HEY PEOPLE!
Been very busy over the past few months in the studio and gigging.  Here are some of the projects I’ve been working on that are due to show up over the next few months.

Thrush Hermit – Complete Recordings- 7 DISC BOX SET-  to be released on New Scotland.  An epic project.  Scrambling madly to get it together for the Hermit reunion tour in March (fingers crossed!).

Disc 1- Clayton Park

Disc 2- Sweet Homewrecker

Disc 3- Smart Bomb and The Great Pacific Ocean

Disc 4 – All Technology Aside – 22 songs – outtakes, b-sides and unreleased

Disc 5 – Hits and Giggles – 23 songs – early singles, eps and unreleased tracks

Disc 6 – Embarrass Ourselves Awake – hodge podge of really early material from Nabisco Fonzie, The Hoods, The Hermit and The Tim Robbins

Experience.  Truly embarrassing stuff to keep you awake on long drives

Disc 7 – DVD consisting of Learn to Party documentary (1999) and lots of extra never before seen footage from 1990- 1999

Will also include a 24 page booklet with lots of photos and liner notes written by Rob Benvie.

Steve Poltz – “Dreamhouse”.  Will be out in April or May on New Scotland both on cd and vinyl. Steve’s tunes are incredible.  Psychedelic and personal, hilarious and heartbreaking.  Steve rocked most of his guitar and vocals in first takes.  Amazing! Produced & recorded at Scotland Yard.  I played drums and bass.  Steve just broke his hand skiing but he’ll be back with a vengeance soon.

David Myles- “Turn Time Off” due out on April 20th on his own label.  I had a great time producing this record at Scotland Yard and we mixed it at Flying Blanket in Arizona with my good friend Bob Hoag (who recorded Ladeda).  David’s tunes are smooth and super singable and it’s my most hi-fi production work yet if I do say so myself .  His band kicks ass too.

Jeremy Fisher and Joel Plaskett- a month ago we recorded two songs we wrote together for a 7? single on New Scotland.  Still waiting to be mixed but aiming for a release in the spring

Had a great time playing MSVU last night with my pa Bill (Happy Birthday Dad!) as well as joining City & Colour at the Rebecca Cohn earlier in the week for a unique version of The Day We Hit the Coast.  Warming up up the pipes for the Hermit tour and the Emergency in St John’s NFLD on Feb 26 at Mile One!

that’s the latest!  back to work.

Joel

Hey Everybody,

When we made the video for You Let me Down a few months ago we didn’t end up using this footage we shot in the hockey rink at the Forum in Halifax.  The director, RT, edited together an alternate version from the footage and here it is for your wintertime perusal.  We shot it at about 1am and I was freezing cold.  I had to sing the gals lines too…  Check it it out!

Joel

DIRECT URL : You Let Me Down – Alternate Cut

http://www.rslblog.com/2010/01/best-albums-of-2009.html

“Toronto’s Joel Plaskett crafted a massive exploration of song this year. Triple album with a triple theme. While there’s a lot of tinkering, I came to find very little ‘extra’ on this voluminous, ambitious project. Much of that can be credited to the talented Plaskett’s able co-conspirators. Together they have crafted unique, fun approaches to all this new material. Most songs leap from the sketch pad to fully actualized sit-in pieces – Others are howling rock ballads singed by country heat. An easy pick for Best of 2009,” – Ryan.

read it HERE

NXEW – guest post by Greg Amos

http://www.nxew.ca/2010/01/stellar-stellar-stellar.html

Joel Plaskett doesn’t disappoint in first visit to Prince George.

It’s safe to say Joel Plaskett’s first visit to Prince George played out better than expected, after a relaxed night of catchy folk rock, genuine lyrics, and tales from his 15 years as a touring musician.

More importantly, Plaskett avoided repeating the history that played out in a visit to the province a dozen years ago.

“You treat me wrong, I’ll get back at you in a song,” grinned the amiable Plaskett before a rendition of “Love This Town,” a song written after a disastrous 1997 performance in Kelowna by Plaskett’s previous band, Thrush Hermit.

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