Showing posts with label polaris cover sessions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label polaris cover sessions. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Polaris Cover Sessions No. 3: Hannah Georgas / Les Sœurs Boulay / Little Scream (2017)


From 2017, on red vinyl, we have three more cover versions:

Hannah Georges - Crown of Love
Originally by Arcade Fire from the 2005 album Funeral, a 2016 Slaight Family Heritage Prize winner.
Recorded at The Woodshed, Toronto, April 26, 2017.
Hannah Georgas appears courtesy of Dine Alone Records.

Les Sœurs Boulay - Complainte pour Sainte-Catherine
Originally recorded by Kate and Anna McGarrigle on the 1976 album Kate and Anna McGarrigle, a 2016 Slaight Family Heritage Prize winner.
Réalisation, prise de son ("Studio PM"), mixage (Studio de l'Est)
Les Sœurs Boulay appears courtesy of Dare To Care Records.

Little Scream - Anew Day
Originally by Mary Margaret O'Hara from the 1988 album Miss America, a 2016 Slaight Family Heritage Prize winner.
Produced [...] at Fixed Hinge in Stittsville, Ontario, April 28, 2017.

I like the Mary Margaret O'Hara cover the best.





Monday, November 22, 2021

Polaris Cover Sessions No. 2: Arkells / Joel Plaskett / Zaki Ibrahim (2016)


Number 2, from 2016, has:

"I'm Not Afraid"
Originally recorded by Owen Pallett from the 2014 Short List album In Conflict.
Recorded September 7 and 9, 2015 at Revolution Recording, Toronto, Ontario.
Arkells appear courtesy of Universal Music Canada.

"Bittersweet Memories"
Originally recorded by Feist on the 2012 Polaris winning album Metals.
Recorded January 19, 2016 at New Scotland Yard, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Mastered... at Archive Mastering, Mineville, nova Scotia.
Joel Plaskett appears coutesy of New Scotland Yard / Pheromone Recordings.

"Show Me The Place"
Originally recorded by Leonard Cohen from the 2012 Long List album Old Ideas.
Produced May 16, 2016... at The Hive, Toronto, Ontario.

This one is also a 10" record on blue vinyl. The best track, IMHO, is the last, the cover of Leonard Cohen's Show Me the Place.






Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Polaris Cover Sessions No. 1: Whitehorse / Sarah Harmer / Great Lake Swimmers (2015)


"The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label." So, the Polaris Cover Sessions are a series of cover records."

This one is as 10" record, containing three cover versions:

1) Whitehorse covering Bones Of An Idol, originally recorded by the New Pornographers;
2) Great Lake Swimmers covering I'm A Mountain, originally recorded by Sarah Harmer;
3) Sarah Harmer covering Odessa, originally recorded by Caribou.

Here are the details from Discogs:

"Bones of An Idol" originally by The New Pornographers from the 2006 Short List album 'Twin Cinema.'
Recorded July 9, 2014 at Revolution Recording, Toronto.
Whitehorse appear courtesy of Six Shooter Records.

"I'm A Mountain" originally by Sarah Harmer from the 2006 Short List album 'I'm A Mountain.'
Recorded July 9, 2014 at Revolution Recording, Toronto.
Great Lake Swimmers appear courtesy of Nettwerk Productions Inc.

"Odessa" originally by Caribou from the 2010 Short List album 'Swim.'
Recorded July 22, 2014 at Revolution Recording, Toronto.
Sarah Harmer appears courtesy of Cold Snap Records.

By the way, this 10" record was pressed on orange vinyl. Many were given away free in local records stores. In some cases, you had to purchase a shortlisted records; in other cases, any purchase would do. I think my copy was free with no strings attached. I cannot find any of these cover versions on Youtube.