Joel Plaskett

William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 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. Halifax-based Joel Plaskett began playing the guitar at age 13, and formed the band Nabisco Fonzie with Rob Benvie and Ian McGettigan the following year. He was a member of Halifax alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s. 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 performs in a number of genres, from blues and folk to hard rock, country, and pop. He has frequently been called one of the best Canadian songwriters of his generation. Plaskett's songwriting frequently contains allusions to his home city, Halifax. 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. For over 30 years, Joel Plaskett has been a driving force in Canadian music—constantly evolving, always authentic. The Nova Scotia-born singer-songwriter is known for his genre-defying discography, which spans everything from gritty rock anthems to intimate folk ballads. His accolades over a quarter century include a Juno, numerous East Coast Music, Canadian Folk and Music Nova Scotia awards, and two Polaris short list nominations. "Three" won adult alternative album of the year at the 2010 Junos; Plaskett was also nominated for songwriter of the year.

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