Performance · Production
Joel Plaskett
Lunenburg, Canada • b. 1975-04-18
Joel Plaskett is credited on 70 releases across 75 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1992–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
70
Pressings credited
75
Albums
4
Decades active
70
In collections
Biography
William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of Halifax alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s. Plaskett performs in a number of genres, from Americana and folk to hard rock, roots, and pop. Plaskett's songwriting frequently contains allusions to his home city, Halifax. With his band The Emergency, he has toured throughout North America and Europe with The Tragically Hip, Sloan, Bill Plaskett (his father), and Kathleen Edwards.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
70 releases · 75 albums · active 1992–2026
- Performance · 153
- Production · 24
- Engineering · 4
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Scotland Yard (4) · Adinsound Studios · Sonic Temple Studio (2) · SoundMarket Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Ashtray Rock
2007

La De Da
2005

Scrappy Happiness
2012

Truthfully Truthfully
2003

Down At The Khyber
2001

44
2020

Three
2009

Mallrats (Music From The Motion Picture)
1995

Polaris Cover Sessions No. 2
2016

Clayton Park
1999

In Need Of Medical Attention
1999

Songs From The Gang (A Celebration Of Joel Plaskett)
2025

One Real Reveal
2024

Solidarity
2017

Field Of Trampolines
2016

Joel Plaskett & The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
2015

Mo Kenney
2012

Emergencys, False Alarms, Shipwrecks, Castaways, Fragile Creatures, Special Features, Demons And Demonstrations. 1999-2010
2011

From Nowhere
2024

Blink Twice
2022

Church of Better Daze
2021

The Details
2017

Jimmie's Still Jimmie / That's Not Joel
2011

Half Lit Through The Leaves
2009
Frequent collaborators
- Thrush Hermit
- Various
- Joel Plaskett Emergency
- The Joel Plaskett Emergency
- Myles Deck And The Fuzz
- Matt Andersen
- Tyler Messick
- Oh Susanna
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