Polaris Jurors (Current & Former) Starter Pack
The following people are either current or former Polaris Music Prize jurors and have opinions and/or records collections we consider to be culturally valuable.
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@polarismusicprize.bsky.social
@kimwheels.bsky.social
Writer. Producer. Host. Mohawk. Anishinabe. Evil Genius. She/Her/They
@cbcjulia.bsky.social
Host of Quebec AM 📻 CBC Radio 📍Quebec City Massey Journalism Fellow 2023-24 Bilingual bundle of contradictions (she/her) 💙💗💜: http://cbc.ca/mediacentre/bi…
@lisawhitt.bsky.social
This Magazine Publisher. Words in Longreads, The Walrus, Catapult, Hazlitt and more. Author of Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women and a 33 1/3 on Beauty and the Beat by The Go-Go's.
@howrhearolls.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, editor, activist, scholar, radio producer. Author: A QUEER HISTORY OF NEWFOUNDLAND (2023). She/her. Views are those of me and my droid army.
@joshokane.bsky.social
"A dogged reporter with a weakness for bad jokes." Business of arts for @globeandmail. Wrote Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy. jokane@globeandmail.com
@mariemello.bsky.social
@benoit-poirier.bsky.social
Non mais c’est tu assez nice la musique • Aussi j'aime les arbres
@chelsearoom.bsky.social
Exploring gin, classic cocktails, Canadian spirits and some music stuff too 📍 Calgary
@gormely.bsky.social
Music dork, freelance writer, indoor kid. Subscribe to the Kool Kids Music Club newsletter ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://kkmc.substack.com/
@danicabansie.bsky.social
bopping along Juror, Polaris Music Prize Music Supervisor, Pirate Sound
@arthurscott.bsky.social
Gatineau-Ottawa based. Freelance writer. Bilingue. Cofondateur du Pressoir. www.lepressoir.ca
@rosield.bsky.social
incoming EIC at maisonneuve mag, community lead at @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social, otherwise humming
@benwaldman.bsky.social
Winnipeg Free Press arts reporter, theatre appreciator, music enjoyer, book considerer, film ponderer, bagel eater
@phyllyirl.bsky.social
Mi'gmaw artist from Pabineau First Nation, NB. Art, music, words. Welneweg Arts Collective, Polaris Music Prize, Prism Prize, Arts NB, Producer and host of Vinyl Love Forever at Phantom Radio, Rapper MO3, writer and filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/phyllyirl
@lecanalauditif.bsky.social
Le Canal Auditif est un média numérique québécois consacré aux musiques indépendantes, alternatives et émergentes d’ici et d’ailleurs. Il regroupe des collaboratrices et collaborateurs chevronn.é.e.s.
@nicholasjennings.bsky.social
@mackcbc.bsky.social
associate producer + music columnist + audio tech for CBC Calgary • Polaris Music Prize juror
@dylanhudecki.bsky.social
Dad, musician, writer, radio DJ C101.5FM Mohawk College, music nerd, Polaris juror, Hamilton City Magazine Music contributor, bud. www.thedill.ca
@sena-c.bsky.social
music consultant 9-5 / silly rabbit 24/7 also: polaris music prize juror / DJ assistant @ kexp
@peterhemminger.com
Comms professional in non-profit world. Former arts administrator. Increasingly skeptical of social media. he/him/they. Host of @theam.ca
@tanyabeaumont.bsky.social
Journaliste culturelle à C'est encore mieux l'après-midi à Radio-Canada Québec. ❗️Attention: je commente aussi à propos de la lutte. 😁
@adrielsmiley.bsky.social
Host of The Cool Table | Co-Creator of Album Mode National Campus & Community Radio Association Board of Directors
@bonesarchive.bsky.social
Artiste/artist, exploration sonore/sonic exploration , passeur culturel/
@swanmichaels.bsky.social
Writer: DO YOU REMEMBER BEING BORN? 💐 (2023), THE WAGERS (2019), US CONDUCTORS (2014) • Founded 🎶 http://saidthegramophone.com • http://www.byseanmichaels.com • he/him
@aaronjjbrophy.bsky.social
Mostly writing and editing. Some amateur sports psychology. Polaris Music Prize.
@cedricbelangerjdq.bsky.social
Journaliste aux Arts et Spectacles. Journal de Québec et Journal de Montréal.
@kimosaurusmkdb.bsky.social
Travailleuse de la culture. Fan de festivals, de musique et d'arts de la scène. Fan de 🍕 et de 🍷 aussi.
