When Joel Plaskett opened for Paul McCartney in Halifax a couple of years ago, he played before 50,000 people.When he last appeared in Kitchener, it was as the opening act for the Barenaked Ladies in a packed house at Centre in the Square.When he appeared Thursday in the Songwriter Series in the centre's new Studio, he performed in front of a sold-out audience of about 120.The size of the audience
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ALLISTON - Joel Plaskett will bring his endearing, quirky and sometimes sentimental music to the Gibson Centre on Saturday, March 19.Plaskett will be joined by his two-man band, The Emergency, and show opener David Myles."I initially booked this tour as kind of a solo acoustic tour but then I decided I wanted to bring the band out so it'll be a little bit of a mix of the two worlds," said Plaskett
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Got to have major hang time with my pal Joel Plaskett at Folk Alliance in Memphis. Do you know Joel's music? It's the bomb man. He produced Dreamhouse and lives in Nova Scotia. Buy his music on vinyl or cd but by all means get it. He played guitar and sang with me at one of my showcases in Memphis for about 30 people crammed into a hotel room. Man was that ever fun. Take today to go on a Plaskett
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Already a leader of the Emergency, Joel Plaskett is a talented and eclectic Canadian singer / songwriter, who is musical tornado to hit the headlines for having published the ambitious Three, who put in hard line twenty-seven tracks divided into three discs, which also earned him the ' attention of Paul McCartney who wanted operner as in concerts. The disc unfortunately except for a good success o
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Concert Review: Joel Plaskett, David Myles - River Run Centre - Guelph, ON - November 5, 2010On a brisk November night in Guelph, the vibe inside the River Run Centre was warm, lighthearted and electric, in anticipation of the 'Rock N' Roll show'. Entering, stage right, with his gray suit, glasses and geeky, yet GQ style (he looked like a banker) - David Myles opened up the show with a short, but
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Joel Plaskett returns to Ireland this November. One of Canada's finest songwriters, Plaskett will have gigs in Crawdaddy, Dublin on November 19, The Set Theatre, Kilkenny on November 20 and Roisin Dubh, Galway on November 21.His album Three To One earned high praise upon its European release this summer. Plaskett, who was asked to support Paul McCartney last year, will be joined this time around b
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Can you give us a brief history about yourself and how you came to be where you are.I grew up in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia then my family moved to Halifax when I was 12. I started playing music when I was 14 years old to have something to do with some friends. We called ourselves Nabisco Fonzie. When we started writing our own songs at 16 years old we changed our name to Thrush Hermit (named after a
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