Joel Plaskett (born William Joel MacDonald Plaskett on 18 April 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s and then a member of Neuseiland. Subsequently, he has realsed solo albums and recorded as Joel Plaskett Emergency. His music falls into a number of genres, from blues and folk to hard rock, country, and pop His 2015 album "Joel Plaskett and the Park Avenue Sobriety Test" touches on his solo acoustic side