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Where is Joel Plaskett from?

Where is Joel Plaskett from?

Lunenburg, Canada
Joel Plaskett/Place of birth

How old is Joel Plaskett?

46 years (April 18, 1975)
Joel Plaskett/Age

Where does Joel Plaskett live?

Halifax, Nova Scotia
William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

What instruments does Joel Plaskett play?

Plaskett played drums. The group released one album, 2000’s Neuseiland, before disbanding. On his second album, 2001’s Down at the Khyber, Plaskett introduced his new band, the Joel Plaskett Emergency — Plaskett on vocals and guitar, bassist Tim Brennan and drummer Dave Marsh.

Who is Joel Plaskett married to?

Rebecca Kraatzm. 2006
Joel Plaskett/Spouse

Her comic collection House Of Sugar, compiled from comics she contributed to The Coast, won the 2007 Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. Rebecca is married to Halifax rocker Joel Plaskett.

Does Joel Plaskett have children?

Plaskett, who has a seven-year-old son with his wife, former Brentwood Bay resident Rebecca Kraatz, has been down this road before in his work, but never with such urgency.

What kind of band was Joel Plaskett in?

Plaskett began his musical career in the early 1990s as a member of alt-rock favourites Thrush Hermit, recruiting lifelong fans as the band toured North America in a half-size school bus, setting up their signature neon ROCK & ROLL sign from show to show.

When did fashionable people by Joel Plaskett come out?

A concept album about high school love and suffering Ashtray Rock was on the shortlist for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize, 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.

Why was Joel Plaskett kept off the road?

Like virtually every other performer on the planet, this pandemic has kept me off the road. This time at home has allowed me to experiment in the studio, revisit some of my older songs and comb through my musical archive.

Where did Joel Plaskett of the emergency grow up?

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 . Plaskett grew up in Lunenburg, a small town on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.