Jeffery Straker

Jeffery Straker is a roots/folk singer-songwriter pianist in Saskatchewan Canada. Growing up taking piano lessons in a small farming town, 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, & Carole King 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 Music Awards Jeffery has also been honoured with a Western Canadian Music Award. The Saskatchewan Country Music Awards have named him keyboard player of the year 4 years running. His songs and performances connect 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”.

Jeffery’s new folk-roots recording 'Great Big Sky' released June 7, 2024
Produced by Steve Dawson (also on guitars) at “The Henhouse” in Nashville TN, it was recorded live off the floor lending to the authentic feel of the album. Inspired by the wide-open endless panorama of the Saskatchewan sky it delivers a singer-songwriter flavour rich in prairie themes and imagery. It's all brought to life in Straker’s signature storytelling style. Notable players include: Fiddle, mandolin, harmonica-Fats Kaplin (Nanci Griffith); Drums-Jamie Dick (Allison Russell, Rhiannon Giddens).