The powers that be have announced the winner of the Polaris Music Prize - an award that "honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music by recognizing, then marketing the albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation, or sales history, as judged by a panel of selected critics and experts." The winner also gets $20,000 to put towards a full-length album. This year's award goes to Patrick Watson. I'll be honest and say that I haven't listened to his music much, other than seeing him play on the Juno Awards show. But I did some internet surfing this evening and am really digging his music. There will always be debate about who should win these sorts of awards, but you can't go wrong with giving this guy the prize.
In TCR news, we have two more shows with Winston and the Great Lake Swimmers coming online shortly - stay tuned!
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