Robert Thomas and the sessionmen

Robert Thomas is a noted Canadian songwriter, lyricist and composer. Over a career spanning 30 years (and counting), his work has been recognized by the Government of Canada, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Canadian Television Network, NPR, The John Lennon Song Competition and the East Coast Music Association.

To date, Thomas’s songs have been published by Capitol Records, Epic/Sony Music, Matt Lindsay LLC Nashville, and Coldwater Music and have been considered by many major recording artists including, Kenny Rogers, Joe Cocker, Sheena Easton, Dottie West, The Dixie Chicks and Roche Voisine. His instrumental scores have been used by CTV Sports, Skate Canada, The Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Airstream Trailers, The Ford Motor Company and Air Canada.

As a performing songwriter, Thomas is a three-time East Coast Music Awards nominee and has appeared or recorded across multiple genres with many of Canada’s most beloved A-list artists including, Barney Bentall, The Legendary Hearts, Spirit of the West, Garnet Rogers, Susan Aglukark, Roche Voisine, Ryan’s Fancy, Hagood Hardy, Ron Hynes and Lina Boudreau.

Thomas currently lives in Atlantic Canada with his two sons Selby and Noah and continues to write and record original songs for further publishing and touring with award winning multi-instrumentalist/Producer, Ray Legere and co-writers Selby Evans and Jolene Richard. When not constrained by Covid, Thomas performs widely with his band the sessionmen.

The sessionmen are a highly original Roots/Americana unit that includes some of the finest acoustic musicians in Atlantic Canada. The band features Thomas on lead vocals, multi ECMA winner, Nashville stalwart and co-writer Ray Legere (Allison Kraus, Doc Watson, Rita Macneil, The Rankins and Michelle Shocked among many others) on guitar, fiddle and mandolin, ECMA winner Bruce Dixon (Oakley, Rita Macneil, The Rankins Nathalie Macmaster, Laura Smith and The Chieftans among others) on Bass and backing vocals and multi-MusicNB nominated Maxime Forbes on Keyboards and backing vocals.

Playing all original material from Thomas’s extensive Publishing repertoire, the sessionmen blend evocative songwriting, consummate multi-instrument musicianship and a visually interesting and energetic stage presence into memorable performances that always entertain.

In less than a year, and with just 4 Singles released, The Band has already garnered over 20,000 monthly Spotify listeners, over 100,000 Spotify streams, 90,000 YouTube views and over 11,000 Instagram followers....more to come!