Canadian singer-songwriter and rock bandleader

John K. Samson

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Canadian singer-songwriter and rock bandleader
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Manitoba Day Award
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John Kristjan Samson (born 1973) is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a singer-songwriter and best known as the frontman of the Canadian indie folk/rock band The Weakerthans, who are self-described as "cryogenically frozen." He also played bass in the punk band Propagandhi during the mid-1990s. Today, Samson is making music under his own name - John K. Samson. His latest solo album, Winter Wheat, was released in 2016.

Samson is married to Canadian singer-songwriter Christine Fellows.