A Tribe Called Red's "We Are The Halluci Nation" makes the 2017 Polaris Music Prize short list

Out of the 40 albums considered from the Polaris Music Prize long list, the Ottawa based group A Tribe Called Red had the honour of making the short list for "We Are The Halluci Nation". The accolades for A Tribe Called Red keeps on growing as they recently won a JUNO Award back in April. Only 10 albums are selected for the short list as they all chase the prize of $50,000 and more importantly the honour of being called a Polaris Music Prize winner. 

The full short list nominees for 2017 are: 

A Tribe Called Red – We Are The Halluci Nation
BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
Gord Downie – Secret Path
Feist – Pleasure
Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Lido Pimienta – La Papessa
Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude
Weaves – Weaves

The winner of the 2017 Polaris Music Prize will be announced on September 18th at a live ceremony in Toronto.