{"id":10716,"date":"2015-06-30T06:31:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T13:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=10716"},"modified":"2015-06-08T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T22:32:49","slug":"new-music-revue-ex-local-boy-leeroy-stagger-still-delivering-the-goods-10-albums-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2015\/06\/30\/new-music-revue-ex-local-boy-leeroy-stagger-still-delivering-the-goods-10-albums-in\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Ex-local boy Leeroy Stagger still delivering the goods 10 albums in"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dream-It-All-Away-Album-Cover\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Leeroy Stagger
\nDream It All Away
\n<\/i>(Rebeltone Records)
\n4\/5<\/p>\n

Victoria\u2019s Leeroy Stagger is now on his tenth album, a landmark achievement for any singer\/songwriter, so it\u2019s pretty cool that Stagger, now based one province over in Alberta, has managed to make it this far.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not without reason: Stagger\u2019s take on foot-stomping roots rock is a fully infectious one, the man working best when he\u2019s pulling in a bit, such as on the very Paul Westerberg-ish \u201cHappy Too,\u201d a great melancholy-yet-upbeat tune (and any song that is very Paul Westerberg-ish is a good one).<\/p>\n

Here, Stagger is backed up with folks who have played with Bryan Adams, The Odds, kd lang, and Jann Arden, so the playing is rock solid all around. But it\u2019s not so much about the playing: most of the instruments and the players quietly do their thing while Stagger\u2019s understated voice and, most importantly, excellent songwriting shine through. They shine hard on Dream It All Away<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leeroy Stagger Dream It All Away (Rebeltone Records) 4\/5 Victoria\u2019s Leeroy Stagger is now on his tenth album, a landmark achievement for any singer\/songwriter, so it\u2019s pretty cool that Stagger, now based one province over in Alberta, has managed to make it this far. And it\u2019s not without reason: Stagger\u2019s take on foot-stomping roots rock […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-june-10-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t