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Tanya Tagaq wins the 2014 Polaris Music Prize

by AUX staff

Last night, at the 9th Polaris Music Prize, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq won the 2014 Polaris Music Prize for her album Animism, her fourth album and first nominated for the Prize.

“We’ve been doing it our own way without backing down artistically or conforming, so to be recognized in this way and have so many people latch on makes me feel the world is tolerable,” said Tagaq in a statement. “There’s so much hurt in the world and within indigenous cultures with colonialism. Canada is in a desperate need for repair and I think a lot of people are tired of living this way and just to have people understand where we’re coming from makes me have hope that we can move forward and expose the true history of Canada.”

This years show was hosted by Jay Baruchel and featured performances by nominees Mac DeMarco, Tanya Tagaq, Basia Bulat, Owen Pallett, Shad, and Jessy Lanza.

Watch her performance below (starting at 3:22:09).