Joel Plaskett Explained
Joel Plaskett |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | William Joel MacDonald Plaskett |
Alias: | Joel Plaskett |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1975 |
Birth Place: | Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Origin: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Instrument: | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, mandolin, keyboards |
Genre: | Indie rock, Folk rock |
Occupation: | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
Years Active: | 1992–present |
Label: | MapleMusic Recordings, New Scotland Records, |
Associated Acts: | Thrush Hermit, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Neuseiland |
William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of Halifax alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s.[1] Plaskett performs in a number of genres, from blues and folk to hard rock, country, and pop.
Plaskett's songwriting frequently contains allusions to his home city, Halifax.[2] With his band The Emergency, he has toured throughout North America and Europe with The Tragically Hip, Sloan, Bill Plaskett (his father), and Kathleen Edwards.
Early life
Plaskett grew up in Lunenburg, a small town on Nova Scotia's South Shore. His father, Bill Plaskett, is also a musician, and was a cofounder of the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival.[3] Plaskett learned to play guitar and write songs while listening to an eclectic range of music, from singer-songwriters such as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young to rockers such as the Sex Pistols and the Pixies.
Plaskett's family moved to Halifax when he was twelve; by the next year, he had formed his first band with friends Rob Benvie and Ian McGettigan. Initially, they called themselves Nabisco Fonzie. By 1992, they were a foursome called Thrush Hermit, with Michael Catano on drums.[4]
Career
Thrush Hermit
Plaskett was the lead singer and guitarist for the Halifax-based band Thrush Hermit. Catano was replaced by drummer Cliff Gibb in 1994, the same year the band was signed to Murderecords.[2] After two EPs, the group went on to release its full-length debut on Elektra in 1997--Sweet Homewrecker, which was recorded in Memphis with producer Doug Easley. The album did not do well commercially, and they were dropped by their label. The band would record one more album, Clayton Park, for Sonic Unyon Records, before quitting in 1999.[5] [6]
Neuseiland
In late 1998, Neuseiland was formed by Plaskett of Thrush Hermit, as well as members of popular Halifax bands The Super Friendz and Coyote, the Euphonic, both of which had also recently broken up. Taking the name of the band from a Dutch children's book by Annie Schmidt called The Island of Nose, the band consisted of Plaskett on drums, Charles Austin and Drew Yamada on guitar, Andrew Glencross on keyboard and Tim Stewart on bass. They cited King Tubby, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Ray's Chicken Pita and Willie Nelson as influences. The goal of the band was to mix conventional song structure with experimentation inspired by krautrock, stoogian protoplasm and the subtractive mixing techniques of "version" reggae.[7] The band released one album, the self-titled Neuseiland, recorded and released on March 4, 2000.[8] [9] The band released an extended play, The Disappearing E.P., on December 8, 2001.[10] Sessions for a third release, titled Ai Yi Yi, were recorded in 2002, but never materialized in an official release until 2014.[11] The band broke up after performing a farewell show on January 6, 2005.
In August 2014, the band released a digital-only compilation collection titled Rarae Aves, which included outtakes, CBC RadioSonic performances, and select demos from recording sessions dating back to 2002, on Bandcamp. Included in this collection were photographs and a near-complete video of their final show in 2005.[11] [12]
On August 3, 2017, the band's bassist Tim Stewart passed away.[13]
Solo work and the Emergency
After the breakup of Thrush Hermit and Neuseiland, Plaskett embarked on a solo career. His first release, In Need of Medical Attention, consisted of leftover songs that were written near the end of his days in Thrush Hermit. It was well received by critics, but not until the release of 2001's Down at the Khyber did Plaskett begin to enjoy more widespread acclaim. Khyber was a harder-rocking album that featured a new backing band, The Emergency, consisting of Plaskett, drummer Dave Marsh and bass player Tim Brennan.[14] Together they called themselves Joel Plaskett Emergency. The album earned Plaskett a Juno Award nomination as best new artist.[15]
The band's next album, Truthfully Truthfully, in 2003, was Plaskett's first all-out commercial success.[15] It was produced by his old Thrush Hermit bandmate McGettigan and was the band's debut release for MapleMusic Recordings.[2] The album featured the song "Come On, teacher," which became a hit in Canada. The album later received an East Coast Music Award as best rock recording.
