Singer-songwriter pianist Jeffery Straker serves up a rootsy-storytelling brand of song that has been said to transport listeners – out onto a northern Canadian Lake or to the main street of a prairie town. A clever lyricist with an energetic style his song writing has drawn critical comparisons to the likes of Kris Kristofferson, Jackson Browne and Murray McLauchlan while maintaining a style distinctly his own.
Twice named ‘Roots-Folk Artist of the Year‘ in the Saskatchewan Music Awards, he 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. Straker released his tenth recording “Great Big Sky” in 2024 – steeped with themes of the Canadian prairies. AmericanaUK praised it saying “With emotional and sonic depth, Great Big Sky is an album we’d thoroughly recommend”. The album saw Jeffery win a 2025 Canadian Folk Music Award for ‘Contemporary Canadian Folk Singer of the Year’.