"I’ve seen Ian Thomas live several times and I don’t say it lightly when I proclaim that one of those performances was the most powerful and awe inspiring sets I have ever seen in my life."

““Folk singer Ian Thomas, this year’s Press Best Of winner for nostalgia-free revival act, is on the cusp of greatness…””

“These are sturdy one-man acoustic performances that reek of whiskey and lost relationships. As a live performer, Thomas is clearly picking up the torch of American folk music.”

"Songster Ian Thomas combines varied influences from the strangest roots of America's canon to deliver incomparable compositions with complexity and beauty. And a kazoo."

"Thomas is een moderne troubadour die folk en blues vermengd alsof er geen andere mogelijkheid bestaat. Het Hank-gedeelte komt erbij door de klank van Thomas zijn stem. Die klinkt als vervlogen tijden."