The Berkeley Sessions are coming to television, premiering September 10 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Bravo!. It is a new, six-episode original series spotlighting an eclectic group of singers and musicians as they entertain audiences at Toronto’s Berkeley Church. Produced in association with Bravo!, the beautifully shot, weekly series features performances by indie-rock father-son duo Bill and Joel Plaskett (Sept. 10); alt-country artist Jon Langford (Sept. 17); pop singer Sarah Slean (Sept. 24); neo-southern country-gothic artist Jim White (Oct. 1); acoustic guitar virtuoso Kaki King (Oct. 8); and singer-songwriter Pete Elkas (Oct. 15).

We are very proud to announce that Episode 1 will feature Joel alongside his father Bill, performing acoustic versions of his hits Nowhere With You and Happen Now.

Hey Everybody,

Did anyone see Mitch MacDonald sing a condensed Love This Town on Canadian Idol?  Way to go, Mitch!  One question… How come Farley had never heard the song before?  Where’s he been living?  Under a rock?  That tune is MASSIVE…. in Port Hood… 

http://www.ctv.ca/idol/gen/VideoPage.html

Boogie Woogie,

Joel 

Hey all, 

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Alderney Landing show in Dartmouth and the Marystown, NFLD gigs this past weekend.  They were both really really memorable and the band and I had a great time.  Big thanks to Mr. Chill for making it from Windsor, ON to rock the sax and harmonica. Thanks also to Old Man Leudecke who’s banjo tunes got everybody’s hands clapping and Dave Marsh and The True Love Rules, who kicked off the night with scooters and 34 strings at once.  Killer.  Speaking of Emergency drummer, Dave Marsh…his new record, The True Love Rules, produced by myself and Dave is now unleashed on the public.  It will available online at Maplemusic by the end of this week and if you don’t see it in your favorite record store please reprimand them gently and tell them about it.  The songs shimmy and tug on the heart strings.  Check out www.newscotlandrecords.com for more info.   Bruceley on FLickr took a cool photo from Alderney.  Check it.  NFLD we’ll see you soon.

Joel

Photos from the Mariposa Folk Festival have been posted online and we’d like to share them with you. Included are Joel Plaskett pics as well as others from this great festival … enjoy!
My Photo Club Pics

Alderney Landing and 123 Events are proud to present the Joel Plaskett Emergency at what promises to be one of the hit concerts of the summer. On Friday August 1, the band will play an outdoor show at Dartmouth’s Alderney Landing. The concert site will provide both a safe and secure all ages area as well as a licensed tent.

This announcement comes hot on the heels of a sold out Marquee show that never made it to its onsale date. JPE fans who had registered with the band’s site, myspace and Facebook were given advance notice of tickets and scooped them all up before the onsale date even arrived.

Plaskett and bandmates have had a banner year with Ashtray Rock, the Polaris Prize nomination, six Music Nova Scotia Awards, 6 record breaking ECMA wins, Indie Awards nods and a Juno nomination for Plaskett himself for Songwriter of the Year. Says Plaskett “We look forward to coming home to where it all began to celebrate a great year with our hometown fans.”

For more information on tickets please contact TicketPro at www.ticketpro.ca or call the call centre at 1-888-311-9090. Tickets are also available directly at the Alderney Landing Box Office, Monday to Friday 10am - 6pm.

**Photo by Chris Smith - JPE at Alderney Landing 2007

Congratulations to Joel Plaskett on winning at the 9th Annual Great American Song Contest! The song “Fashionable People” was recognized for the award category of ‘Outstanding Achievement In Songwriting’ … congrats!