Jim and Sam (Jim Hanft and Samantha Yonack) are a Los Angeles based husband/wife singer-songwriter-filmmaker duo. Originally from Philadelphia and Dallas, they met at a mutual friend’s comedy show and began making music together a week later. In 2015 they self-released their debut EP, “This is What’s Left” produced by Lasse Marten (Lykke Li, Peter Bjorn & John) and in 2019 released their sophomore EP, “Yeah Whatever Young Forever” produced by Dan Molad (Lucius) through Nettwerk Records. Together Jim and Sam have performed over 600 shows. (View 2019 touring history here)

Jim and Sam crossed over into filmmaking during their Anywhere Everywhere Tour where they played one show every day for a year. Their documentary feature film, After So Many Days chronicles their 365-day tour and is currently screening at film festivals worldwide.

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AFTER SO MANY DAYS - TRAILER

MUSIC VIDEOS

2019 PAST TOUR DATES

W/ LP
3/1 - Houston - White Oak Music Hall
3/2 - Austin - Emos
3/3 - Dallas - Granada Theater

W/ WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS
1/6 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club C
1/8 Lakewood, OH @ The Winchester Music Tavern
1/9 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
1/11 Indianapolis, IN @ The Hi-Fi
1/12 Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music
1/13 Milwaukee, WI @ The Back Room at Collective
1/15 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
1/17 Denver @ The Soiled Dove Underground
1/18 Fort Collins, CO @ Magic Rat Live Music
2/2 Austin @ Cactus Cafe
2/3 Houston @ Continental Club
2/4 Dallas @ Sons of Hermann Hall
2/6 Kansas City @ recordBar
2/8 St. Louis @ The Old Rock House
2/9 Newport, KY @ The Southgate House Revival
2/10 Columbus @ Woodlands Tavern
2/12 Toronto @ Longboat Hall @ The Great Hall
3/23 - Boston - City Winery 
3/24 - NYC - City Winery
3/26 - Philadelphia - World Cafe Live
3/27 - Washington DC - Union Stage 
3/28 - Carrboro, NC - The ArtsCenter
3/30 - Charlotte, NC - The Evening Muse
3/31 - Decatur, GA - Eddie's Attic 
4/04 - Nashville - City Winery
5/06 - Täubchenthal - Leipzig, Germany
5/07 - E-Werk - Erh, Germany
5/08 - Zeche Bochum - Bo, Germany
5/09 - Sankt Peter - Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
5/11 - Zonnehuis - Amsterdam, Netherlands
5/13 - OMEARA - London, United Kingdom
5/14 - Deaf Institute - Manchester, United Kingdom
5/16 - Les Trois Baudets - Paris, France
5/19 - Center Artesà Tradicionarius - Barcelona, ​​Spain
5/21 - Circolo Magnolia - Milan, Italy
5/22 - Bogen F - Zürich, Switzerland
5/24 - WUK - Vienna, Austria
5/25 - Posthof - Zeitkultur am Hafen - Linz, Austria
5/27 - MeetFactory - Prague, Czech Republic
5/28 - Capitol - Hanover, Germany
5/30 -
Meskalina Club Club - Poznań, Poland 5/31 - Pogłos Club - Warsaw, Poland 

FILM RESPONSE

"You’ll want a front row seat to this intimate and endearing music documentary from singer-songwriter duo Jim and Sam…An enchanting love letter to music and marriage, and an exhilarating example of putting your heart on the line for the thing (and the one) you love." - MICHAEL MOORE’S TRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL

“Jim and Sam really live their intention and that’s what makes the film so perfect for a conversation...the idea that we have to show up every day and DO something to make the world better is so central to who we are .”
Michael Greenfield, Director of Education, PARK CITY, UT

“Seeing your film and then experiencing your performance after was the highlight of the festival.”
ALAN LAFAVE, HEAD PROGRAMMER , HELL’S HALF MILE MUSIC & FILM FESTIVAL

