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Jeremy Dutcher Wins the 2024 Polaris Music Prize for ‘Motewolonuwok’
The winner was revealed tonight (September 17) at the gala at Massey Hall in Toronto, with Dutcher becoming the first two-time winner of the prize.
Dutcher will take home the $50,000 prize, which goes to the best Canadian album of the year, as determined by a jury of experts and based solely on artistic merit. Dutcher was competing in a tough field, against nine other shortlisted albums: Cindy Lee’s Diamond Jubilee, NOBRO’s Set Your Pussy Free, TOBi’s Panic, DijahSB’s The Flower That Knew, Allison Russell’s The Returner, Bambii’s Infinity Club, Elisapie’s Inuktitut, The Beaches’ Blame My Ex and Charlotte Cardin’s 99 Nights. Other previous winners include Pierre Kwenders(2022), Cadence Weapon(2021), Backxwash(2020), Haviah Mighty(2019), Lido Pimienta(2017), and Kaytranada(2016).
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