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Joel Plaskett Emergency Earns 7 East Coast Music Award Nominations
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by Rob Walker | December 19, 2007 at 12:32 pm
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Joel Plaskett is the best kind of maritime rock artist: the kind that makes for an amazing live show at a tiny venue. That's the only way I've seen Plaskett and his band, the Emergency, and it's the way I recommend to best take in the experience.
Check out some of his band's music on their site over this way.
Or some videos up on youtube!
Great to see a solid artist get some recognition!
With seven nominations, Halifax rockers Joel Plaskett Emergency lead
the list of 2008 East Coast Music Awards nominees announced Tuesday.Included among the seven nominations for Joel Plaskett Emergency is a nod for entertainer of the year. Multiple award winners at the 2007 ECMAs, singer-songwriter Joel Plaskett and the band were also Juno and Polaris awards nominees earlier this year.
The band's 2007 album Ashtray Rock has three nominations, including recording of the year and its single Fashionable People earned nods for best single and songwriter of the year for Plaskett.
From Wikipedia:
Joel Plaskett (born 1974) is a Canadian rock musician, born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has been a prominent figure in the Canadian indie rock scene of the 1990s and 2000s.In 1992, Plaskett created alternative rock band Thrush Hermit with Rob Benvie (vocals, guitar), Ian McGettigan (vocals, bass), and Michael Catano (drums). Plaskett was the lead singer and guitarist for the Halifax-based band as well as the band's primary songwriter, until their breakup in late 1999.
After the breakup of Thrush Hermit, 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 successful, but not until the release of
2001's Down at the Khyber
with a new backing band, The Emergency, did Plaskett get the critical
attention he had received while in his former band. The Emergency
consisted of Plaskett, drummer Dave Marsh and bass player Tim Brennan,
though special friend Ian McGettigan could often be seen playing bass
at their shows. The third album of Plaskett's post-Thrush Hermit career
and second of the Emergency's, Truthfully, Truthfully was a commercial success. MapleMusic Recordings
is the current recording label for both The Emergency and Plaskett's
solo efforts. Plaskett and the band have toured throughout North
America and Europe with such performers as The Tragically Hip, Sloan and Kathleen Edwards.
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at 16:54 on December 19th, 2007
Tuning his guitar. From Joel's solo acoustic set during the Halifax Pop Explosion, 2007.
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at 16:36 on December 21st, 2007
photo by; J.W. Gallant
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at 17:06 on December 23rd, 2007
This was my first Joel Plaskett Concert Experience. It was a great show!
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at 09:07 on December 24th, 2007
I saw Joel Plaskett at the Winnipeg Folk Festival last July, and he was fantastic. He deserves everyone of the nominations.
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at 09:37 on December 27th, 2007
I saw Joel Plaskett Emergency open for the Tragically Hip in Washington, DC, at the 9:30 Club and have seen him before in the DC area. What a fantastic songwriter and live performer -- one of the best shows I saw last year!
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