Yesterday it was announced that "Wake Up Like This", a song by Montreal singer songwriter Katie Moore, has won SOCAN's annual ECHO Songwriting Prize for $5000, beating out Arcade Fire, Austra, the Handsome Furs and PS I Love You.
This reminds us that's it time to start gathering your reconnaissance for our annual CBC Radio 3 Music Awards, otherwise known as The Buckies, honouring the best in Canadian independent music for the calendar year. "Best Song" is our biggest category, so with the news of Katie's win, we'll start there...
Poll Question of the Day:
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST SONG OF THE YEAR?
A quick memory jog is to think back on all of our 2011 Artists of the Month: Jenn Grant, Young Galaxy, Hey Rosetta, Timber Timbre, Miracle Fortress, Handsome Furs, Junior Boys, Library Voices and Dan Mangan. There's also Mother Mother, Feist, Sam Roberts, Chad VanGaalen, Coeur de Pirate, the Pack AD and many others...
Let us know your thoughts by posting to our blog, sending an email tofeedback@cbcradio3.com, or twitter @cbcradio3 or @grantlcbcr3 and we'll discuss your comments throughout the show.
Hear the discussion today on Grant Lawrence Live, 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio/Sirius 152 w/ guest Katie Moore.