Plaskett's follow-up album was a solo effort, called La De Da, on which he played most of the instruments himself (McGettigan, however, played bass).[15] Plaskett consciously sought a different sound for La De Da than he did for his previous effort; he considered it a record more for himself than for commercial radio. The album was released in 2005 and earned two East Coast Music Awards in 2006, as Male Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, for the song "Happen Now." He was also nominated for a Juno Award for songwriter of the year that year and was named male artist of the year and songwriter of the year at the East Coast Music Awards.[2]
In March 2006, Joel Plaskett Emergency released their first DVD, Make a Little Noise. It included an EP of three songs. The single "Nowhere with You" has received the most mainstream radio airplay of any Plaskett release to date, and was featured in a Zellers television commercial. Make a Little Noise had three wins at the 2007 East Coast Music Awards: DVD of the year, single of the year ("Nowhere with You"), and songwriter of the year (Joel Plaskett, for "Nowhere with You").[16]
The band's next album was Ashtray Rock, released in April 2007. A concept album about high school love and suffering[17] Ashtray Rock was on the shortlist for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize,[18] but lost to Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise. The album's single "Fashionable People" was nominated for the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for pop/rock song of the year.[19]
During the week of December 10, 2007, Plaskett and the Emergency played six consecutive shows at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto as part of the music venue's 60th-anniversary celebrations. Each night, a different album was performed in its entirety, starting with In Need of Medical Attention on Monday and finishing with Ashtray Rock on Friday night and Saturday night.[20]
Emergency was nominated for seven East Coast Music Awards in 2008, more than any other act. They won six of those awards, tied with the previous record.[21] [22]
Another solo album came next: the album Three, which was released on March 24, 2009. It consists of three discs each consisting of nine songs for a total of 27 songs. The first single from the album was "Through and Through and Through." The triple album was nominated for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize short list.[23] In the same week that the Polaris shortlist was announced, Paul McCartney announced that he had selected Plaskett and the band Wintersleep as the opening acts for his concert of July 11 at Halifax Common.[24] Three won adult alternative album of the year at the 2010 Junos; Plaskett was also nominated for songwriter of the year.[2]
In May 2011, he became the first artist ever to reach one million plays on CBC Radio 3's online music streaming site,[25] and released an exclusive acoustic version of "Nowhere with You" to the network for the occasion. In June, he released a B-sides and rarities compilation titled EMERGENCYs, false alarms, shipwrecks, castaways, fragile creatures, special features, demons and demonstrations.[26]
The band returned for the 2012 Joel Plaskett Emergency album Scrappy Happiness, released in March.[27] The album followed a unique release strategy, in which Plaskett and his band recorded one song each week for ten weeks, releasing each song to iTunes for sale as a single as soon as its recording and production were completed, and then rereleased the songs as a complete album once the project was concluded.[28]
His album The Park Avenue Sobriety Test was released in March 2015.[3] He released the album Solidarity, a collaboration with his father Bill, in 2017.[29]
A "spiritual successor" to his album Three, Plaskett released the quadruple album 44 on April 17, 2020, the last day he was 44 years old.[30] [31] Plaskett recorded the 44-song collection across Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Memphis, Nashville and Toronto, having worked with 33 other musicians over four years.[32] Each of the four records in the album contains 11 songs, with their own title and theme. The first record (41: Carried Away) is centred around travelling, the second collection (42: Just Passing Through) turns to finding a homecoming unfamiliar, the third set (43: If There's Another Road) tackles transitioning from lost to found, and the last record (44: The Window Inn) deals with arriving at a personal destination.[32]
Other collaborations
In recent years, Plaskett has embarked upon a number of projects. He has acted as record producer for a variety of Atlantic Canadian artists, including Steve Poltz, David Myles, Mo Kenney, Sarah Slean, and Meredith Shaw.[33] As well, in 2004 he made his television debut as a rock coach on the CBC Television documentary series Rock Camp.[16] In 2008, Plaskett and his father Bill were featured in an episode of the Bravo! television concert series The Berkeley Sessions.[34]
Plaskett also appeared as a busker in the film One Week and was a guest anchor on the March 5, 2013 episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.[35] A collaboration with CBC Kids in 2012 resulted in a music video for an alternate rendition of Plaskett's "Fashionable People", recast from the original song's satirical portrait of hipsters into a song about how fun it is to play dress-up.[36] Fellow East Coast Canadian musician Classified (Luke Boyd) featured Plaskett on his single "One Track Mind" from his 2009 release, Self Explanatory.
