Ian A. Anderson (born 26 July 1947) is an English magazine editor, folk musician and broadcaster.

Anderson first performed in his home town of Weston-super-Mare as a member of the Backwater Jook Band and came to prominence as a member of the Bristol based country blues scene of the mid to late 1960s, performing live and on record, both solo, with Al Jones and Elliott Jackson as the trio "Anderson Jones Jackson", and as a duo with Mike Cooper. The middle initial was added at a later date to avoid confusion with Ian Anderson of the band Jethro Tull.

After two EPs, he recorded his first album, Stereo Death Breakdown, as Ian Anderson’s Country Blues Band, which was released by Liberty/United Artists in 1969.

In December 1969, with John Turner, he conceived the record label The Village Thing, for which he was also a producer. The label released two dozen albums by mostly British and American artists between 1970 and 1974 including LPs by Wizz Jones, Sun Also Rises, Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra, Steve Tilston, Dave Evans, Fred Wedlock, Al Jones, Derroll Adams, Hunt & Turner, Lackey & Sweeney, Chris Thompson, Dave Peabody and Noel Murphy, as well as three by Anderson himself.

In the 21st century, much of Village Thing’s output has been categorised as "psych folk" or "acid folk", terms which did not exist at the time its records were first made.

In 1973, he moved from Bristol to Farnham, Surrey, performing internationally with his then wife, Maggie Holland, as the duo Hot Vultures who recorded three albums. In 1980, the duo teamed up with melodeon player Rod Stradling and hammered dulcimer player Sue Harris, later replaced by Chris Coe, as The English Country Blues Band (two albums). This line-up subsequently expanded again with the addition of guitarist Jon Moore, drummer John Maxwell and later keyboard player Ian Carter and guitarist Ben Mandelson to become the world music-influenced English ceilidh band Tiger Moth, later, Orchestre Super Moth when they recorded with international guest musicians (two LPs, and two 12” EPs).

Anderson organised the Folk Blues Bristol & West club in Bristol (1967–1969), England's first specialist country blues club outside London. In 1982, he founded Farnham Folk Day, an annual event at Farnham Maltings which ran until 1988. He directed the 1987–1989 Bracknell Folk & Roots Festivals at South Hill Park, Bracknell, the Europe In Union concert series at London’s Union Chapel (2003–4) and has curated many single events including English Roots Against Apartheid (Town & Country Club, London, 1987), Ceilidh Aid (The Forum, London, 2005), Roots At The Roundhouse (Roundhouse, London, 2010), Ghosts From The Basement (Cecil Sharp House, London, 2010), Looking For A New England (Cecil Sharp House, London, 2010), Bridges (Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 2014), Bob Copper Centenary Celebration (Cecil Sharp House, London, 2015), No Voices (Kings Place, London, 2016) and the Bristol Troubadour 50th Anniversary celebrations (St Georges, Bristol, 2016).

He organised UK tours for other artists including Mississippi Fred McDowell (1969), Derroll Adams (1972), Spider John Koerner (1980 and 2010), Dembo Konte & Kausu Kuyateh (1986–1989), Tarika (1990s) and Athena (2005–6) as well as acting as agent for other folk and world music artists via his Village Thing agency (Bristol, 1970–1973) and Folk Music Services (Farnham, 1982–1989).