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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 Teddy Thompson ...

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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"

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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 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

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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

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and Linda Thompson. 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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(

) 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

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'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

, 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. Kami features on the track "Your Baby", from

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Early life and family

Career

Releases

Solo albums

Solo EPs

Albums with The Rails

Features and appearances

References

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