Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – The 2019 CBC Music Festival took place last night at Echo Beach in Toronto and featured performances by folk-rock singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie, who released her newest album, Medicine Songs, on November 10th, 2017 via True North Records, which featured the single “You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind)(feat. Tanya Tagaq), Montreal-based … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – This year’s Polaris Prize winner, the iconic Buffy Sainte-Marie, was as gracious a winner as she was a passionate performer. She gave a soaring performance and reminded Canada how lucky we are to have artists like her. As presenter Owen Pallett put it, “her music is angry and its love is fierce. It’s the … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@AngelMarchini) – The 2015 Polaris Music Prize gala was held last night at The Carlu in downtown Toronto and featured an impressive short-list of nominees that included Alvvays, BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah, The New Pornographers, Drake, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Viet Cong, and more. In the end, it was Buffy Sainte-Marie and her album, Power in the … Continue reading