@marshalederman.bsky.social
Columnist, The Globe and Mail Author, Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed Vancouver, Canada
@jillkrajewski.bsky.social
culture writer in film, vulture, etc bifurious jillkrajewski.com
@sunnoor.bsky.social
@delcowie.bsky.social
Writer @hiphopevolution ,This Is Pop (Netflix)/Black Community Mixtapes (Prime Video) /Black Life (CBC) /Bibliophonic editor @invisibooks
@demarjgrant.bsky.social
Investigative Reporter at the Investigative Journalism Bureau & Co-Creator of Album Mode
@shharine.co
small forward at @dontcallmebaby.club music & culture writer. film & tv production designer. 💌: https://shharine.co 🔗: https://productiondesign.shharine.co
@rahrahraina.bsky.social
host & writer of world cafe, heard nationally daily from npr & produced at wxpn // voice on pretty dim wonder & pixar's sodas// formerly cbc // instagram: rahrahraina // friend to all
@jasonschneidermedia.com
Canadian music PR company. @AmericanaFest member. Books include The Longest Suicide: The Authorized Biography of Art Bergmann / 3,000 Miles (A Novel) / Have Not Been The Same: the CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995 (co-author)
@darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Music and arts journalist, freelance writer, recovering addict, aspiring pile of ashes.
@emilyplunkett.bsky.social
The only thing that is certain about me is that I am Canadian, and I love music. Anything else is anyone's best guess. Photog/Writer: Canadian Beats Juror: Polaris Music Prize Instagram: @missemilyplunkett (She/Her)
@danielwell.bsky.social
Family, music, food, geographical views. 40+ years of radio! For more info danielwell.com. Currently I am the host of ‘Voice Tracks’ on JAZZ.FM91 and ‘Night Music’ on @indie88Toronto.bsky.social I know, I feel grateful.
@coolckcu.bsky.social
A radio show Thursday mornings, 9:30-noon on CKCU 93.1 FM or ckcufm.com. Juror for the Polaris Music Prize and the Prism Prize. coolckcu.com
@kingjmusicman.bsky.social
freelance writer for Ft. Myers Magazine, BroadStreetHockey.com PartonAndPearl.com and other publications. Formerly contributed to The Toronto Sun, Billboard, AllMusic.com, NME, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Long Island Pulse and Montana Press among others.
@jtennant.bsky.social
Writer, editor, broadcaster, pop culture enthusiast. Host of the GET LIT SHOW and author of The Captain of Kinnoull Hill and River, Diverted https://tinyurl.com/2vydhc3p
@witchpoliceradio.bsky.social
Acclaimed Manitoba-centric music interview podcast. Hosted by journalism guy/record nerd. He/him. Polaris juror. http://www.witchpolice.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
@jenniepunter.bsky.social
Editor @Musicworksmag @Variety contributor. Documentary hack. Musician, jazz fan, cyclist, reader, mom, dog-walker. TFCA member, Wavelength Music board prez, Polaris Music Prize juror. she/her
@davemacattack.bsky.social
Writer/contributing music editor for Cult MTL. Also Postmedia and Exclaim!, among others. YouTuber @Sound_Plus_Vision. Polaris Music Prize juror. Calgarian in MTL. Not related to Reba. Opinions mine. (he/him) 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇺🇦 All inquiries to dave.mac609@gmail.com
@jimdigioia.bsky.social
now: the act of just being [t]here >> https://jimdigioia.substack.com/ then: cofounder @dominionated.bsky.social / dominionated.ca Niagara Falls 🇨🇦 • he/him
@davidmcphersonca.bsky.social
Author. 101 FASCINATING CANADIAN MUSIC FACTS; MASSEY HALL; THE LEGENDARY HORSESHOE TAVERN: A COMPLETE HISTORY. Journalist. Cyclist. Voracious reader. Sober. Music is the Elixir of Life.
@bondosucks.bsky.social
Music Nerd || Radio Host || Program/Music Director at CHSR-FM || Polaris Music Prize juror || Bookworm || #BlueJays & Baseball enthusiast || Horror fan
@kerilie.bsky.social
In the Zen Jazz and Creative blog. journeyed jazz, life. 13x award winning TV Director/jazz short filmmaker Kerilie McDowall. https://kerilie.com
@craigsilliphant.bsky.social
Writer. Creative Director. Broadcaster. Movie Geek. Music Perv. Family man. Saskatoon booster.
