Damaris
Damaris calls her music Spitfire Country. Once you hear a little of her story, the name fits.
She spent years writing and singing mostly for herself. Then, in her 40s with her kids nearly grown, she decided to do something that scared her: get on stage.
What came out draws from country, Red Dirt, folk, outlaw spirit, and honky-tonk, without settling neatly into any one of them. Her songs carry humor, grit, faith in second chapters, and the perspective of someone who had lived plenty of life before she asked a room to listen.
From Humboldt, Kansas, Damaris Kunkler is both songwriter and community builder, someone who understands that music can do more than fill a room. Through A Bolder Humboldt, the Middle of Everywhere Festival, and the Revival Music Hall project, she has helped a small Kansas town see live music as part of its identity.
She has made her way into Tulsa’s circle of songwriters, too, playing here alongside other original artists and building the kind of friendships that come from showing up more than once. Damaris brings all of it: the Kansas roots, the late start, the projects she has helped build back home, and songs written by someone who knows what to do with the room once she has it.