americana @ temperance | Jeffery Straker (Canada)

Singer-songwriter pianist Jeffery Straker grew up taking piano lessons in a small farming town on the Canadian prairies, raised by a church organist mother and an auctioneer father.

He’s gone on to perform over 100 shows per year across Canada, Europe and Latin America. Serving up a rootsy-storytelling brand of song, his song-writing has the ability to transport a listener - out onto a northern lake or to the main street of a prairie town.

Across 8 albums to date critical comparisons have been drawn to the likes of Harry Chapin, Kris Kristofferson & Murray McLauchlan while performances have seen him live on BBC radio in the UK, on theatre stages and performing to festival crowds.

Named 'Roots-Folk Artist of the Year' in consecutive Saskatchewan (Canada) Music Awards Jeffery has also been honoured with a Western Canadian Music Award.

Recently he’s toured across England, performed in Kugluktuk Nunavut above the Arctic Circle, and co-headlined a Western Canada tour with Royal Wood.

His latest album “Great Big Sky” released in June 2024 and he’s returned to the UK for a series of 13 shows.

Wherever he performs he connects with audiences and to that end CBC Radio recently said: “Straker has a way of drawing us into his world and making us feel like we’re a welcome guest; an old friend he’s ready to catch up with”.

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