Thursday September 19th, 2019

The 2019 Polaris Music Prize https://polarismusicprize.ca  took place Monday September 16th, 2019 at The Carlu https://www.thecarlu.com in Toronto.   The Polaris Music Prize celebrates some of this nations best album releases as chosen by music critics.  This years short list  nominees were Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman, Elisapie – The Ballad of the Runaway Girl, FET.NAT – Le Mal, Dominique Fils-Aimé – Stay Tuned!, Les Louanges – La nuit est une panthère, Haviah Mighty – 13th Floor, PUP – Morbid Stuff, Jessie Reyez – Being Human In Public, Shad – A Short Story About A War & Snotty Nose Rez Kids – Trapline. And the night’s winner was   Haviah Mighty and her  album 13th Floor .  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com was on location at The Carlu  https://www.thecarlu.com to speak with Shad https://www.shadk.com  on his 2019 Polaris Music Prize Short List Album  A Short Story About A War .

( Shad performs “The Fool pt. 1” and “Magic” ft. Lido Pimienta | Polaris Gala 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zac2UannJE  )