#MyMusicStory

Submitted by: Kendal Thompson (Website,Facebook,Instagram)

Lauryn Hill - MTV UNPLUGGED NO. 2.0 

When I was 15 a good friend of mine I used to sing with introduced me to the album that would forever change my life and vision as an artist. I always wanted to play guitar but my voice didn’t sound like all the other female artists who sang and played guitar. That all changed when I heard Lauryn Hill’s unplugged album for the first time. 

Musically and spiritually my world was blown wide open, I connected with the music like I had never connected with anything before. I took guitar lessons that same year, and then began my own journey as an artist. Still, to this day I can put on this album and feel seen, heard and understood. I owe everything I am as an artist to Lauryn Hill and this album. 

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Kendal Thompson is a singer and songwriter born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. She began singing at the age of three making up songs as she went along. Thompson began taking vocal lessons at the age of 12 and soon she was gathering fellow classmates for rehearsals of a girl group that never received a name, or made it out of the playground. From those failed attempts she learned how to persevere with her purpose in hand.

In 2007 Kendal took a leap and moved to Toronto where she found a home in the folk and indie circuit. Her first EP “One” is available on Apple Music and Spotify and has helped her gain the attention of other Toronto artists, and landed her a feature in John Orpheus’ song “BUTTAHFLY”. 2017 saw the release of the single “Human Feel” with a video by Dylan Mitro (The Zolas), which explores the songs themes of universal love and acceptance, both of self and of others. In 2018 Kendal released “OK Cool”, a deeply personal collection of songs that picks up where Human Feel left off.