Joel Plaskett

The Joel Plaskett Emergency Plot 2022 Canadian Fall Tour

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2022

In support of April 2020 quadruple album 44, a sprawling box set of four 11-track albums, the Joel Plaskett Emergency are hitting the road...

Yellowknife's Folk on the Rocks Is a Light That Never Goes Out

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2022

It's only been a year since Munya Mataruse moved to Yellowknife, and he's already received one of the highest honours given to a local musi...

The Joel Plaskett Emergency and TUNS in Ottawa Were More Like Vaudeville Than a Rock Show

Babs Asper Theatre, May 14

PUBLISHED May 15, 2022

An scorching mid-May evening in Ottawa found the National Arts Centre lobby intermingled with stunning gowns, stylish suits and the coolest...

Sloan and Thrush Hermit Unearth 1994 Mockumentary Video

PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2021

Back in 1994, Sloan and Thrush Hermit were still up-and-coming Halifax bands and hadn't yet become Canadian rock royalty. Sloan's own label...

Watch Joel Plaskett's Intimate New Video for "A Benefit 4 Dreamland"

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2020

Joel Plaskett is circling back to his ambitious 44 project with an intimate new video for the album closer "A Benefit 4 Dreamland." The cl...

Canadian Artists Remember Their Best, Worst and Most Mortifying Day Jobs

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2020

It wasn't always Netflix shows, sold-out venues and Twitter stans for these talented Canadians; once upon a time, they merely blended in wi...

Matthew Grimson's Posthumous 'Prize for Writing' Finally Brings the Halifax Hero to the Rest of the World

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2020

It's a late July evening in 2018, and there's barely room to stand in Gus' Pub — an unofficial landmark in Halifax's live music scene. From...

That Time Thrush Hermit Sabotaged Their Own Breakout Show

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2020

The third instalment of Edgefest 1995 may have been advertised as Sloan's farewell show, but ask anybody there that day and they'll tell yo...