Joel Plaskett's "Jimmie's Still Jimmie" tsunami is sweeping across Canada, currently topping national rock charts in Canada! (Week of June 13, song is #29 on Active Rock & climbing.) Thanks to Q104, LiVE 105 (Halifax); The Fox (Fredericton); Iceberg 151; SiriusSatellite Radio; The Peak (Vancouver) plus many more, for supporting the track, and you can. listen and download on itunes: here
Check out Plaskett's latest CD, EMERGENCYs, false alarms, shipwrecks, castaways, fragile creatures, special features, demons and demonstrations (or simply, EMERGENCYs), on MapleMusic, which is "a collection of rarities, covers, demos, B-sides, and unreleased songs dating back to 1999 and his final days with Thrush Hermit, plus new material recorded after THREE." (Reviewed here, on herohill)
... when you look at the career of Halifax song writer and National treasure, Joel Plaskett, the numbers are a bit mind blowing. (Hero Hill Blog www.herohill.com/2011/06/deeper-into-music-joel-plaskett.htm);
Joel Plaskett achieved the very rare distinction of reaching one million plays on CBC Radio 3... his previous album THREE (2009) gave him his first Juno Award... after several nominations. These laurels – and his many ECMAs confirm the Halifax singer/songwriter as a major Canadian artist...(Mark Rheaume, CBC Radio 3, Music Matters Vol. # 11-20)
Listen on soundcloud below:
Joel Plaskett - "Jimmie's Still Jimmie" by SpinCount
Joel Plaskett's Jimmie's Still Jimmie" is part of the 7" Vinyl Single Series on New Scotland Records.
Gretzky and Kurri, Bird and Mchale, me and a bag of Babybel...there have been some amazing duos over the years. The world has just been introduced to another with pairing of Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie for the Jimmie's Still Jimmie / That's Not Joel 7".
The scenerio plays out like this: JP and SJ team up to lay down some yin and yang rockers at the Scotland Yard. Joel rolls out the woes of traveling while unraveling on, "Jimmie's Still Jimmie." Shotgun consoles him with his mighty thoughtful flip side, "That's Not Joel." Post-Modern Lovers doing Clash City covers where good humour hovers. Maritime brothers.
The Jimmie's Still Jimmie / That's Not Joel split 7" is available now on New Scotland Records.
links:
New Scotland Records: http://newscotlandrecords.com/
Joel Plaskett: http://www.joelplaskett.com/
