Lido Pimienta Wins 2017 Polaris Music Prize
'La Papessa' has been named the best Canadian album of the year
As previously reported, the grand jury was composed of Brian Cleveland (CFMH), Francella Fiallos (CKDU), Erin Flynn (CHUO 89.1 FM), Vish Khanna (Kreative Kontrol), Nick Krewen (freelance), Erik Leijon (freelance), Tara McCarthy (CBC Radio One), Catherine Pogonat (Radio-Canada), Sandra Sperounes (Capital City Records), Laura Stanley (freelance) and Brad Wheeler (Globe and Mail).
Polaris Music Prize winners from recent years include Kaytranada (2016), Buffy Sainte-Marie (2015) and Tanya Tagaq (2014). See the complete list of past winners here.
Polaris Music Prize 2017 Short List:
A Tribe Called Red - We Are The Halluci Nation
BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Gord Downie - Secret Path
Feist – Pleasure
Lisa LeBlanc - Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Lido Pimienta - La Papessa
Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
Leif Vollebekk - Twin Solitude
Weaves – Weaves