Every year in Winnipeg, which is home to both John K. Samson and the largest population of elm trees in North America, the city battles the dreaded Dutch elm disease by locating trees that are already infected, spray-painting them with an orange dot, and then sending crews out to cut …
John K. Samson will headline a special November 12 benefit concert in Churchill, Manitoba to help raise money for laid-off workers in the remote, northern town which is on the frozen shores of Hudson Bay more than 1,000 km (600 miles) north of the Canada/USA border, and is best known …
NPR is premiering the new album Winter Wheat by singer-songwriter John K. Samson renowned for both his solo work and with his band The Weakerthans. Inspired by the search for community, his hometown of Winnipeg, and individual and collective struggles with addictions to drugs, screens, and fossil fuels, Winter Wheat, …
In November, John K. Samson & The Winter Wheat travelled to Churchill, Manitoba, a remote community in the Canadian subarctic where, due to the sudden closure of the port, nearly 10% of residents are out of work. John and the band performed benefit concerts in both Winnipeg and Churchill to …
The highly anticipated new album by renowned singer-songwriter John K. Samson entitled Winter Wheat arrives in stores today. Inspired by the search for connection and community, and our individual and collective struggles with addictions to drugs, screens, and fossil fuels, Winter Wheat, is a sprawling, masterful and timely work by …
John K. Samson’s songwriting continues to draw us into examining ourselves and the world we inhabit. As a listener, we take a thoughtful journey, becoming more present in the discourse the more we listen. "Alpha Adept" is one of those beguiling songs that will keep bringing you back to Winter …