A favourite of Uncut Magazine and Rolling Stone Germany, Leger has also earned the praise of fellow artists Ron Sexsmith and Doug Paisley.
On his new album 'Donlands', Leger has taken a different approach, teaming up with legendary Canadian producer/engineer Mark Howard (Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Neil Young), whose trademark atmospheric sound adds an entirely new dimension to Leger's approach. Named after the street in Toronto's east end where it was recorded, in what once was the Donlands Theatre, 'Donlands' presents Jerry Leger as he's never been heard before.
"Not a lot of people make records like Mark Howard anymore," Leger says. "After I got to tell him how much Tom Waits' 'Real Gone' meant to me, I fell right into the experience. Like all my albums, we recorded 'Donlands' mostly live in the studio with my band The Situation [Dan Mock, Kyle Sullivan, Alan Zemaitis] in a circle--no headphones, just listening and existing, breathing as a whole. To me, it's a record that lives in its own world."
'Donlands' comes to an appropriate close with "Slow Night In Nowhere Town," in which the movie ends and we walk out of the theatre into a steady downpour, unsure of whether to go home or just keep moving. With 'Donlands', he has made an album that stands as one of the peak moments in an already towering body of work. Digital ads on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
Jerry Leger follows up his critically acclaimed 'Time Out For Tomorrow' with 'Nothing Pressing'; produced by Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies).Jerry's last self released album 'Songs from the Apartment' was a stripped-down lo-fi affair recorded in Leger's home using a cheap tape recorder with an internal microphone. Leger often times finds himself at a loss as to explain the source of his songs. He feels his songwriting, while clearly drawing on experiences filtered through a panoply of influences,often verges on being a supernatural experience. Over the course of the eleven songs on Nothing Pressing, the songwriter's songwriter engages with questions of existence, mortality,hope, trust and heartbreak while simultaneously conjuring feelings of isolation, reflection, longing and gratitude. Paired with such evocative lyrics are wonderfully crafted melodies, soulful vocals and the spirit and energy of a mature songwriter, comfortable in his skin and growing as an artist withevery release. Nothing Pressing serves a wonderfully refreshing tonic in troubling times.