Millennium for all, postdoc blues, vampire alberta blues, requests, virtute at rest, biography. Cmrra, ascap, audiam publishing, and 2 music rights societies. Samson started as the frontman for propaghandi, playing ultraleft and vegan. Samson releases protest song in support of winnipegs millennium library. John k samson tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. Samsons name will occasionally come up in discussions about canadas greatest lyricists alongside gord downie, leonard cohen and joni mitchell, and his second solo album, winter wheat. The bands 2007 studio release, reunion tour, garnered praise from an assortment of publications including paste magazine, who said, if such a prize existed, it would be the leading candidate for this years punk pulitzer. Lovesick the original motion picture soundtrack, winter wheat, provincial, singles. That pattern doesnt let up on provincial, samsons first solo fulllength.
Samson has written four acclaimed albums with the weakerthans. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5 video. The first and second to last tracks on the album are named after a canadian highway, and there is a song in which samson suggests a certain manitoba born hockey player as a member of the hockey halloffame, and the title is the actual url to a petition that aims. Samson began hinting that the bands inactivity may become permanent. Samson finds his own voice with a little help from. Samson alpha adept by antirecords from desktop or your mobile device.
Ditching the weakerthans folkrock amalgam in favor of more delicate, orchestralrock arrangements, the album collects songs from a pair of eps and supplements them. Hes a gifted lyricist, but as a guitarist, he only knows so many chords, and flecks of older songs come and go here. Samson may have stepped out on his own here, but hes always been the weakerthans mouthpiece and leader. Samson gets overlooked as one of his generations finest songwriters, it might be thanks to the unconventional road he took to get there. The mountain goats is the primary outlet for singersongwriter and guitarist john darnielles oblique, storytelling writing, with narrative and themes developed on songs from various albums and ep and single releases. Samson s new song, millennium for all, protests the underfunding and oversecuritization of his favourite library on february 25, 2019, winnipegs millennium library installed intrusive airportstyle security and began physical searches of everyone entering the library.
John kristjan samson born 1973 is a canadian musician from winnipeg, manitoba. The album includes rerecorded versions of the six songs from samson s earlier eps city route 85 and provincial road 222, as well as six songs not heard on those eps. Samson tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including the last and, when i write my masters thesis, highway 1 east, winter wheat, longitudinal centre. Samson provincial interviews mit frank turner, casper. What is the picture on the front of the album provincial by. He played on a pair of paintstripping leftist punk records as a member of propagandhi in the. He is a singersongwriter and best known as the frontman of the canadian indie folk rock band the weakerthans, who are selfdescribed as cryogenically frozen. Samsons new fulllength album, winter wheat, available now, is a sprawling, masterful and timely work by a writer at the peak of his powers. Provincial carries on this lyrical trend and, as ever, it works incredibly well. Typically delivered to united states in 36 business days. Postdoc blues follows an aging student struggling to maintain faith in the possibility of a better world.
Samsons name will occasionally come up in discussions about canadas greatest lyricists alongside gord downie, leonard cohen and joni. Im januar 2012 erschien in europa bei grand hotel van cleef sein erstes richtiges soloalbum mit dem titel provincial. The album includes rerecorded versions of the six songs from samsons earlier eps city route 85 and provincial road 222, as well as six songs not heard on those eps. When i write my masters thesis arranged by, writtenby john k. John samson highway 1 west heart of the continent mar 20th 2012.
Samson was putting out a solo album, i assumed it would be a stripped down acoustic endeavor. Even though i would love to hear and acoustic album by john, provincial could easily be the newest weakerthans album. Im not sure that after listening to this album youll know exactly what its like to live in small town manitoba, but if anything, this album gives us the little melancholy glimpses of everyday life that go beyond latitude and longitude. In august 2010, samson announced his next ep, provincial road 222, to be released on september 21. Samson, singersongwriter for critically lauded indie rock band the weakerthans, will release his first full length solo album, entitled provincial, this january 24th via. Official website of musician and songwriter john k. Samson and the provincial band play the great hall thursday as part of canadian music week. He played on a pair of paintstripping leftist punk records as a member of propagandhi in the 90s before exploring his sweeter side with the. After fronting the explosive agitpunk band propagandhi in the 90s, john k.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Samson soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create winnipeg, treaty 1. Inspired by the search for connection and community, his hometown of winnipeg, and our individual and collective struggles with addictions to drugs, screens, and fossil fuels, john k. Samson veroffentlicht neue single millennium for all.
Provincial doesnt stray too far from the template established by the last two weakerthans records. In 1993 he released a 15 track cassette called slips and tangles on fresh bread records. Samson isalongside john darnielle the mountain goats and david donderoone of indie rocks finest lyricists. It looks like doodlings of a bored student in an accounting ledger or notebook. Samson is a singersongwriter from winnipeg, manitoba.
Grace general arranged by leanne zacharias arranged by, electric guitar steve bates 2 writtenby john k. Kevin devine is continuing his devinyl splits series with a new contribution from former weakerthans frontman john k. This didnt garner much news until, in 2015, drummer jason tait took to twitter, announcing that the weakerthans would be no more. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Samson provincial available january 24th youtube john k. Samson finds his own voice with a little help from neil young by casey jarman october 19, 2016 if john k. Samson, singersongwriter for critically lauded indie rock band the weakerthans, makes his full length solo debut with provincial. Samson settled into a holding pattern with his subsequent indierock group, the weakerthans. He also played bass in the punk band propagandhi during the mid1990s. Where his jump from propagandhi to the weakerthans was dramatic and unexpected, provincials transition into a hushed version of the.
Join facebook to connect with john k samson and others you may know. Provincial licensed to youtube by merlin fuga aggregation, the orchard music on behalf of epitaph. Samson is a composer, known for wedding crashers 2005, may we grow 20 and were the weakerthans, were from winnipeg 2010. Samson setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other john k. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 polaris music prize on june 14. Samson winter wheat 2016 september 22, 2010 john k. Samson prayer for ruby elm dj coop remix, released october 2017 1.
Letter in icelandic from the ninette san arranged by, writtenby john k. Samsons songwriting was the driving force behind four albums by canadian indierock band the weakerthans, so its no surprise that his prosaic lyrics sit front and center on his first solo fulllength, provincial. Some of those songs were also on a split cd with the band painted thin. The record contains newly recorded versions of songs from samsons previous two acclaimed eps, city route 85 and provincial road 222, alongside a collection of beautifully evocative new tracks. John kristjan samson 1973 ist ein rockmusiker aus winnipeg, kanada. Each page in these notebooks is numbered so that one can be sure none have been removed. Samson of the weakerthanss debut solo album provincial is available now. Samsons new song, millennium for all, protests the underfunding and oversecuritization of his favourite library on february 25, 2019, winnipegs millennium library installed intrusive airportstyle security and began physical searches of everyone entering the library. Samson biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.