Plaskett and Chris Murphy collaborated on the production of Prize for Writing, a posthumous album by singer-songwriter Matthew Grimson which was recorded in 1995 but was not commercially released until 2020.[37]
Discography
Thrush Hermit
Neuseiland
Solo albums
Emergency
Singles
Producer credits
Self-Produced
- 44 Joel Plaskett (2020) [64]
- Solidarity Bill Plaskett & Joel Plaskett (2017)
- The Park Avenue Sobriety Test Joel Plaskett (2015) 2016 JUNO Nominee [65]
- Scrappy Happiness Joel Plaskett (2012) [66]
- Three Joel Plaskett (2009) [67]
- La De Da Joel Plaskett (2005) [68]
- Truthfully, Truthfully Joel Plaskett (2003)[68]
- Down at The Khyber Joel Plaskett (2001)
- In Need Of Medical Attention Joel Plaskett (1999) [69]
Vinyl Singles Produced
- “Eden” b/w “The Great Escape” Mo Kenney “When You Come Around” b/w “Paper Crowns” Joel Plaskett Jeremy Fisher
- “Jimmie's Still Jimmie” b/w “That's Not Joel” Joel Plaskett Shotgun Jimmie “Destructive” b/w “High Road” Ben Gunning[70]
- “Police Cops”, “Ayatollah” b/w “Boom! Boom!” Myles Deck & The Fuzz
- "Three More" Joel Plaskett[72]
- “Half Lit Through the Leaves” b/w “The Scotsman” Tyler Messick
- “Storm Comin'” b/w “Farmer's Daughter” Ana Egge
- “Becoming a Silhouette” b/w “Holding Ghosts” Yellow Jacket Avenger
- “Poor Young Things” b/w “Repeat Offender” Peter Elkas[73]
Awards and achievements
- 2018
- The Coast voted "Best Songwriter"[74]
- The Coast voted "Best Solo Artist"[74]
- The Coast voted "Best Producer"[74]
- ECMA Winner Songwriter of the Year – Joel Plaskett[75]
- ECMA Nomination Album of the Year – Bill & Joel Plaskett, Solidarity[75]
- ECMA Nomination Folk Recording of the Year – Bill & Joel Plaskett, Solidarity[75]
- ECMA Nomination Fans’ Choice Entertainer of the Year[75]
- 2017
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Folk Recording of the Year – Bill & Joel Plaskett, Solidarity[76]
- 2016
- The Coast voted "Best Songwriter"[77]
- The Coast voted "Best Producer"[78]
- The Coast voted "Best Male Solo Artist"[79]
- JUNO Award Nomination Adult Alternative Album of the Year – The Park Avenue Sobriety Test[80]
- ECMA Award Winner Producer of the Year[81]
- ECMA Award Nomination Fans’ Choice Entertainer of the Year[81]
- 2015
- CBC's "50 Best Canadian Albums of 2015" – The Park Avenue Sobriety Test[82]
- Dave Hodge's Annual Best of Albums 2015 – The Park Avenue Sobriety Test (#3)[83]
- CBC Music's Top Songs of 2015 – "The Park Avenue Sobriety Test"[84]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Entertainer of the Year[85]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Producer of the Year[85]
- The Coast voted "Best Songwriter"[86]
- The Coast voted "Best Producer"[87]
- The Coast voted "Best Merch By An Artist/Band"[88]
- Polaris Music Prize Long List Nominee – The Park Avenue Sobriety Test[89]
- ECMA Award Winner Producer of the Year[90]
- 2014
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Producer of the Year[91]
- 2013
- CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award Lifetime Achievement[92]
- ECMA Award Winner Rock Recording of the Year – Scrappy Happiness[93]
- ECMA Award Nomination Entertainer of the Year[93]
- 2012
- Polaris Music Prize Long List – Scrappy Happiness[94]
- CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award Winner for The Golden Bucky – "Lightning Bolt"[95]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner SOCAN Songwriter of the Year – "You're Mine"[96]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Nomination Entertainer of the Year[96]
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal[97]
- 2011
- The Coast voted "Best Songwriter"[98]
- 2010
- Juno Award Winner Adult Alternative Album of the Year – Three[99]
- Juno Award Nomination Songwriter of the Year – "Through & Through & Through"[100]
- Finalist International Songwriting Contest "Through & Through & Through" Performance Category[101]
- CMW Indie Award Winner Favourite Solo Artist[102]
- CMW Indie Award Nomination Favourite Album – Three[102]
- ECMA Award Winner Male Solo Recording of the Year – Three[103]
- ECMA Award Winner Entertainer of the Year[103]
- ECMA Award Winner SOCAN Songwriter of the Year – "Through & Through & Through"[103]
- ECMA Award Winner FACTOR Recording of the Year – Three[103]
- ECMA Award Winner Single of the Year – "Through & Through & Through"[103]
- ECMA Award Winner Pop Recording of the Year – Three[103]
