Watch performances from the 2024 Polaris Music Prize gala
CBC Music | Posted: September 19, 2024 2:51 PM | Last Updated: September 20
Nominees including Jeremy Dutcher, Tobi, Elisapie and more performed songs from their shortlisted albums
Jeremy Dutcher's Motewolonuwok took home the 2024 Polaris Music Prize on Sept. 17, along with the $50,000 for the best Canadian album of the year. This marks the first time an artist has won the Polaris Music Prize twice; Dutcher won in 2018 for his debut, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa.
The announcement followed an incredible night of performances, as Dutcher and shortlisters Elisapie, DijahSB, Nobro, Bambii and Tobi all performed tracks from their nominated albums throughout the evening at Toronto's Massey Hall. There were also a number of special performances including the Beaches frontwoman Jordan Miller who sang with London, Ont. punk trio Thunder Queens and a seven-dancer ballet that was set to Allison Russell's song, "Eve Was Black." Nominee Cindy Lee premiered a brand new music video for "Best if You Hear Me Crying" and a Feb. 2024 performance by Charlotte Cardin at Massey Hall was shown in the Montreal pop artist's absence as she fell ill the day before the gala.
Watch the performances below, and catch up on anything Polaris you might have missed via CBCMusic.ca/Polaris. Highlights from the gala will air on CBC Music Live via CBC Radio One and CBC Listen on Sept. 20 at 2 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. NT), Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. NT) and Sept. 24 at 11 p.m. ET (11:30 p.m. NT).
On Oct. 2, the entire gala will be available to stream on CBC Gem as part of the CBC Music Presents: Live at Massey Hall series.
Elisapie: 'Isumagijunnaitaungituq (The Unforgiven),' 'Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here)'
The Beaches' Jordan Miller feat. Thunder Queens: 'What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Paranoid'
Charlotte Cardin: 'Next to You' (live from Massey Hall, recorded Feb. 2024, accompanied by Strings from Paris)
Nobro: 'Where My Girls At,' 'A.I. Sexbots,' 'Let's Do Drugs'
Allison Russell: 'Eve Was Black' (ballet performance led by Nia Lyons)
Tobi: 'Someone I Knew,' 'Hoodwinked (Interlude),' 'Protect You'
Jeremy Dutcher: 'Sakomawit,' 'Take My Hand,' 'Together We Emerge'
Cindy Lee: 'Best if You Hear Me Crying' (music video premiere)
DijahSB: 'Frontin' Like Pharrell,' 'Imma Ball,' 'Broke Boi Anthem,' 'Back Outside' feat. Mina Lioness, 'I'm Blooming'
Bambii: 'Hooked'
A video of Bambii's performance was not made available to CBC.