Sam Krüger

After a year of saving up his measly paycheques from working the overnight shift at McDonalds, the moment had arrived. In 2015, Sam packed a bag, then took the bus from London Ontario to Montreal where he’s been ever since. 

Since the move, Sam has played hundreds of shows; in cafés, laundromats, on the tops of buses, in forest festivals, street festivals, bars, and living rooms. You could catch him playing alone with his acoustic guitar or simply with his voice and a tambourine

His latest EP, 2023's "The songs I write in my bedroom", is an all acoustic 4 track album created with help from the highly competitive Socan Foundation “TD Incubator for creative entrepreneurship”. With this release, he honed down on the emotional, nostalgic, and honest folk songs for which he has started to become known. It received CBC airplay and charted on college and community radio all across Canada. 

Now, armed with a collective of renowned musicians including multi-instrumentalist Tim Savard, bassist Neil Robinson and percussionist Brydone Charlton, Sam leans more heavily on piano inspired pop melodies while still maintaining the rustic feel of his initial performances. Writer Jacques Boivin noting his 2024 Phoque-Off festival performance as “quasi-religious” folk that grabs you by the guts but warms you like a soft wind from the south. 

With the new outfit, Sam is preparing a full length album with multiple releases scheduled in 2024/25 that take influence from folk, RnB, jazz and pop.