Sat, Apr 21st, 8-10pm, Concert – Jeffery Straker Singer-Songwriter-Pianist– Folk-Roots-Pop Honest story songs combined with striking piano/vocal abilities. Echoes of Kris Kristofferson/Billy Joel/Harry Chapin. Top 10 on iTunes Canada singer-songwriter chart. Originally from small town Saskatchewan, the classically trained pianist was raised by a church organist mother and auctioneer father. He swears he was born under the piano on the family farm. All this might explain his incredible ability to share songs with audiences.
=0D=0A=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.
=0D=0A=Jeffery has showcased at major events including Canadian Music Week, NXNE, the Western Canadian Music Awards, & JunoFest as well as countless festivals. He’s licensed songs for TV, film and theatrical use and has appeared on television several times.
=0D=0A=“Straker’s CD has traces of some of the best piano-based singer-songwriters of the past 40 years, couched in his inimitable and effervescent style of folk-alt/pop influences” - Calgary Herald “This great work belongs on the shelf beside the finer recordings of Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, & Elton John” Mark Rheaume - CBC Radio
=0D=0A=www.jeffstraker.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTv0QsvNhTw
=0D=0A=FMI http://alberni.ca/events/29216
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=0D=0A=Char’s Landing 19+ (accompanied kids welcome) 4815 Argyle @5th Port Alberni V9Y 1V9 Tel: 778-421-2427 www.charslanding.com
=0D=0A=TICKETS Advance $15 (Showdate $20 / Kids $10) now @Rollin Art Centre, charge by phone (778) 421-2427, online http://bpt.me/3382549
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