- ECMA Award Nomination Single of the Year – "You Let Me Down"[103]
- ECMA Award Nomination Video of the Year – "Through & Through & Through"[103]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Solo Male"[79]
- The Coast voted "Best Vinyl" – Three[104]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Album" – Three[105]
- 2009
- Polaris Music Prize Nomination – Three[106]
- Canadian Folk Music Award Winner Contemporary Album of the Year - Three[107]
- Canadian Folk Music Award Winner Producer of the Year[107]
- Canadian Folk Music Award Nomination Solo Artist of the Year[107]
- Canadian Folk Music Award Nomination Pushing The Boundaries Recording of the Year – Three[107]
- ECHO Songwriting Prize Nomination – "Through & Through & Through"
- First Place Winner Great American Song Contest – "Face of the Earth"[108]
- ECMA Award Winner Entertainer of the Year[109]
- ECMA Award Nomination Single of the Year – "Face of the Earth"[109]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Album of the Year – Three[110]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Male Solo Artist of the Year[110]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Pop/Rock Recording of the Year – Three[110]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner SOCAN Songwriter of the Year[110]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Nomination Entertainer of the Year[111]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Nomination Video of The Year – "Through & Through & Through"[111]
- 2008
- Juno Award Nomination Songwriter of the Year – Ashtray Rock[112]
- First Place Winner Billboard World Song Contest Pop Category – "Fashionable People"[113]
- First Place Winner Great American Song Contest – "Fashionable People"[114]
- CMW Indie Award Nomination Favourite Rock Artist/Group of the Year[115]
- CMW Indie Award Nomination Galaxie Rising Star[115]
- COCA Mainstage Artist Award
- ECMA Award Winner Recording of the Year – Ashtray Rock[116]
- ECMA Award Winner Group Recording of the Year[116]
- ECMA Award Winner Rock Recording of the Year[116]
- ECMA Award Winner SOCAN Songwriter of the Year[116]
- ECMA Award Winner Single of the Year – "Fashionable People"[116]
- ECMA Award Winner Video of the Year – "Fashionable People"[116]
- ECMA Award Nomination Entertainer of the Year[116]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Solo Male"[117]
- 2007
- Polaris Music Prize Nomination – Ashtray Rock[118]
- CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award Winner "Song Most Likely to be a Future Classic"- "Nowhere With You"[119]
- CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award Nomination "Best Falsetto" – "Fashionable People"[119]
- ECMA Award Winner SOCAN Songwriter of the Year – "Nowhere With You"[120]
- ECMA Award Winner Single of the Year[120]
- ECMA Award Winner DVD of the Year – Make A Little Noise[120]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Album of the Year – Ashtray Rock[121]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Pop rock Recording of the Year – Ashtray Rock[121]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Entertainer of the Year[121]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Group of the Year[121]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Songwriter of the Year[121]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Video of the Year – "Fashionable People"[121]
- The Coast voted "Top 50 CDs of the Year Award" – Ashtray Rock
- The Coast voted "Best Canadian Male Musician"[122]
- The Coast voted "Best Canadian Solo Artist"[122]
- 2006
- Juno Award Nomination Songwriter of the Year – La De Da[123]
- First Place Great American Song Contest – "Nowhere With You"[124]
- Verge Award Winner – Album of the Year Award
- Chart Magazine The Golden Toque Award Nomination – Best Canadian Album[125]
- Canadian Radio Music Award Nomination – Best New Solo Artist Hot AC
- CBC Radio 3 voted #1 Top 94 list – "Nowhere With You"
- ECMA Award Winner Male Artist of the Year – La De Da[126]
- ECMA Award Winner Songwriter of the Year Award – "Happen Now"[126]
- ECMA Award Nomination Album of the Year[126]
- ECMA Award Winner Single of the Year[126]
- ECMA Award Winner Video the Year[126]
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Songwriter of the Year – "Nowhere With You"
- Music Nova Scotia Award Winner Entertainer of the Year
- Music Nova Scotia Award Nomination Single of the Year
