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Kamila Thompson is a singer-songwriter based in London and New York. She is more commonly known as Kami Thompson. She has been seen touring with
Bonny Prince Billy
Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...
,
Teddy Thompson
Teddy Thompson (born 19 February 1976) is an English folk and rock musician. He is the son of folk rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson. He released his first album in 2000.
Biography
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Sean Lennon
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and others, as well as appearances with the Wainwright clan at Carnegie Hall and with a host of illustrious artists at Hal Willner's "Came So Far for Beauty"
Leonard Cohen
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tribute in Dublin.
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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 a folk rock band 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 Thompson in 2 ...
with husband James Walbourne. The band's first EP ''Habit'' was released on
Edwyn Collins
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' label AED Records in early 2012, and their debut album ''Fair Warning'' was released on Island Records' legendary Pink label on 5 May 2014.
Early life and family
Thompson is the youngest child of
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
and
Linda Thompson.
Her older brother is
Teddy Thompson
Teddy Thompson (born 19 February 1976) is an English folk and rock musician. He is the son of folk rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson. He released his first album in 2000.
Biography
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.
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
Sean Lennon
is an American–British musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and half-brother to Julian Lennon. Over the course of his career, he has been a member of the bands Cibo Matto, The G ...
.
She has also toured with
Will Oldham
Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...
(
Bonny Prince Billy
Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...
) 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, Kami released her debut full-length album ''Love Lies'', on Warner Music UK.
Thompson is featured on
Sam Sallon
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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, Kami's band
The Rails
The Rails is a folk rock band 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 Thompson in 2 ...
, featuring her husband James Walbourne, released their debut album ''Fair Warning''. Later that year, The Rails appear on the album ''
Family
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'' (2014) by Thompson (the band being named for all the Thompsons that appear), having written two songs for the project.
Kami features on the track "Your Baby", from
Jinnwoo
Ben Webb, known by the stage name Jinnwoo, is a Brighton-based musician, artist and writer.
Music career
After gigging pubs and clubs for numerous years, Jinnwoo independently released his debut EP ''Your Baby'' in 2014, as well as featuring o ...
's debut album ''Strangers Bring Me No Light'', released on 2 September 2016.
Releases
Solo albums
Solo EPs
Albums with The Rails
Features and appearances
References
External links
Kami ThompsonOfficial website
Dead FlamingoesDead Flamingoes' Official Website
Kamila Thompson's MySpace MusicMySpace page
Last FMProfile
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Living people
British women songwriters
1983 births
21st-century British women singers