A new song of mine has launched and I’m excited to share it. It’s the 1st tune from my upcoming 2020 roots/folk album inspired by memories of being from a small prairie town, and taking stock of who and where you are in life. Thanks Russell Broom for the great production we did on this […]
Between Oct 1 and Nov 2 Jeffery will be touring a special show to theatres and halls across Saskatchewan. All shows are presented by arts councils in the province and guests in the show include Jack Semple (blues guitarist-vocalist) and Annette Campagne (francophone folk-singer/guitarist). The tour also supports the upcoming launch of Jeffery’s […]
It’s the middle of summer, & that means one thing…Christmas is coming! (haha) So–we’re announcing a festive 5-city tour of my Dec holiday show: “Jeffery Straker – A Very Prairie Christmas”. Can I get a big sweaty August hohoho?! Go put on your ugly sweater and run through the sprinkler & get ready to get […]
With 30 new songs whittled down to a pool of 15 ‘contenders’, I’ve started to record a 10 song album. In early July I kicked it off, recording 3 tunes with producer, Russell Broom, in Calgary AB. BIG THANKS to my auntie Joyce and uncle Murray for letting me stay with them in […]
Check out the Youtube cover video of the classic song “Always on My Mind”. Jeffery on grand piano/vocals is accompanied by a string trio and double bass, in the beautiful sanctuary of Westminster United Church in Regina, Saskatchewan. Click on the video image to watch it. Help out and share the video […]
I’m happy to be working with the 1 & only Laurie Brown, of Porch Swing Entertainment! She’s a music manager extraordinaire, now doing management consulting with me & my music. Took this pic in front of her actual porch swing in Stony Plain, Alberta after meetings last week. Big, excellent things underway. Here we come: […]
I owe a big thanks to the Saskatchewan Arts Board for supporting some of my song-writing time in early 2019, through an Independent Artist Grant I received. I was able to write a LOT of new songs from which I’ll choose 10, for my upcoming 2019 recording. Creative […]
Check out the Youtube video performance of the classic song “Always on My Mind”. Jeffery on grand piano/vocals is accompanied by a string trio and double bass, in the beautiful sanctuary of Westminster United Church in Regina, Saskatchewan. Click on the video image to watch it.
I’m looking forward to this upcoming tour of Western Canada. If you know any folks in these locations who might like the show, please help me out and pass on some word. All dates/locations are listed in the graphic. Additional info is in the tour calendar on this website too. cheers! Js
I’m pretty excited for this tour of the Netherlands coming up April 4-14. If you know any folks in these locations who might like the show, please help me out and pass on some word. This is only my 2nd time performing there so all the word-of-mouth helps! I’ll have the talented […]
