Jeffery Straker

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"Let's cut to the chase: Vagabond is one of the most faultlessly conceived and meticulously executed albums in any genre to come out of Canada in a long time." Toronto Star Oct 9, 2012 (4/4 stars) - review of new 2012 release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Rufus Wainwright, as well as k.d. lang . are among the Canadians making essential and beautiful music. Add the name Jeffery Straker to that list." - Chicago Free Press - Gregg Shapiro (Jan 09)
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" a fine songwriter with great lyrical sensibilities. His music is a marvelous marriage of style and substance. Straker is very much an artist to watch." - Canadian Musician Magazine (Feb 09)
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NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE ON I-TUNES: Vagabond
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/vagabond/id561667263
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BIO (for full bio visit www.jeffstraker.com)
Singer-songwriter-pianist Jeffery Straker performs over 100 shows per year across Canada. He recently recorded for CBC radio's 'Canada Live', and had a music video rise to the top 10 (#6) on Canada's Much More Music. His album 'Step Right Up' was the #5 selling album in his home-land of Saskatchewan in August 2010, ahead of both Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. He's sure neither of them cared. But he is sure that he, in fact, did. He launched a new album in 2011, 'under the soles of my shoes', and toured Canada in support of it with shows ranging from intimate house concerts to a sold-out orchestral debut with the full Regina Symphony Orchestra (Oct 2011). His songs have played on both CBC and commercial radio.
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Straker has completed a new recording, 'Vagabond', released Oct 2 2012. The album was produced by Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter Danny Michel and they used one of Glenn Gould's pianos at the CBC in Toronto for the project. The album debuted in the top 20 on the iTunes singer-songwriter charts, has charted in the top 10 on both Winnipeg & Halifax college radio and was a top 20 selling album in the province of Saskatchewan in it's 2nd week. Michel's skilled production and arrangement savvy lend the album an earthy, organic quality allowing the songs to breathe and wrap around the listener. The recording has left critics speaking very favourably.