T. Thomason, formerly Molly Thomason, is a singer-songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. After releasing three albums under their former name, Thomason came out in April 2015 as non-binary.
Biography
Born in Sidcup, Kent, England, in 1994, to Ed Thomason and actor Shelley Thompson, Thomason moved with their parents to Nova Scotia in 1996. Thomason released their first CD, Through the Static, in June 2009. Produced by Tim Feswick, it was nominated for two Music Nova Scotia awards. Through the Static also produced two number-one songs on the East Coast Countdown: "Kiss Me," and "Text Book Cute." "Kiss Me" stayed at number one on the ECC for three weeks and in the top ten for nearly four months. "Kiss Me" was, furthermore, placed on the popular teen TV series'. Thomason's second CD, Beauty Queen, was released in 2011. The first single from Beauty Queen, "All Down The Highway," went to number one on the East Coast Countdown in July 2010. They received another placement on ' with "Trouble" from that album. Thomason's songs "Little Bones" and "People Lie" were semi-finalists in the International Songwriting Contest in 2010 and 2011. "People Lie" also won the Viewfinder Competition and was released as a video at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2010. Thomason won a Canadian Folk Music Award in 2011 for Young Performer of the Year, the "She’s the One" competition at the 2012 Ottawa Bluesfest, and the Emerging Artist Series at Summerfest in 2013. They were also named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under 20 by Youth In Motion for their work as a human rights activist. Their 2014 album Columbus Field was produced by John-Angus MacDonald. The album was praised for Thomason's "fiery, Joan Jett-like" presence. Thomason has performed original work at festivals throughout Canada including Canadian Music Week, North by Northeast, Luminato Festival, and World Pride in Toronto, ON; Stan Rogers Festival and Evolve Festival in Nova Scotia; and at the Halifax Metro Centre as part of “Halifax for Haiti” joining Joel Plaskett, Classified, and Bruce Guthro on stage.
