Shari Ulrich hosts Kim June Johnson, August Winter, & Quinten Grimm on Tues. April 14th's Songbird North -  Vancouver's longest running songwriters showcase (30 years!) presented by the Songwriters Association of Canada. 

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS – April 14, 2026

QUINTEN GRIMM

Drawing inspiration from generations of influential Canadian songwriters, Quinten Grimm weaves stories that capture the adventure, hardship, tragedy, and elation of the country’s past—as well as the nuances of life in Canada today.

Grimm began playing guitar at the age of eight in his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, first studying classical technique before gradually finding his voice in heartfelt songwriting and honest folk, country, and bluegrass arrangements.

His live performances have evolved from intimate solo sets in Austrian coffeehouses to sharing the stage with some of Canada’s most respected acoustic musicians, including Trent Freeman, Mark Kilianski, John Reischman, Patrick M’Gonigle, Jeff Scroggins, Bob Sumner and Allison de Groot

Grimm’s debut four-song EP Box of Clay showcases vivid imagery, emotional depth, and a clear artistic voice, signaling a bright future for this rising balladeer. https://www.instagram.com/quintengrimm

KIM JUNE JOHNSON is an award-winning singer-songwriter and poet. Her fifth album, “Songs For a Quiet Day” is a collection of small songs praising quiet things. The video for the single “Oh To Love What Is Lovely” was handmade by Kim using acrylic paint on canvas, collage, photographs and stop-motion animation. (Well worth seeing!) Her poems and short nonfiction have appeared in Best Canadian Poetry, Room, Prairie Fire, Arc Poetry, The New Quarterly, PINHOLE, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things and elsewhere. Her live shows combine music and improv poetry readings and are often performed in living rooms and small halls with her cellist, Jordie Robinson.In a previous life (early 2000s) she was an internationally distributed Christian worship singer before her faith fell apart and she started working in the field of religious & spiritual trauma. But that’s another story.She hosts an online writing community called Cozy Sunday Write-ins and teaches songwriting and writing workshops online and in-person. She lives in a draughty house beside a creek with her teen daughter and an assortment of animals. https://kimjunejohnson.com

August Winter

(They/he) is a multi-disciplinary artist, best known for their work as an actor in Sarah Polley’s Oscar winning film ‘Women Talking’. Throughout their career, music and songwriting has been a throughline and grounding anchor, which August continually returns to as a practice to digest life.

Most recently, August wrote an original single for the feature film ‘Really Happy Someday’, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. August’s music has also had placements in films: ‘Dark Room’ (Creative BC funded) and ‘Five Things’. You can find August’s most recent EP ‘29th Rotation’ on all streaming platforms, produced by their mentor and talented friend Cat Hiltz. https://www.augustwinter.ca

SHARI ULRICH (Host / Producer)

2025 marks 52 years of making music for multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Shari Ulrich. She began writing songs at the end of the reign of The Hometown Band in 1977. Her first song "Feel Good" was a hit for the band. Her solo career followed from 1978 with radio hits such as "She Remembers", "Bad Bad Girl", "Romeo", "Every Road", etc. Since then, she has released nine albums of original material, along with another 16 in her collaborations with Pied Pumkin, UHF (Bill Henderson & Roy Forbes), BTU (Barney Bentall & Tom Taylor), and the bluegrass band The High Bar Gang. Her work has garnered two Juno Awards and several nominations, an induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, and a Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year. Thanks to her love of the unique chemistry of a song circle, Shari has been producing and hosting Bluebird North / SongBird North both nationally and locally since 1996 and at the Roundhouse since 2005. https://www.shariulrich.com