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Ian Thomas is a Juno award winning Canadian Singer -Songwriter-film-composer -author and actor. In 2014 he received SOCAN’s National Achievement Award for Songwriting. Ian’s first international hit was Painted Ladies in 1973, followed by a string of top 40 hits in Canada and around the world. International artists such as Santana, America, Manfred Mann, Bon Jovi, Bette Midler, Ann Murray and Chicago have all recorded Ian Thomas songs. In 1990s, he formed a band called The Boomers that found great success over four albums in Europe. Ian is also a successful film composer with 22 feature films to his credit. As an actor he has done extensive voice work in over 1000 commercials, and played character Dougie Franklin on the Red Green Show for six seasons. In the new millennium, Ian joined fellow singer-songwriters Murray McLauchlan, Marc Jordan and Cindy Church to form Lunch At Allen’s. With 5 albums to their credit, Lunch At Allens have crossed the country coast to coast nearly every year, for the last 20 years.

On A Life In Song, legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Ian Thomas looks back on a hits-heavy catalogue spanning more than four decades. This is a retrospective with a difference, though. Rather than being simply a greatest hits collection, A Life In Song (June 17 on ALMA Records / Universal Music Group) features dramatic orchestral reinterpretations of Thomas' musically and lyrically eloquent material.

Along with producer Peter Cardinali and engineer John "Beetle" Bailey, Ian recorded these new versions with the acclaimed Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Ian finished his 19th studio album "How We Roll" and released it on May 17, 2024.