The $50K prize goes to the Toronto artist for her debut album, Good Luck.
Posted: Sep 19, 2023 10:03 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoDebby Friday has won the 2023 Polaris Music Prize for her album,An 11-member jury selected the record as the Canadian album of the year, based solely on artistic merit. This announcement was made at Massey Hall in Toronto on Sept. 19.
"I'm in shock," Friday said, when she came onstage to accept the award from last year's winner, Pierre Kwenders. "This is something that I didn't realize was even a possibility. I was born in Nigeria, in a small village, and now I'm here today. It just feels like a miracle.""I've always been a little bit strange, a little bit different from other people," she continued.
Tributes to loved ones were a theme for many of the musicians, as the Sadies performed with an image honouring founding member Dallas Good, who died in February 2022. Aysanabee's album artwork, a painting of his late grandfather, Watin, was also present on stage with him. Dan Mangan also performed "In Your Corner ," his tribute to Scott Hutchison, the lead singer of Frightened Rabbit who died in 2018.
Highlights from the Polaris Music Prize will air on CBC Music Live on Friday, Sept. 22, at 2 p.m. on CBC Radio One and CBC Listen, and Monday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. on CBC Music and CBC Listen.
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