Polaris Podcast EP7 was live from Ottawa.
This past June the Polaris Music Prize went to Ottawa, Ontario to unveil the 40-album 2017 Polaris Music Prize Long List.
This also meant it brought along my baby, the Polaris Podcast.
We did a live taping where Polaris jurors Ryan Bresee (CKCU), Erin Flynn (CHUO 89.1 FM), Valerie Lessard (Le Droit) and Fateema Sayani (Ottawa Magazine) analyzed the Long List.
To find out what they said listen to the episode here:
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Duran Duran’s concert film Arena (An Absurd Notion).
More than three decades ago a concert film by Duran Duran called Arena (An Absurd Notion) featured spirited young women rising up and asserting their power against a cruel older male villain.
In its way, which was perhaps more artful, fanciful and grander than the average concert doc, the film seemed to predate and predict the coming of contemporary callout culture.
Sarah wrote about the film and its prescience for A.Side.
To read the story go here.
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Franz Ferdinand
A long time ago in a publishing galaxy far, far away, Sarah once interviewed Franz Ferdinand about “hot-blooded girls” (the band’s words) who wrote fan fiction pairing them up with Morrissey.
At the time she thought she had started something fun… and now she’s not too sure.
To read the whole story, head over to A.Side by clicking here.
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Cadence Weapon at the 2006 Polaris Gala. Photo by Dustin Rabin.
Awhile back the Polaris Podcast got ace rapper and Edmonton for-lifer Cadence Weapon to reflect on his classic 2005 album Breaking Kayfabe.
To listen to the man known as Rollie Pemberton talk about this record as well as his love of Dan Bejar’s Destroyer, hit the Soundcloud player below.
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John Cody
Faced with a cancer diagnosis that would rob him of his voice forever, veteran music man John Cody furiously worked to put together the songs and guest players for his album Hard Won: The Final Recordings.
I spoke to Cody just before he was set to have his throat surgery for Samaritanmag.
The interview appeared shortly after the album came out.
To read it click here.
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I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 