A shortlist for the 2021 Polaris Awards has been revealed after a long list was shared last month.
Weather station, Mustafa, Cadence Weapon and there’s more to the gong that is awarded each year for the best Canadian album of the year.
This year’s ceremony will not be a gala in itself due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The winner will be announced on September 27.
See the full list below:
Lian Betasamosake Simpson – “Ice Theory”
Cadence Weapon – “Parallel World”
DijahSB – “Head on the water”
Dominic Fils-Aime – “Three little words”
Mustafa – “When the smoke rises”
OBGMs – “ends”
Klot Pelgag – ‘Seven sorrows our lady’
TOBi – ‘Elements Vol. 1 ‘
Weather station – “ignorance”
Zoon – “Bleached Waves”
The winner last year’s Polaris Award He was an experimental rapper based in Montreal Back wash. He received this honor for his debut studio album “God Has Nothing to Do with It”.
“I think all of my music was missing, it was a personal experience and I was afraid to record it,” the rapper said as he accepted the award – a win that marked the first time a black transgender artist had won a prestigious award. means.
“I just pulled my hand and just put it on the record and expressed myself as sincerely as possible.”
The Polaris Award includes other artists who have won since its inception in 2006 Caribbean, Fucked, Arcade fire, Feist, Godspeed You! Black emperor and Kaytranada.