Performed my first show at Expo2025 大阪・関西万博 on the south stage. What a lovely audience! It’s so fun bantering with the crowd via a translator-thk u Christian! I’m Performing today at the Canada pavilion repping Saskatchewan! The Canada pavilion is fascinating & so well done🍁

Performed at the Canada Pavilion at Expo25 Osaka Japan. An honour and a total blast repping Saskatchewan. Absolutely loving the Japanese audiences! Bantering with the audience via a translator is a hoot. More shows this week #osaka #saskatchewan

Had a day off from performing at Expo25 in Osaka Japan. Hopped a train to Kyoto (5 bucks!) and walked through an amazing city: wow! 🇯🇵❤️ #travel #japan

I’m totally loving performing for the Japanese audiences in Osaka at Expo25 over here. What a hoot! And very grateful for Christian my translator who I get to banter with the crowd with. I don’t want this to end❤️🇯🇵🇨🇦 #osaka #EXPO2025

Photos from last nights performance on the East stage at Expo25 Osaka Japan. What a crackin audience💥 Thx to the folks who brought me flowers. And to the fella who had the tech in the audience to take a photo & print it on his portable colour printer! Amazing! #osaka #EXPO2025

I waved the Saskatchewan flag high & proud at my last shows at Expo25 in Osaka Japan. Even got the audience to follow me out front of the Canada pavilion for a Saskie photo shoot. When I told them my partner is a farmer & that SK Canola & Wheat go to Japan there was bigtime

On the plane from Van. to Regina. Lady across the aisle watching a video on her phone volume full blast. I asked her to turn it down. She gave me a look of death then turned it down. I’ve been in Japan for 10 days & not 1 person watching phone w volume blasting. Are North

Getting to perform at the Canada Pavilion at Expo25 in Osaka Japan was a gift! If you’ve not been to this city put it on your bucket list. It’s a feast for the senses #osaka #japan

Oh Lordy hohoho. Walmart in Regina has Christmas decorations out! Sept 10. Is this a new record ?! #earlybird #falalalala

An actual photo of me after eating all the amazing food in Japan😂. What a country! Such. awesome. food. #japan

Such small odds of this! At shows at Expo Osaka (about 200000 visitors/day) on stage I'd say I was from Saskatchewan Cda & ask (jokingly) if anyone was from Sask. Answer was always a laugh/‘no’. Then I'd ask if anyone had heard of it. Answer was generally…no lol. One night when

Started my day with a sweet run around Regina’s Wascana Park. Such a peaceful place in the early AM. Just me and all the pooping geese😂 #regina #runner #wascana

Got a brand new song that will release on all the streaming platforms on Sept 23. Gonna perform it for the very first time in....Saskatoon, Sept 25. YXE is lucky to have a venue like The Bassment; can't wait for this show! #piano #Saskatoon #newmusic

A weekend wedding in an Irish castle from the 1200s in Co.Galway. In Irish fashion there’s a pre wedding party tonight, wedding party tomorrow & the post wedding party the next day😂☘️. Then I fly back to Saskatchewan with a very sore head #wedding

Saturday morning on the roof of a 13th century castle in County Galway Ireland. Sunday afternoon I’ll be in my house in Regina Saskatchewan. Life is a trip! “Not all those who wander are lost”☘️🙌🏻

New music!! 'Keep on Climbing' is inspired by a memory of going for a walk with my mom when I was a kid. Her encouraging words have stuck with me for yrs & I turned them into this tune. Have a listen & if you like it pls share it with a friend🎹❤️: ffm.to/keeponclimbing

Haha worst selfie ever! Thank you Saskatoon for that great night at The Bassment last night ❤️ We head out across Western Canada starting Tues in Medicine Hat. All the dates are on my website jeffstraker dot com C u soon!! #piano #livemusic

Thanks Allison Brock for spinning my new song on CKUA radio across Alberta today! Listen to the stream of her show ‘wide cut country’ here: ondemand.ckua.com/search/shows/w… #radio #alberta

Early morning run around Regina’s Wascana Lake. Wow, She’s like glass this morning ! #regina #runner