Jeffery Michael Straker the Vagabond

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman September 5, 2013 4:27 pm Tagged With: adult contemporary, Folk, Pop

Jeffery Michael Straker has aptly titled his new release Vagabond.

Jeffery is quite the traveler.

This singer/songwriter/pianist performs over 100 shows each year across Canada. He recently recorded for CBC radio’s ‘Canada Live’, had a music video chart in the top 10 on Much More Music Canada, and in 2012 toured in Africa.

He recently played a sold-out show (capacity 2000) with the full Regina Symphony Orchestra.

Like I said, his new album is aptly titled…Vagabond.

Considering the album was produced by Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Danny Michel, has received 4 out of 4 stars from the Toronto Star, and debuted in the top 20 on the iTunes singer-songwriter charts and in the top 10 on several college radio stations across Canada… I am not going to go on and on about how great the album sounds.

Originally from Saskatchewan, Jeffery delivers top notch, grade A adult contemporary folk-pop in the spirit of greats such as Elton John, Billy Joel, and Rufus Wainwright.

Vagabond consists of 9 of the most well crafted songs I have heard in the folk/pop genre for quite some time. Being born to an organist mother and an auctioneer father obviously has some benefits.

Jeffery is a musical descendant of Beethoven through teacher-student lineage (see his website for the full story). He was a student of the Royal Conservatory of Music and received his licentiate diploma in piano performance from Trinity College, London when he was just 19.

Connect with Jeffery on Facebook or Twitter.

Then go grab the album.

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About Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman

Joshua is a music business consultant currently serving as COO of Unlimited Sounds, a boutique publishing admin & consulting firm based in Northern California. He also serves as director of Pac Ave Records, a student-run record label. He is an archivist and curator via Indie Music Discovery.com, co-founded with C Bret Campbell in 2011. He is also a Father of 3 and an all purpose jedi... but before any of this, he was and still creates as an indie/DIY songwriter and producer. Connect on IG. Read full bio.

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