Kamila Thompson, more commonly known as Kami Thompson, is a singer-songwriter based in London and New York. She has toured with Bonny Prince Billy,

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and others, as well as appearing with the family of

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, She has also played at Hal Willner's "Came So Far for Beauty"

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tribute in Dublin.Came So Far For Beauty Review
published October 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2020 Her debut recording, an EP ''Bad Marriage'', was released in June 2010. Her debut album ''Love Lies'' was released in the UK on Warner Music in 2011. Thompson also performs and records as part of the band

The Rails The Rails is an English folk rock duo from London, England, composed of husband and wife James Walbourne and Kami Thompson. Thompson and Walbourne first met during the recording sessions for ''Versatile Heart'' by Thompson's mother Linda T ...

with husband James Walbourne. The band's first EP ''Habit'' was released on

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' AED Records in early 2012, and their debut album ''Fair Warning'' was released on

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' pink label on 5 May 2014.

Early life and family

Thompson is the youngest child of British folk-rock musicians

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

and

Linda Thompson Linda Diane Thompson (born May 23, 1950) is an American songwriter, former actress and beauty pageant winner. Thompson began her acting career as a " Hee Haw Honey" on the American television variety show ''Hee Haw''. She was also a girlfrien ...

. Her older brother is

Career

Thompson was backing and harmony vocalist on Linda Thompson's 2002 album ''Fashionably Late'' and Linda's 2007 album ''Versatile Heart'', which also features a track written by Kamila called "Nice Cars". She was an opener on the tour of

. She has also toured with

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( Bonny Prince Billy) in Australia and New Zealand and performed in Hal Willner's "Came So Far for Beauty" tribute to Leonard Cohen in Dublin in 2006 as well as the Wainwright Family's Christmas show at Carnegie Hall. On 24 October 2011, Thompson released her debut full-length album ''Love Lies'', on Warner Music UK. Thompson is featured on

Sam Sallon Sam Sallon (born 6 January 1980) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Born in London and raised in Manchester, he is the fourth child of eight. His first release ''Kathy's Song EP'' was released on Indigo-Octagon in January 2013, follo ...

's 2013 album ''One for the Road'' singing a duet on the song "It's Not Hard to Lose Your Way". In 2014, Thompson's band

, featuring her husband James Walbourne, released their debut album ''Fair Warning''. Later that year, The Rails appear on the album ''

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'' (2014) by Thompson (the band being named for all the Thompsons that appear), having written two songs for the project. Thompson features on the track "Your Baby", from Jinnwoo's debut album ''Strangers Bring Me No Light'', released on 2 September 2016.

Early life and family

Career

Releases

Solo albums

Solo EPs

Albums with The Rails

Features and appearances

References

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