SUPERFRYE

A reverb-drenched guitar sits in the center of the stage. In Superfrye's hands it becomes the sound of empowerment, rebellion, truth and freedom--wrapped up in storytelling of a folk artist diving headfirst into the struggles of real people; this is raw roots with soul. It bursts with outlaw and outsider energy, yet with full control Superfrye constantly toys with the edges of emotion, from haunting to hilarious and back again, with her vast catalog of originals and covers to draw from in styles from roots to flamenco, R&B to blues, lounge to punk. Her songs bring you the sound of the terroir of the places she's been and years she's lived, as well as where she's going next. Come along on the adventure. 

Superfrye is a traveller, a nomad. She has travelled with the circus, spent years living in National Parks, lived on three continents and when she sits still she travels through her music.

Her songs reflect the terroir of every place she’s been, every year she’s lived and are illustrated by lyrics about empowerment, rebellion, truth and freedom.

Superfrye's original music could be called folk in that it comes from the ground and the grit. It is written for the working people, the survivors that get knocked down and keep getting up over and over and over. The sound underpinning the stories she tells centers around a reverb drenched guitar in a vast catalog of originals and covers, constantly toying with the edges of emotion from passionately haunting to hilarious and fun.

One of her most profound musical journeys was the one that took her into the heart of the blues scene on Chicago’s west side. She spent countless nights at a Wicker Park bbq joint listening to a group of young blues players tearing it up. The seats were filled with legendary  blues men who would often sit in with the band. These older musicians played with Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf . Although she grew up in Chicago she never heard blues this real or raw. She followed that band right into the neighborhoods where that music was born and where the people who came to hear it were those who lived it. It was the music of another time and another place, even if that place was only 4 miles west. It was a music that filled the holes in your soul where you were blown apart . 

“Every one of us in that bar was torn up in some kinda way, but that music was like a healing salve that brought us all together." 

~  Superfrye

What she learned from these seasoned musicians was beyond chords and rhythm but about tenacity, strength and telling the truth. The music was woven into the fabric of their lives so intricately that one could not exist without the other. That is where the blues fits into Superfrye’s music, it is that feeling that she brings into it, whether the song is country tinged, funk or straight up blues, that feeling that talks to the broken parts and says- it’s ok, you are not alone. It is ok, to feel not ok. Tell the truth! 

Superfrye is an accomplished and innovative performer. She has played all over Chicago, solo and with a band. She had a six-year residency at Rojo Gusano in Ravenswood. During those three years she also fronted the host band at the open mic she built up at Artifact Events. Pre-pandemic she had been working on getting into the Nashville scene and had performed at writer’s nights and solo at breweries and pubs in and around Nashville and neighboring states.  During the pandemic she held shows off her balcony, online and in the public parks with her band the Valiant 72’s where she kept people’s spirits up through music and laughter. 

Superfrye  is currently working on a new album, “I Fell In Love In Nashville and All I Got Was This Crumby Album Full Of Break-Up Songs.” The single and video “Don’t Count On Me,” a dark but hopeful tale of love and loss, will be out soon.