On Monday, April 14th @ 7 PM, JPE fans in the Maritimes will get a special treat! CBC TV will be airing EAST COAST SESSIONS and you will have a front row seat right from your television. The show is a series of intimate performances by some of Atlantic Canada’s rising stars taped in front of a live studio audience.

Want a sneak peak? The website for East Coast Sessions is now live, and you can check it out in advance at http://www.cbc.ca/eastcoastsessions .

EXTRA: Joel will also appear in Catherine MacLellan’s episode on May 9th!

Platinum selling producer Grady Johnson - who worked with Joel on his multi-award winning album “Ashtray Rock” - will be in the Maritimes this April. Grady ( also know as Gordie ) is most recognized as the front man for the Reggae-Guitar-Rock band Big Sugar, and his work with Government Mule.

You can catch the band GRADY at the following locations:

April 15 Hunters Alehouse Charlottetown PEI
April 16 Elwood’s , Saint John NB
April 17 The Marquee Club, Halifax NS
April 18 The Manhattan Club, Moncton NB
April 19 The Back Nine, Fredericton NB
April 20 ND Club One, St. John’s

CANADA’S FINEST SONGWRITERS SHARE THEIR STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS AT SONGWRITERS’ CIRCLE

- Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 1st –

Music fans from coast to coast can tune in LIVE on CBC Radio with Jian Ghomeshi to hear JUNO Award nominees AlexCuba, Jeremy Fisher, Serena Ryder, Tegan and Sara, and Host of Songwriters’ Circle, Joel Plaskett.

Calgary, AB (February 27, 2008) - The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced the group of talented JUNO Award-nominated singer-songwriters who will be sharing in Songwriters’ Circle, presented by the Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA) and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) on Sunday, April 6th, 2008. CARAS also announced that CBC Radio One and CBC Radio 2 will broadcast the event live-to-air to listeners across Canada for the third consecutive year.

Songwriters’ Circle will be held at EPCOR CENTRE’s Jack Singer Concert Hall (205 8th Avenue S.E., Calgary, AB) on Sunday, April 6th happening from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. (MST).

The intimate afternoon concert will be hosted by one of today’s most exciting songwriters, Joel Plaskett, the front man of Joel Plaskett Emergency and 2008 JUNO Award nominee for Songwriter of the Year. Plaskett will join fellow esteemed Canadian songwriters and JUNO Award nominees AlexCuba, JeremyFisher, Serena Ryder and Tegan and Sara.

The writers will share with fans some of their unique creative processes, challenges and songwriting successes, all the while telling personal anecdotes behind their favourite songs. More artists will be announced to join Songwriters’ Circle in the coming weeks.

This year’s CBC broadcast will be hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, host of Q, CBC Radio One’s daily dose of arts, culture and entertainment. Although he is best known as a national on-air personality, Ghomeshi is also a musician, singer and songwriter at heart.

Tickets for Songwriters’ Circle go on sale Saturday, March 1st at 10 a.m. (MST) at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.ca or by calling 403-777-0000. Tickets are priced at $34.75 and $39.75 each (plus applicable service charges). Proceeds from Songwriters’ Circle benefit CARAS’ music education program, MusiCan.

Songwriters’ Circle will broadcast LIVE on CBC Radio One at the following local times:

12:00 - 14:00 (MST)
13:00 - 15:00 (CST)
14:00 - 16:00 (EST)
15:00 - 17:00 (ATL/PAC)
15:30 - 17:30 (NFLD)

CBC Radio 2: 16:05-17:59 (local time zones)

OR fans can listen live at www.cbc.ca/radio.

For more information on Songwriters’ Circle, visit www.junosongwriterscircle.ca.

For those who’d like to get back in the groove of an amazing weekend in east coast music, you can check out Joel and friends on the “Barenaked East Coast Music” TV Special. It is hosted by Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies and you can catch it on CBC TV Sunday, March 2nd at 7 pm (7:30 pm NT).

With numerous sold out shows and a fantastic performance on the ECMA Awards Show with special guest Gordie Johnson, JPE won an unprecedented six ECMA Awards. In addition, over the weekend Joel & Co. received notice that they won first place in the Billboard World Song Competition ( Pop Category ) for the song Fashionable People.
Way to go JPE!

Congratulations to the Joel Plaskett Emergency for their 2008 JUNO NOMINATION! Announced yesterday morning, JPE has been nominated for the JUNO’s Songwriter of the Year:

Joel Plaskett “FASHIONABLE PEOPLE” | “NOTHING MORE TO SAY” | “FACE OF THE EARTH” - Songwriter of the Year

It is wonderful recognition from the Canadian Music Industry for the miles and miles that JPE have been been logging with their fantastic album in hand.

Other News: The Marquee event in Halifax has sold out! It’s going to be an incredibly night, and we can’t wait to see you there!