Samson,John K Winter Wheat CD

Singer/songwriter John K. Samson enlists the rhythm section from his renowned band The Weakerthans for much of his second solo album, Winter Wheat. 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 - Winter Wheat is a sprawling, masterful and timely work by a writer at the peak of his powers. Winter Wheat was produced in garages and homes through a Winnipeg winter by Samson's partner and collaborator, Christine Fellows, and his Weakerthans co-founder and drummer/ multi-instrumentalist Jason Tait, and mixed in the spring in Toronto by Robbie Lackritz (Bahamas, Feist). The spare and thoughtful arrangements also feature Greg Smith of The Weakerthans on electric bass, Ashley Au on double and electric bass, Leanne Zacharias on cello, and Shotgun Jimmie on electric guitar.

1. Select All Delete 2. Postdoc Blues 3. Winter Wheat 4. Requests 5. Oldest Oak at Brookside 6. Capital 7. 17th Street Treatment Centre 8. Vampire Alberta Blues 9. Carrie Ends the Call 10. Fellow Traveller 11. Quiz Night at Looky Lou's 12. Alpha Adept 13. Prayer for Ruby Elm 14. VPW 13 Blues 15. Virtute at Rest