John K. Samson

​John K. Samson Maps Out North American Tour Dates

PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2017

John K. Samson brought his live show to select Canadian cites last year and then brought us along on his travels to Churchill, MB, for a mi...

Watch John K. Samson's Churchill Travelogue

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2016

John K. Samson gifted us with his latest solo LP Winter Wheat earlier this year, but he's looking to give back in a different way this holi...

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk & Country Albums

Best of 2016

PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2016

Our Best of 2016 albums lists by genre continue today with our staff picks for the 10 best folk and country albums of 2016. Click next to...

John K. Samson

The Mod Club, Toronto ON, November 8

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2016

Cherished Canadian rock band the Weakerthans may be no more, but frontman and songwriter John K. Samson has since delivered two solo albums...

John K. Samson

The Mighty Pen

PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2016

Once a month, a group of up to 15 inmates at the Stony Mountain Institution, just north of Winnipeg, will meet with a volunteer at the peni...

John K. Samson Explores the Inner Workings of 'Winter Wheat'

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2016

Throughout John K. Samson's time leading the much-beloved and now-defunct Weakerthans, plus his burgeoning solo career that saw him releas...

John K. Samson

"Postdoc Blues" (video)

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2016

John K. Samson's Winter Wheat arrives today (October 20), and in addition to the new record, the former Weakerthans frontman is also treati...

John K. Samson

Winter Wheat

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2016

John K. Samson's name will occasionally come up in discussions about Canada's greatest lyricists alongside Gord Downie, Leonard Cohen and J...