- The Coast voted "Best Canadian Male Musician"[127]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Male Musician"[128]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Album" – La De Da[129]
- 2005
- MIANS Award Winner Male Artist of the Year[130]
- MIANS Award Winner Album of the Year – La De Da[130]
- MIANS Award Winner Pop/Rock Recording of the Year[130]
- ECMA Award Winner Rock Recording of the Year[131]
- ECMA Award Nomination Album of the Year[131]
- ECMA Award Nomination Group of the Year[131]
- The Coast voted "Best Canadian Male Musician"[132]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Male Musician"[133]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Song"[134]
- 2004
- Juno Award Nomination Best Alternative Album of the Year
- MIANS Award Winner Group of the Year – Truthfully, Truthfully
- MIANS Award Winner Alternative Recording of the Year
- MIANS Award Winner Entertainer of the Year
- The Coast voted "Best Local Band"[135]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Album" – Truthfully, Truthfully[135]
- 2003
- The Coast voted "Best Local Band"
- The Coast voted "Best Local Live Act"
- 2002
- Juno Award Nomination Best Alternative Album of the Year – Down at The Khyber[136]
- ECMA Award Nomination Rock Recording of the Year[137]
- ECMA Award Nomination Best New Artist of the Year[137]
- ECMA Award Nomination Video of the Year – "Maybe We Should Just Go Home"[137]
- The Coast voted "Best Local Album" – Down at The Khyber[138]
- The Coast voted "Best Video" – "Maybe We Should Just Go Home"[139]
- The Coast voted "Best Male Solo Artist"[140]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Concert Review: Joel Plaskett gets the crowd moving in Toronto . Duffy . Rob . The National Post . Postmedia Network Inc. . Don Mills, Ontario . May 22, 2012 . June 1, 2018.
- Encyclopedia: Joel Plaskett . https://archive.today/20130712021245/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/joel-plaskett . dead . July 12, 2013 . The Canadian Encyclopedia . Historica-Dominion . Toronto, Ontario . July 9, 2013 .
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/joel-plasketts-new-album-is-a-veritable-kitchen-party/article23445724/ "Joel Plaskett's new album is a veritable kitchen party"
- Web site: Thrush Hermit flies again . Gillis . Carla . . Toronto . March 24–31, 2010.
- Web site: The story of the band called Thrush Hermit . www.maplemusic.com . MapleMusic Ltd. . Toronto, Ontario . June 27, 2013 . July 31, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130731172803/http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/thr/bio.asp . dead .
- Web site: The East Coast survivor . Wittchen . Tara Lee . www.ffwdweekly.com . Fast Forward Weekly . Calgary, Alberta . October 23, 2003 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070807051321/http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2003/1023/mus1.htm . August 7, 2007 .
- News: Neuseiland . June 27, 2013 . cbcmusic.ca . CBC Radio-Canada . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301002442/http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2013/6/Rear-view-Mirror-Who-was-Suzanne-and-why-did-Leonard-Cohen-make-her-famous . March 1, 2016 .
- Web site: Neuseiland - Neuseiland . . March 4, 2000 .
- Web site: Plaskett/Kenney kick off folk club season . Edey . Noel . The Cochrane Times . Cochrane, Alberta . September 12, 2012 . July 11, 2013 . October 24, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171024205101/http://www.cochranetimes.com/2012/09/12/plaskettkenney-kick-off-folk-club-season . dead .
- Web site: Neuseiland - the Disappearing E.P. . . December 8, 2001 .
- Web site: Rarae Aves, by Neuseiland .
- Web site: Neuseiland - Rarae Aves . . August 27, 2014 .
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- Book: O'Kane, Josh. Nowhere with You: The East Coast Anthems of Joel Plaskett, The Emergency and Thrush Hermit. 1 April 2016. ECW Press. 978-1-77090-840-6. 157–.
- Web site: Joel Plaskett – biography . Denning . Mark . allmusic.com . Rovi Corporation . June 26, 2013.
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- News: Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list . June 1, 2018 . . July 10, 2007.
- Web site: Joel Plaskett Emergency, Finalist, Pop/Rock Song, "Fashionable People" . The Independent Music Awards . February 5, 2009 . Music Resource Group LLC . Clifton, New Jersey . June 28, 2013.
