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Just months after winning the Juno for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year: Solo with her record Hunter, Hunter, singer-songwriter Amelia Curran is in the running for another prestigious music award: The Polaris Music Prize.
While the Junos are for outstanding achievements in the record industry, the Polaris is a critic’s choice prize, and the jury consists of critics and folks from media outlets across the country. This year the two Newfoundlanders on the more than 200-member jury are CBCR2’s Tom Power and The Newfoundland Herald’s Kevin Kelly.
The short list of 10 albums in the running will be announced on July 6th.
Last year, Hey Rosetta’s Into Your Lungs… made the top ten short list, but lost out to Fucked Up’s The Chemistry of Common Life.
See the whole long list for 2010 at http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/2010longlist/
(Also of note: Holy Fuck’s Latin is also on the list. They’re playing a show here in St. John’s on July 27.)
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June 17th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
RT @thescopeNL: Congratulations to Amelia Curran for making the @PolarisPrize long list with her album Hunter, Hunter. http://thescope.ca/music/amelia-curran-m...
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June 17th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Our own Atlantis Music Prize is modelled after the Polaris… http://atlantismusicprize.ca/
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June 17th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
RT @thescopeNL: Congratulations to Amelia Curran for making the @PolarisPrize long list with her album Hunter, Hunter. http://thescope.ca/music/amelia-curran-m...
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June 17th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Wowwww!! That’s earthshattering news. I didn’t know until right now that there is a Polaris award. Man, anybody who wins this is destined for true greatness. I’m going to start learning to play guitar and develop an amazing sound now just so I can get this specific award.
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June 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
RT @thescopeNL: Congratulations to Amelia Curran for making the @PolarisPrize long list with her album Hunter, Hunter. http://thescope.ca/music/amelia-curran-m...
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