Joel Plaskett has earned an awful lot of honourifics in his career so far; counting folk hero; indie darling; and national treasure among them. And thatrsquo;s just since the Halifax musician started making records of his own in 1999. For a decade before that; he was one-quarter of Thrush Hermit; a band of scrappy Superchunk mimics who became hard-rock revivalists and one of the last survivors of the rsquo;90s pop ldquo;explosionrdquo; of major-label interest in Halifax.Canadarsquo;s east coast has never been much of a pop-culture mecca. Most musicians from the region whorsquo;ve ever made it big moved away. But armed with a stubborn streak and a knack for great songwriting; Plaskett has kept Halifax as his home; building both a career and a music community there. Along the way; hersquo;s earned great respect: when he plays shows in Alberta; east-coast expats literally thank him for staying home.Nowhere With You is the study of how he pulled this off; from the origins of Canadarsquo;s east-coast exodus to Plaskettrsquo;s anointment as ldquo;Halifaxrsquo;s Rick Rubin.rdquo; Itrsquo;s a story about what happens when you call a city ldquo;the new Seattle;rdquo; about the lessons you learn playing to empty rooms in Oklahoma; and about defying radio-single expectations with rock operas and triple records. Itrsquo;s about doing what you want; where you want; no matter how much work it takes.
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