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- http://pozfusion.com/users/11254/images/2008-music-nominees-breakdown.pdf 2008 East Coast Music Awards nominees
- http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/front/article/208444 "Plasket gets 6; local talent makes city proud"
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- Web site: McCartney hires Halifax musicians as opening acts. CTV News. July 9, 2009. June 1, 2018.
- http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2011/5/Live-on-CBC-Radio-3-w-Grant-Lawrence-Trivia-Tuesday-the-Joel-Plaskett-Edition "Live on CBC Radio 3 w/ "Grant Lawrence: Trivia Tuesday... the Joel Plaskett Edition!"
- . chartattack.com, May 16, 2011.
- http://exclaim.ca/News/joel_plasketts_scrappy_happiness_lp_out_this_spring_frank_turner_added_to_tour "Joel Plaskett's Announces 'Scrappy Happiness' LP, Canadian Tour with Frank Turner"
- Web site: For Joel Plaskett, another week, another jam, another song in the can . Wheeler . Brad . The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario . February 17, 2012.
- News: A little bit folk, a little bit rock: Joel and Bill Plaskett bring Solidarity to Saskatchewan . . 2017-03-23 . 2017-03-25.
- White, Adam (March 22, 2020). Make A Sound'Some Party. Retrieved on 2020-04-25.
- O'Kane, Josh (April 21, 2020). The audacity, and necessity, of Joel Plaskett's pandemic quadruple-recordThe Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 2020-04-25.
- Thiessen, Brock (January 24, 2020). Joel Plaskett Unveils Quadruple Album '44'Exclaim!. Retrieved on 2020-04-25.
- Web site: Producer credits . www.joelplaskett.com . April 9, 2013 . June 27, 2013.
- Web site: New Bravo! series The Berkeley Sessions sets the musical stage September 10 . www.channelcanada.com . Channel Canada . Montreal, Quebec . August 27, 2008.
- Web site: Joel Plaskett's new job: This Hour Has 22 Minutes news anchor . music.cbc.ca . CBC Radio-Canada . Toronto, Ontario . March 6, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301002442/http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2013/6/Rear-view-Mirror-Who-was-Suzanne-and-why-did-Leonard-Cohen-make-her-famous . March 1, 2016 .
- Web site: Video of the day: Joel Plaskett and Mamma Yamma. January 18, 2012. CBC. Toronto, Ontario. cbc.ca/strombo/.
- Brad Wheeler, "Joel Plaskett and Sloan singer-bassist Chris Murphy bring songs of late Halifax musician Matthew Grimson back to life". The Globe and Mail, August 5, 2020.
- Megan LaPierre, "Joel Plaskett Unveils New Album 'One Real Reveal,' Fall Canadian Tour". Exclaim!, May 23, 2024.
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- Web site: Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative rock - June 26, 2012. Canadian. Rock/alt. June 28, 2012.
- Web site: Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Active Rock – August 8, 2011. August 2, 2011. America's Music Charts. August 2, 2011.
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- Web site: Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Active Rock - March 6, 2012. canadianrockalt.blogspot.ca. March 6, 2012 . 2016-08-13.
- Joel Plaskett Chart History (Canada Hot AC). Billboard. December 31, 2020.
- Web site: Jimmy Rankin: Moving East (Album Review) Folk Radio UK - Folk Radio UK. November 27, 2018.
- Web site: Stream Bend the River's Joel Plaskett-Produced EP 'Through the Long Night' Exclaim!.
- Web site: Five Questions With... Mo Kenney FYIMusicNews. October 20, 2017.
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- Web site: It takes a Villages Music Halifax, Nova Scotia THE COAST.
- Web site: New Music: The Brood's 'Transistor' Is Already Some Of Your Favourite Songs - The East. October 27, 2017.
- Web site: Mo Kenney's dreams Music Halifax, Nova Scotia THE COAST.
- Web site: James Hill: Old Silo – Victrola.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422220051/https://victrola.com/products/james-hill-old-silo. 2021-04-22.
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- Web site: Interview – Meredith Shaw Canadian Beats Media. March 3, 2014.
- Web site: Mo Kenney Signs with Pheromone Recordings for Joel Plaskett-Produced Debut Album Exclaim!.
- Web site: CD Review: Sarah Slean, Land and Sea The Manitoban. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422220051/http://www.themanitoban.com/2011/11/cd-review-sarah-slean-land-and-sea/2831/. 2021-04-22.
- Web site: Steve Poltz: Dreamhouse – Tower Records.
- Web site: True love makes the rules Music Halifax, Nova Scotia THE COAST.
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