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John Kristjan Samson is a Canadian rock music singer-songwriter. He is a former member of punk band Propagandhi and a current member of The Weakerthans.

Aside from The Weakerthans Samson has a solo music career. In 1993 he released a fifteen-track solo album on cassette tape, entitled Slips and Tangles. He still often tours in support of his music.

In addition to his musical pursuits, Samson is also a founding member of Arbeiter Ring Publishing, a Winnipeg, Manitoba publishing collective. Samson is active in the Winnipeg arts scene, collaborating on projects with artists such as Christine Fellows (to whom Samson is married) and Clive Holden.

Samson championed Miriam Toews’ novel, A Complicated Kindness, in Canada Reads 2006. A Complicated Kindness won the competition.