CBC Radio 3 has just announced the winners of the second annual Bucky Awards – CBC Radio 3’s awards honoring Canadian music and musicians – and kudos to the Joel Plaskett Emergency for winning two awards!

Joel Plaskett took home “Best Falsetto� and in the brand new R3TV video category, the Joel Plaskett Emergency picked up the award for Best Video for “Fashionable People�,

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The East Coast Music Association announced the 2008 Music Award nominees today at the Cellar Pub & Grill on the UNB Campus in Fredericton. Leading the list with seven ECMA nominations is our very own Joel Plaskett Emergency! Included in these nominations is the illustrious nod for Entertainer of the Year where all JPE fans can exercise their right to vote. ( We’ll have details on how you can participate soon. ) More info is available at ECMA.COM!

A Plaskett prescription for the ‘Shoe’s birthday
BRAD WHEELER – The Globe and Mail

December 12, 2007

JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY At the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on Monday

Joel Plaskett is back on the saloon stage, looking awfully secure. It’s 11 o’clock on a Monday night, with Canada’s indie-rock Buddy Holly stooping in a rustic room we thought he had outgrown. But this is a step-back, not a setback – the conceit is a night-by-night, album-by-album career retrospective, beginning with Plaskett’s debut solo album, the occasionally countrified In Need of Medical Attention. He has advanced admirably since 1999, and square one sure is a warmer, fuzzier place when you’re just visiting.

The six-night residency is part of the Horseshoe’s 60th-birthday hoopla, complete with glitzy, (more…)

The Joel Plaskett Emergency has been nominated for the Chart Magazine / Chartattack.com The Golden Toque Award (Best Canadian Album) in the 13th Annual Year-End Readers Poll! You can vote for JPE online at CHARTATTACK.COM Ashtray Rock has also been include in a special issue of The Coast featuring “Top 50 CDs of 2007″.

Some very cool reviews have been popping up online:
SoundMojo’s Top 20 Albums from 2007 By jackhammer
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Ashtray Rock: Plaskett remains relatively unknown in the States and is still making his name in his native Canada, but there’s no denying his talent and growth as a songwriter. Ashtray Rock is concept album …
SoundMojo.com – Music, Recording… – Watchmojo
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Two fantastic shows have just been announced!
Joel will be performing a solo acoustic show at the Blacksheep Inn in Wakefield, ON on Saturday March 1st , and another solo acoustic all-ages performance on Sunday, March 2nd. Tickets to these shows are very limited so we suggest you get yours ASAP. You can go to the Blacksheep Inn Website , or buy them from Ticketweb Online or by calling Ticketweb directly at 1-888-222-6608 .