A blast! Check out this great photo that Jack Ronalds took!

Hey Everybody,

It’s great to be home from the UK.  It was epic. Long flights – Iron Man II is terrible.  More about that later but first –  some pressing business.  My good friend, Bob Hoag, the talented engineer and producer who recorded Ladeda for me many moons ago, is trying to get a cameo appearance on the hit show, Madmen.  He more than looks the part, he is it, and he NEEDS your support.  Vote for him here!  It’s of the utmost importance that he win, the future of recording in style in Arizona depends on you!  - JOEL

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Joel Plaskett – Three to One
Someone mentioned the other day that Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu once lived in the same road in Soweto. Who the third greatest man on the street was, history doesn’t relate, but it’s a safe bet he didn’t get the credit he deserved. It must be nearly the same in Canada, where any blossoming singer-songwriter inevitably wilts a little in the shadow of Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, three of the all-time best. Nova Scotia’s Joel Plaskett is a reasonably big noise there, though, and if he isn’t in the top league at 35, he’s in a strong second division with Ron Sexsmith, Bruce Cockburn and others. Three To One, a slimmed-down version of a triple album called Three, is a really vivid sampler of Plaskett’s craft. Mixing Celtic strummers and nimble power-pop, then throwing in clever vocals, it harbours a wit and earthy drama that makes you wonder how his name hasn’t got out before.

by Adam Woods

Howdy Folks,
A few minutes to myself at the Driftwood Bed and Breakfast in West County Cork, Ireland. Stunning. A nice change of pace from the Travelodges and Premier Inns in England and the overflowing M5 highways and rest stops. This epic tour of the UK and Ireland has been really great. Today’s show in Skibereen at the Cork Southwest Fest was a blast and after we played we caught sets by Bonnie Prince Billy, Martha Wainwright and the Handsome Family. The dates with Jools Holland have been exceptional. Playing in front of stately homes and castles to 5000 people is pretty damn cool. The show last night in Kilkenny with Jerry Fish was another highlight. Tomorrow finds me in Tullamore opening a show for Damien Dempsey, an Irish singer who I’ve become a fan of ever since I saw him play in Australia years ago. After that it’s Inishbofin Island for a few days and then back to England for one more show opening for Jools Holland at the Charterhouse School in Surrey. Then… home!
Joel

The UK press has made a few mentions recently of Three to One (my UK release).  Maverick Magazine recently reviewed the record as well as MOJO and the Mail on Sunday (4 Stars and my picture right next to Tom Jones!).