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Winnipeg's Propagandhi in running for Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize
It's never too late to get your roses: Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, the 2001 album from Winnipeg punk outfit Propagandhi, is one of 12 albums up for the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize.
A companion award to the annual Polaris Music Prize, which honours Canadian albums of artistic distinction without regard to sales, genre or affiliation, the Heritage prize recognizes deserving Canadian albums that were released before the prize began in 2006.
Two of this year's nominated albums will receive a Heritage Prize designation. One album will be chosen by the public; the other will be selected by the Heritage Prize jury, which is composed of music media and music historians.
Propagandhi's third studio album is the only Winnipeg entry on the list, which includes other Canadian classics as rapper Choclair's 1999 debut Ice Cold, singer/songwriter Jane Siberry's 1985 album The Speckless Sky and Montreal pop-punk outfit Doughboys' 1993 major-label debut Crush.
Cash Crop, the 1997 album from hip hop group Rascalz, is back on the list, having been previously nominated in 2022, while indie rock band Constantines picks up its fourth Heritage Prize nomination, this time for their 2001 self-titled debut.
Forty-one albums have received Heritage Prize designation since it was introduced for Polaris's 10th anniversary in 2015.
Winners will be announced Sept. 16 at an awards gala at Toronto's Massey Hall.
— staff
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