@rosheeka.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Musicology, UWO | EDI Researcher | Classical Guitarist Pronouns: she/they
@darbar.bsky.social
Canadian Indie music lover, The Basement host, OurBasement contributor. https://linktr.ee/darbarthebasement?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@stuberman.bsky.social
Producer at COMMOTION on CBC Radio One; writer for Pitchfork, Stereogum, the Toronto Star; author of THIS BOOK IS BROKEN: A Broken Social Scene Story + TOO MUCH TROUBLE: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones. stubermania.substack.com / hamontlive.substack.com
@yaraelsoueidi.bsky.social
Writer. Music Journalist. Montrealer. Millennial. Your favourite It-Girl. Always depressed, never bland. www.yaraelsoueidi.com
@mitchpollock.bsky.social
Producer and music hot take-haver for Q on CBC. Overly competitive rec curler. Currently running two different campaigns of Gloomhaven.
@therewasnosound.bsky.social
arts & culture journalist co-founder @newfeelingcoop writing a book about the history of electronic music in so-called canada for @invisibooks
@fervorcoulee.bsky.social
Where Daydream Believers, Bobbie Gentry, Bluegrass, Bruce, Billie, Bragg, Hazel Dickens, Billy Strings, "Big Beat,” “Beauty & the Beat," & "Bela Lugosi's Dead" meet. fervorcoulee.wordpress.com & cjsr.com My father was Métis; I suppose I am, too.
@adrienbegrand.bsky.social
'Cranking Up Rush: Their Musical Legacy in 11 Songs', out now! https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493084746/Cranking-Up-Rush-Their-Musical-Legacy-in-11-Songs
@lesliekenchu.bsky.social
Music journalist. Arts organizer. Co-founder of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social. Vancouver, BC. https://linktr.ee/lesliekenchu
@brenmccracken.bsky.social
phd candidate @ concordia 〰️ the novel, ecology, form 〰️ he/him 〰️ mccracken.brennan@gmail.com
@sarahbeamilner.bsky.social
Editor, Writer // Seen in Polygon, Inverse, TMR, Kidscreen, /Film, Exclaim, ThatShelf, & more // Formerly:🎵 Polaris Prize Jury Member, The Griddle Pickers, Trent Radio //
@touchofallright.bsky.social
I teach teens about lit and theory. Also, Polaris Prize jury foreperson, working on M&E, coms, español, français and sleeping. Settler In Montréal.
@jayemkayem.bsky.social
music producer/dj + former pop culture writer/editor + internet radio mom + horchata enthusiast + serial bio updater
@alancross.bsky.social
Canadian radio, TV, music, and internet guy. My business card reads “Professional Music Geek.” I’m all about English bull terriers. And I follow politics. Music News: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/
@villamere.bsky.social
Your friend from the internet. Author of “Is Canada Even Real?” (‘One of the best comedy books of the year.’ — Vulture) Bylines in Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, ET, Elle, Style at Home & more. Junos judge, Polaris Music Prize jury. #teamcoco Villamere.com
@emmoore.bsky.social
Editor at Punknews Polaris Music Prize Juror Former DOMINIONATED volunteer Freelance writer, editor, and podcaster Canadian punk She/they https://linktr.ee/emcmoore?fbc
@carlzoilus.bsky.social
Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
@sarahsmacdonald.bsky.social
writer, human. who knows! vice, cbc, elle canada, hazlitt, globe and mail. writing a book! 🪐 https://www.sarahsmacdonald.com https://sarahsamacdonald.substack.com/
@brianfauteux.bsky.social
Popular music and media studies professor at the University of Alberta. Co-host of WDWK on CJSR 88.5 FM. Polaris Prize jury. Alberta Music board. Music in Orbit coming soon: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-in-orbit/paper
@katekillet.bsky.social
music documentarian, photographer, writer, event producer & booker @ POSIVIBEZ, vinyl DJ, host, punk “singer” & more… /she-ish queer weirdo
@vishkhanna.bsky.social
Host/Producer: Kreative Kontrol with Vish Khanna Writer Dad, husband 🍕🏀 https://linktr.ee/vishkhanna
@alanranta.bsky.social
Freelance ranter about music, movies, books and TV since 2004. Bylines in such esteemed outlets as Exclaim!, PopMatters, Bandcamp, CBC Music and the Georgia Straight. Longtime Polaris Prize and Juno Awards juror. (he/him)
@polarismusicprize.bsky.social
Discover. Discuss. Award. Polaris celebrates the best Canadian music. Sept 16, 2025: Concert & Awards Ceremony → Live at Massey Hall https://linktr.ee/polarisprize