Arts Briefs: Begonia Polaris nod, CCMA nods for Bros. Landreth, Whitehorse
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THE Polaris Music Prize selected Begonia’s album Powder Blue for its 10-record shortlist Thursday.
It is the first time Begonia, the stage name for Winnipeg singer-songwriter Alexa Dirks, has appeared on the all-Canadian honour roll. Fear, Begonia’s previous album, was selected to Polaris’s longlist in 2019.
“Begonia’s signature smooth vocals drive the tender and soulful pop songs with an R&B flair that touch on every corner of her life,” Vancouver-based Polaris juror Christine McAvoy said in her introduction of Powder Blue during a Polaris Music Prize online announcement show on CBC Music.
“From mental health and sexuality to religion and heartbreak, Powder Blue by Begonia examines the messiness of what it is to be human.”
Joining Begonia on the shortlist are: Blue Rev by Alvvays; Watin by Aysanabee; Being Somewhere by Dan Mangan; Never Enough by Daniel Caesar; Good Luck by Debby Friday; Mascarade by Gayance; Colder Streams by the Sadies; I’m Good, HBU? by Snotty Nose Rez Kids; and Multitudes by Feist.
The Polaris honour follows Begonia’s three nominations for Western Canadian Music Awards, which were announced July 5.
The Polaris prize is an annual award for the best full-length Canadian album and is selected by a jury of music critics from across Canada. The prize winner, who receives $50,000, is decided by a 11-member grand jury and announced in September.
Bros. Landreth, Whitehorse earn CCMA nods
TWO Winnipeg bands will battle it out for a Canadian Country Music Association award.
The Bros. Landreth’s Come Morning and Whitehorse’s I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying picked up nominations for alternative country album of the year along with Newfoundland artists Mallory Johnson and Jason Benoit and Calgary singer Kyle McKearney.
Ontario crooner Josh Ross had six nominations while Dallas Smith, Tenille Townes and the Reklaws, who will be hosting the Sept. 16 televised awards ceremony from Hamilton, have five nominations each.