A Tribe Called Red's "We Are The Halluci Nation" makes the 2017 Polaris Music Prize short list
/Out of the 40 albums considered from the Polaris Music Prize long list, the Ottawa based group A Tribe Called Red had the honour of making the short list for "We Are The Halluci Nation". The accolades for A Tribe Called Red keeps on growing as they recently won a JUNO Award back in April. Only 10 albums are selected for the short list as they all chase the prize of $50,000 and more importantly the honour of being called a Polaris Music Prize winner.
The full short list nominees for 2017 are:
A Tribe Called Red – We Are The Halluci Nation
BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
Gord Downie – Secret Path
Feist – Pleasure
Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Lido Pimienta – La Papessa
Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude
Weaves – Weaves
The winner of the 2017 Polaris Music Prize will be announced on September 18th at a live ceremony in Toronto.