Polaris Music Prize 2020

The 2020 Polaris Music Prize Celebration, presented by CBC Music, takes place Monday, October 19. This special cinematic event will stream live across numerous CBC Music properties and CBC Gem and will feature the live [...]

Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Short List 2020

The Polaris Music Prize Short List will be revealed on Wednesday, July 15. The playlist today has a couple tracks each for 10 albums that I am hoping will be on that list. I was [...]

Playlist Friday: DarBar’s 50 Favourite Albums of 2019

The playlist this week is a list of my favourite albums of 2019. Most of the "Best of" lists came out in December but I am just getting around to it now. There are a [...]

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar Oct/2019

Holy smokes there are so many new releases! Our Release Radar playlist this month is overflowing with new Canadian Indie goodness. We have both a Spotify Release Radar playlist and a YouTube new video release [...]

New releases for the week ending October 25th 2019

Bruce Cockburn - Crowing Ignites (True North Records) Jessica Rhaye - Just Like A Woman - Songs of Bob Dylan (indie) Just Like a Woman - Songs of Bob Dylan by Jessica Rhaye and the [...]