John Thomas has been played on NTS in shows including White Material Live From Texas, featured first on 10 December 2015. Songs played include Basilic, In Depth and Working Night (Octave One Rmx).

There are at least two artists called John Thomas. 1) 19th-century Welsh harpist and composer; 2) American keyboardist, associated with Captain Beefheart and Bruce Hornsby.

1) John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia') (1826-1913), harpist and composer, was born in Bridgend, Glamorgan. In 1838, he won the triple harp at the Abergavenny eisteddfod. In 1840, he went to the Royal Academy of Music, and was made a Fellow on his departure in 1846. In 1851, he began a…