Chris Thompson is the guitar and lead vocalist for the duo Chris and Meredith Thompson. Together the Thompsons have released 6 albums and played festivals such as the Clearwater Hudson Revival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and the Boston Folk Festival.  The Thompsons are best known for their close sibling harmony, and as Chris now steps out on her own, she demonstrates her powerful clear vocals and percussive, riff driven guitar work.

Chris started singing at an open mic at the Stone Soup Coffeehouse. At Stone Soup, Chris heard Bill Harley, Joan Katzberg, and other folk/acoustic artists. They formed a duo and had their first show at Stone Soup in 1992. After graduating from college, the duo toured the US. They released 6 CDs independently. As they performed together, Chris performed solo in Boston's subways and at clubs such as the Kendall Cafe and Club Passim.

On their most recent album, Live, the Thompsons returned to the traditional spirituals they learned at Stone Soup. Chris offers soulful lead vocals on these spirituals like "Hand on the Plow", "Wayfaring Stranger", and "Balm in Gilead." The Thompson’s original songs evoke meaningful metaphors to convey messages through song.  Upbeat "Lines of Longitude" expresses awe and ancient map makers who could sketch the coastline without a birds eye view. The song extends the metaphor to the challenges we face as we map out our own lives. Folky "Man in the Mountain" likens the falling of New Hampshire's famous landmark to the decline of our own parents as they age with the refrain "never thought I'd see that mountain fall."

The Thompsons were finalists in the June 2004, USA Songwriting Contest for "Man in the Mountain," finalists in the 2001 and 2003 South Florida Folk Festival Songwriting Contest, and winners f the 2000 OSBC Band contest in Cambridge, MA. They were nominated best RI folk act by the Providence Phoenix, April 1998.