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"Bearing the weight of their combined musical heritage, the two singers have come out of the gate with a modern gem on their finely crafted album Fair Warning. While her brother Teddy Thompson has worked hard to forge a more contemporary musical path, Kami fully embraces the family tradition on alluring tracks like "Bonnie Portmore" and "William Taylor," where she and Walbourne weave their rich harmonies around classic English balladry. For his part, Walbourne seems equally at home leading the charge on more traditional fare like the bouncy, Celtic romp "Jealous Sailor" while flashing his substantial electric guitar chops on "Panic Attack Blues" and "Borstal." As singers, both he and Thompson each have a strong solo presence, but as the Rails, they are at their most effective, creating a truly classic blend on songs like the sublime country-folk closer "Habit"".

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"Forty years ago, the (then) husband and wife team of Richard and Linda Thompson released one of the classic albums of British folk-rock, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, on Island Records. Now their daughter Kami Thompson and her husband James Walbourne, aka the Rails, have their debut album released on the same label. It's a dangerous move, because comparisons become inevitable, but they get away with it. Kami is a fine, versatile singer with a style that at times echoes that of her mother, while Walbourne is an impressive guitarist who has played with Ray Davies and the Pogues".

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"Kami is a fine, versatile singer with a style that at times echoes that of her mother, while Walbourne is an impressive guitarist who has played with Ray Davies and the Pogues. They are joined by Eliza Carthy on fiddle for a set that includes fine vocal duets on a gently exquisite 17th-century lament about the destruction of forests, a weepie country waltz and an upbeat folk-rocker about running from the police. A duo to watch".

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"Steeped in timeless U.K. folk and rock traditions, London duo the Rails deliver a debut LP full of warmth and grace. Kami Thompson is the daughter of British folk-rock icons Richard & Linda Thompson and her musical partner and husband James Walbourne is a veteran solo artist and erstwhile guitarist for the Pretenders and the Pogues, among others. Bearing the weight of their combined musical heritage, the two singers have come out of the gate with a modern gem on their finely crafted album Fair Warning".

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