Soulful Vocals & Piano
- Up to the Mountain — Patty Griffin
- Someone You Loved — Lewis Capaldi
- The Night We Met — Lord Huron
- Someone Like You — Adele
- The Story — Brandi Carlile
- Talking to the Moon — Bruno Mars
- Die on This Hill — Sienna Spiro
About
Courtney Thompson is a Texas songwriter, vocalist, and pianist creating emotionally vivid music about transformation, connection, and becoming. Rooted at the piano but never confined to one genre, she turns heartbreak, uncertainty, self-discovery, and hard-won clarity into memorable stories and plainspoken hooks.
Across her original catalog, images of fog, shadows, wind, open doors, and changing skies make inner change visible. Each song inhabits its own musical world — from intimate piano storytelling to full-band Nashville arrangements — but follows an unmistakable emotional path: fear becoming trust, confusion becoming clarity, solitude becoming self-reliance, and endings becoming new beginnings.
Her forthcoming album, Through, carries that journey across songs of heartbreak, awakening, self-love, acceptance, and connection. Its first single, “Walkin’ In Blue,” introduces one side of Courtney’s sound through gritty blues rock and soul blues — but it is only the first doorway into a much broader body of work.
A magna cum laude graduate of West Texas A&M University and founder of Crash Sweetly Sounds in McKinney, Texas, Courtney brings a lifetime of musicianship to every performance. Whether commanding a room with one piano or expanding her songs with a full band, she creates an experience that feels personal, powerful, and honest.
Gallery
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Someone You Loved
Paper Bag — Fiona Apple Cover
Someone Like You
I Put a Spell on You
The Night We Met
Love Potion No. 9
Sample Repertoire
Courtney’s performances combine soulful piano, expressive vocals, timeless classics, and modern favorites. Sets are tailored to each venue, event, and audience.
Romantic & Intimate
- Never Tear Us Apart — INXS
- Stand by Me — Ben E. King
- If I Ain’t Got You — Alicia Keys
- High — Stephen Sanchez
- Somewhere Only We Know — Keane
- Both Sides, Now — Joni Mitchell
- Glory Box — Portishead
Timeless Favorites
- Blackbird — The Beatles
- My Life — Billy Joel
- The Way It Is — Bruce Hornsby and the Range
- Tiny Dancer — Elton John
- Here Comes the Sun — The Beatles
- Love Potion No. 9 — The Searchers
- Fire and Rain — James Taylor
Modern Favorites
- Flowers — Miley Cyrus
- Runaway — AURORA
- Stolen Dance — Milky Chance
- A Thousand Miles — Vanessa Carlton
- Paper Bag — Fiona Apple
- Unwritten — Natasha Bedingfield
- Breathe (2 AM) — Anna Nalick
Soul, Groove & Crowd Favorites
- I Put a Spell on You — Annie Lennox version
- Crazy — Gnarls Barkley
- Colors — Black Pumas
- Beautiful Things — Benson Boone
- Blinding Lights — The Weeknd
- Maneater — Daryl Hall and John Oates
Full repertoire and special requests are available upon inquiry.
Live Booking
Performance Packages
Soulful live piano and vocals for Dallas–Fort Worth venues, house concerts, private gatherings, corporate events, and weddings. Three venue formats matched to the room, plus weddings and private events — each with what it includes spelled out.
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Contact
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info@thecourtneythompson.com
McKinney, Texas
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