“After So Many Days is a contemporary, DIY, life on the road documentary sparked by a search for career success, fueled by the desire to share music with those willing to listen, and swept along by the kindness of strangers eager to help young artists chase their dreams.”
DAVID WARD, CKUA RADIO

“I could see that their journey moved so many hearts...it was profound to watch. From someone who knows the broken side of all dreams Jim and Sam are courage incarnate. ”
ANGELINA DOVE, MUSICIAN

“Truly magical. Your documentary is one in which I think every creative person should experience, the will to keep going and find that breakthrough.”
LINDSAY E, OWNER OF HARLESS + HUGH COFFEE

PRESS

"Their songs are impeccably written, structured, and arranged. They’re also so very pretty, and incredibly catchy; earworms in the best possible way." 
Marion Hodges, KCRW MUSIC BLOG

“There is a magic that just the two of them share…”
The Wild Honey Pie

Jim and Sam’s “Doctor Please” shines a light on our human fragility in a beautiful, haunting folk song about life, death, and everything in-between. Embracing difficult life moments with grace, “Doctor Please” is breathtaking and beautiful.
Atwood Magazine

“On a frozen Tuesday night at The Cedar Cultural Center, in front of an intimate audience, Jim and Sam earned their applause. From the moment they stepped on stage, we saw a couple in-tune with each other, ready to perform. The stories they shared through their soft harmonies and expressive swooning commanded the attention of the room. Although they don’t want to be as bold to call it marital bliss, Samantha Yonack and Jim Hanft seem to write songs with ease, based on their marriage. During their introduction of “Where Are You Now“, a song about exes, they admit it’s everything unhealthy in a song. When Jim explained “Doctor Please,” a song about his father’s death, we watched their voices support each other like a virtual hug.They ended the set sharing an experience from a show at the 7th Street Entry in which they serenaded a drunk couple in the back of the venue. This led to a humorous singalong to “Saturday Night,” ending their set with some well-earned respect and applause.”
Smouse, Music Minnesota

“Only equipped with an acoustic guitar, a storm-mounted microphone that takes up all the sounds and two amazing voices, they succeed in catching the audience's attention from the first chord. It's as if people hardly dare breathe under the songs to not break the mood and the question is if it's ever been as quiet in the usually quite messy Press Hall. This is what music is all about. Honest simplicity, two fantastic voices in tight harmonies, one acoustic guitar.” 
Pierre Eriksson, REFUG SWEDEN 

"Perhaps more intriguing is opener Jim and Sam whose sound is positioned somewhere in the bluegrassy knoll. The L.A. folk sweethearts are bound to break out with their Simon and Garfunkel meets Serge and Brigitte vibe (just scope their website for Chrissake)" 
James Walmsley, THE READER 

"Their voices are intertwined into one unit and it is beautiful and beautiful...I think of Buckingham Nicks (before joining Fleetwood Mac), especially because I think Jim's voice reminds a little of Lindsey Buckingham's. Even his empathy and movement pattern when playing a guitar has a certain resemblance…. Both Sam and Jim live in the music and get full. Often it is low-key and crisp, but occasionally they stamp the beat in the floor and raise the tempo. Their midnight nose has a lot of humor and they have a glimpse of the eye." (Translated from Swedish) 
Pär Dahlerus, UPPSALA NYHETER 

"Armed simply with a guitar, the folk duo’s haunting harmonies filled our library, both unaffected and enchanting at once. The six-song set mixed catchy melodies with harmonic odes to relationships and friends long gone." 
GOLDEN STATE MAG 

"The duo, Jim and Sam, are folky with beautiful harmonies and have the best on-stage banter....I'd recommend a song but I literally love all of them (though I dare you not to get "My Body My Bones" stuck in your head)." 
Cupcakes & Cashmere

TEAM

MANAGEMENT
MARC FRIEDENBERG 
marc@mjfmgmt.com

LABEL
NETTWERK
egildersleeve@nettwerk.com

BOOKING AGENT
North America
Hailey Phelps, Madison House, Inc. 
hailey@madison-house.com