagaq wins 2014 Polaris Prize The 2014 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 22, 2014, at The Carlu event theatre in Toronto, Ontario.Brad Wheeler, "Long list for the Polaris Prize is diverse, but not all-inclusive". The Globe and Mail, June 20. 2014. Actor Jay Baruchel was the host of the ceremony."Arcade Fire, Drake, Shad make Polaris Music Prize short list". CTV News, July 15, 2014. The grand jury for the 2014 award consisted of Adam Bowie of The Daily Gleaner, Lorraine Carpenter of CultMTL, Stephen Cooke of the Chronicle-Herald, Jessica Émond-Ferrat of Métro's Montreal edition, Luke Fox of Exclaim!, Melody Lau of Much, Julia LeConte of NOW, Stephanie McKay of the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Mark Teo of Aux, and freelance music journalists Liisa Ladouceur and Alan Ranta."Polaris Gala Performers Announced, Grand Jury Revealed". Polaris Music Prize, August 19, 2014. Tanya Tagaq won the award for her album Animism."Polaris Music Prize 2014: Tanya Tagaq wins $30K prize". CBC News, September 22, 2014. During the gala before the award winner was announced, Tagaq had given what was widely considered the standout performance of the evening, performing in front of a scrolling list of names of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and garnering the event's only standing ovation. Shortlist The ten-album shortlist was announced on July 15. 30em Tanya Tagaq, Animism Arcade Fire, Reflektor Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow Mac DeMarco, Salad Days Drake, Nothing Was the Same Jessy Lanza, Pull My Hair Back Owen Pallett, In Conflict Shad, Flying Colours Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, UZU Longlist The prize's preliminary 40-album longlist was announced on June 19 at the Sled Island festival in Calgary, Alberta. Nominations were announced by Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Mark Sasso of Elliott Brood, broadcaster Dave Hodge and Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. On June 24, the prize committee amended the longlist to include Greg MacPherson's album Fireball, announcing that the album had made the Top 40 in the voting but was erroneously omitted due to a tabulation error."After a glitch, Polaris adds Greg MacPherson to the long list". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2014. The committee opted not to drop another album from the longlist to compensate for MacPherson's addition, and went into the second round of voting with a 41-album longlist. 30em Arcade Fire, Reflektor AroarA, In the Pines Austra, Olympia Philippe B, Ornithologie, la nuit BadBadNotGood, III Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow Chromeo, White Women Cousins, The Halls of Wickwire Cowboy Junkies, The Kennedy Suite The Darcys, Warring Dead Obies, Montréal $ud Mac DeMarco, Salad Days DIANA, Perpetual Surrender Drake, Nothing Was the Same Freedom Writers, NOW Fresh Snow, I Frog Eyes, Carey's Cold Spring Gorguts, Colored Sands Tim Hecker, Virgins Jimmy Hunt, Maladie d'amour Jessy Lanza, Pull My Hair Back Greg MacPherson, Fireball Kalle Mattson, Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold Moonface, Julia with Blue Jeans On Mounties, Thrash Rock Legacy Odonis Odonis, Hard Boiled Soft Boiled Owen Pallett, In Conflict Pink Mountaintops, Get Back PUP, PUP The Sadies, Internal Sounds Shad, Flying Colours Shooting Guns, Brotherhood of the Ram Solids, Blame Confusion Rae Spoon, My Prairie Home The Strumbellas, We Still Move On Dance Floors Tanya Tagaq, Animism Thus Owls, Turning Rocks Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams Chad VanGaalen, Shrink Dust Bry Webb, Free Will Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, UZU References External links Polaris Music Prize Category:2014 in Canadian music Category:2014 music awards 2014