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JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY WITH MO KENNEY SET TO HIT THE ROAD

August 9, 2022

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(August 9, 2022) – Joel Plaskett’s 44 is his most detailed musical weave yet. A sprawling box set comprised of four, 11-song albums connected visually and thematically, it is an imaginative rumination on trying to slow down and grow up in a rapidly accelerating world. Little did he know as he conceived and recorded the project that it would be released a month after the world shut down and that his national tour would be rescheduled four times.

“When my quadruple album, 44, was released in April 2020 I was ready to hit the road but the world had other ideas. I started The Window Inn on Patreon and, with the support of subscribers, started documenting musical collaborations with friends at the studio every couple of months. It’s been great fun with much musical experimentation and variety, and after a year of sessions there is an album’s worth of music. With the 44 & More tour with The Emergency and Mo Kenney finally happening this September it seemed like a great time to share the music with everyone.”

The Window Inn Sessions will be released in full to the public on August 26. Check out a sneak peek of “True Patriot Love” featuring special guest Mo Kenney alongside Joel.

44 & MORE TOUR:

Sep 07 – Campbell River, BC –  Tidemark Theatre – Tickets
Sep 08 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom – Tickets
Sep 09 – Vancouver BC- Commodore Ballroom – Tickets
Sep 10 – Vernon, BC – Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre – Tickets
Sep 11 – Salmon Arm, BC – Song Sparrow Hall – Tickets
Sep 13 – Calgary, AB – Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts – Tickets
Sep 14 –  Calgary AB – Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts – Tickets
Sep 15 – Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room – Tickets
Sep 16 – Saskatoon, SK- Knox United Church – Tickets
Sep 17 – Regina, SK –  The Exchange – Tickets
Sep 19 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre – Tickets
Sep 20 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre – Tickets
Sep 23 – Port Hope, ON – Cultivate Festival – Tickets
Sep 24 – Kingston, ON – Grand Theatre – Tickets
Sep 27 – Montreal, QC-  Petit Campus – Tickets
Sep 29 – London, ON – Aeolian Hall – SOLD OUT
Sep 30 – London ON – Aeolian Hall –  SOLD OUT
Oct 1 – Toronto ON – Massey Hall – Tickets

LISTEN/BUY 44 HERE

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JOEL PLASKETT TO RELEASE 44 FOUR 11-SONG RECORD

January 24, 2020

41: Carried Away, 42: Just Passing Through, 43: If There's Another Road, 44, 44: The Window Inn, Four 11-Song Record, Head Over Heels Into Heaven, Joel Plaskett, Joel Plaskett and the Emergency, Mo Kenney

FIRST SINGLE “HEAD OVER HEELS INTO HEAVEN “

Photo by: Ingram Barss

“Making a record has always felt to me like trying to put a frame around a group of songs. In going through my songs from the last four years, it dawned on me that I’d need more than one frame to contain what I’ve been writing about. Hence four panes within a frame, four records in one box. Synchronicity and numbers have always been a fascination, and I saw this project as an opportunity to create something to mark my 44th year on this mystifying planet.“ – Joel Plaskett

(Toronto, ON – January 24, 2020) – On April 17, 2020, the day before his 45th birthday, Joel Plaskett will release 44.

A conceptual follow-up to his JUNO-award winning triple record, Three, 44 is a visionary project comprised of four, 11-song records, packaged together and connected thematically. Four years in the making, the songs were recorded in Dartmouth, Memphis, Nashville and Toronto with 33 different musicians.

The first single from the first album, “Head Over Heels Into Heaven” was co-written by Joel and Mo Kenney and features The Emergency (Dave Marsh & Chris Pennell). You can catch all of them onstage together on the 44 Spring Tour (dates below).

Watch the official lyric video here: https://youtu.be/rCvS4zmJk6I

Musically, 44 showcases many of Joel’s talents, and the hallmarks that have established him as one of Canada’s best known contemporary songwriters. Catchy rock and roll, delicate acoustic ballads and sonic production experiments bounce around the albums, all held together by Joel’s unique and inimitable lyrical style. Varying themes run across the records, but at its heart, 44 is an imaginative, musical rumination on trying to slow down and grow up in a rapidly accelerating world.

The first album, 41: Carried Away, is a traveling record. It starts in Memphis with the song Collusion, old memories colliding with the present and the journey begins. The second album, 42: Just Passing Through, playfully evokes the feeling of returning home to an unfamiliar landscape, while, 43: If There’s Another Road, is an introspective, nighttime transition from lost to found. The fourth and final album,44: The Window Inn, documents the arrival at a personal destination, summed up in the last song, “A Benefit 4 Dreamland.”

The artwork for 44 reflects the same creativity and attention to detail apparent in all of Joel’s music. The four individual album covers fit together to form a single photograph shot through a four-pane window, behind which lie two shelves of curated pictures, pottery, books and objects all relating to the songs. The cover photograph for the entire box set takes the window and shelves to the west coast of Cape Breton, and juxtaposes this interior world against the beauty and expanse of the night sky.

44 is Joel Plaskett’s most ambitious and imaginative endeavor to date. It is a project that will reveal itself over time, its scale and intention standing in sharp contrast to the fast paced, short-form digital world we navigate daily.

44 cover art

TOUR DATES

April 16 – Truro, NS @ Marigold Cultural Centre Get Tickets

April 23 – Campbell River, BC @ Tidemark Theatre Get Tickets

April 24 – Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom Get Tickets

April 25 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom Get Tickets

April 28 – Calgary, AB @Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts/The Bella Concert Hall
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April 30 – Edmonton, AB @ Myer Horowitz Theatre Get Tickets

May 1 – Saskatoon, SK @ Broadway Theatre Get Tickets

May 2 – Regina, SK @ The Exchange Get Tickets

May 4 – Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre Get Tickets

May 6 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Crocks Get Tickets

May 8 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall Get Tickets

May 9 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall Get Tickets

May 12 – London, ON @ Aeolian Hall Get Tickets

May 13 – London, ON @ Aeolian Hall Get Tickets

May 14 – Kingston, ON @ Grand Theatre Get Tickets

May 15 – Ottawa, ON @ National Arts Centre – Babs Asper Theatre Get Tickets

May 16 – Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus Get Tickets

May 24 – St. Johns, NL @ St. John’s Arts & Culture Centre Get Tickets

May 26 – Labrador City, NL @Labrador West Arts & Culture Centre
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May 28 – Grand Falls, Windsor, NL @ Gordon Pinsent Arts and Culture Centre

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May 29 – Gander, NL @ Joseph R Smallwood Arts & Culture Centre Get Tickets

May 30 – Stephenville, NL @ Stephenville Arts & Culture Centre Get Tickets

May 31 – Corner Brook, NL @ Corner Brook Arts & Culture Centre Get Tickets

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JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY WITH MO KENNEY SET TO HIT THE ROAD

JOEL PLASKETT TO RELEASE 44 FOUR 11-SONG RECORD