Kathleen Edwards wins SOCAN ECHO Songwriting Prize for ‘A Soft Place to Land’

TORONTO – She lost out on the Polaris Music Prize, but Kathleen Edwards has won the 2012 SOCAN ECHO Songwriting Prize for “A Soft Place to Land.”

Co-written with John Roderick, the song received more votes than four other finalists: “House that Heaven Built” written and performed by Japandroids, “Post-war Blues” performed and co-written by Dan Mangan, “Unkind” written and performed by Sloan, and “When I Write My Master’s Thesis” written and performed by John K. Samson.

The award, which is voted on by fans online, comes with a $5,000 prize.

The winner of the French-language prize was Koriass for the song “St-Eustache.”

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