Edith Frost

With her crystal-clear voice and songwriting, Edith Frost blends country, folk, psychedelia, jazz, and pop into a timeless, haunting style of her own. Her self-titled 1995 EP and first full-length, 1996's Calling Over Time, introduced a singer/songwriter steeped in the legacy of the Carter Family and Hank Williams, as well as the sounds of Chicago's underground music scene (many of whose luminaries played on her albums). Though she shifted her approach subtly on each album -- 1998's Royal Trux-produced Telescopic leaned into trippy noise, while 2001's Wonder Wonder added full-bodied pop sparkle -- she stayed true to her eloquently simple voice. When she returned after a 15-year hiatus with 2025's In Space, it sounded like no time at all had passed.