“The Traveller” has been nominated for the first ever SOCAN Polaris Song Prize
CBC presents the 2025 Polaris Music Prize has revealed the 20 nominee Long List for its first-ever SOCAN Polaris Song Prize.
Polaris, celebrating its 20th anniversary, and SOCAN, celebrating its 100th anniversary, announced the new Song Prize with the winning song taking home $10,000 split between the song’s Canadian performers and the song’s credited Canadian songwriter(s). Similar to the Polaris Album Prize, the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize will honour the Canadian song of the year, based on artistic merit, without regard to musical genre or commercial popularity.
The five short listed song nominations will be revealed July 29th.
The 2025 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize Long List is:
- Art d’Ecco — The Traveller
- Backxwash — History Of Violence
- Backxwash — 9th Heaven
- Caribou — Honey
- Lou-Adriane Cassidy — Dis-moi dis-moi dis-moi
- Marie Davidson — Fun Times
- Yves Jarvis — Gold Filagree
- Kaytranada ft. Lou Phelps — Call U Up
- Richard Laviolette — Constant Love
- Mustafa — Gaza is Calling
- The OBGMs — Changes ft. Sate
- Klô Pelgag — Le goût des mangues
- Propagandhi — At Peace
- Reuben and the Bullhorn Singers — Powerful
- Ribbon Skirt — Wrong Planet
- Saya Gray — Shell (Of A Man)
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids — FREE (ft. Aysanabee, Drezus, Rueben George)
- Colin Stetson — The love it took to leave you
- The Weather Station — Neon Signs
- Rick White and The Sadies — Fly Away