Kamara Thomas is a Durham, North Carolina-based singer, songspeller, multidisciplinary storyteller, and teaching artist known for blending music, mythology, and community ritual.

Born and raised in Chicago, Kamara grew up immersed in music through choir and theater groups. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in theater and speech from the College of William and Mary in 1996.

In New York City, she fronted the hard rock trio Earl Greyhound from 2002 to 2012, touring internationally as singer, songwriter, and bassist. She founded Honky Tonk Happy Hour (2005-2008), a cult-favorite weekly Americana revue at The Living Room, and cofounded The Periodic Label arts collective.

Kamara creates "storyworks" such as Tularosa: An American Dreamtime (full-length album 2022, with MAP grant support). Iterations of Tularosa have been featured at Princeton University, Santa Fe Art Institute, and the Museum of Boulder. Her film and video iterations include The Death of Nebuchadnezzar (shot in White Sands National Park) and Good Luck America, which distilled work from an agitprop street-theater performance that activated public spaces throughout downtown Durham, North Carolina.

Kamara leads Country Soul Songbook, amplifying BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ voices in country and Americana music. A Princeton Arts Fellow (starting 2022), she has taught songwriting and storytelling there.