Upcoming Gigs
“Her tunes are like diner menus — one column is organic, one is meat, one is side orders. Each song has its different tone, approach and presentation. ”
Music My Mother Would Not Like
A live streamed showcase recorded at the end 2022 on the show, “Music My Mother Would Not Like.” A warm spirited and intimate show that features singer songwriters from all around, hosted by Bruce Swan hailing from Ashville, North Carolina. I clipped our half hour set where I presented some new original songs that I haven't recorded yet, along with some of my other genre jumping originals.
“If you came for the voice and the heartbreak, Isabel delivers the goods with an uncommon authenticity.”
End of An Era - Isabel & The Uncommons
Received two awards from the Accolade Global Film Festival
“End of An Era could easily be construed as a novelty song but isn’t. In the skillful hands of Ms. Fryszberg & cohorts, they created a serious commentary with balanced humor. Considering the circumstances, this was produced quite well.”
Live at The Piston Toronto
Isabel & The Uncommons featuring Steve Briggs (guitar), Don Kerr (Drums), Rebecca Campbell (percussion) and John Switzer (bass)
Song and Animated Video
Distance was featured at the Female Eye Film Festival TIFF Lightbox and Folk in Film Festival at Folk Music Ontario 2022.
“Fryszberg basically stepped away from country-type music & contemporary comparisons. Her previous videos “End of an Era,” & “Each Day a Little Less,” are marvelous stand-alone songs.”
Each Day A Little Less Single
Released September 18, 2020
Each Day A Little Less is the new single by Isabel & The Uncommons. Singer songwriter Isabel Fryszberg collaborated with Mitch Girio, who cowrote, produced and played several instruments on this exciting new song about our current times.
Creating Music for Healing
In 2015 she collaborated with the members of Creative Works Studio to create the album Coming Out of Darkness, also produced by Don Kerr. Isabel founded Creative Works Studio in Toronto to help people with mental health and addiction issues find creative self expression through music and visual arts. Fryszberg composed the music and facilitated group lyric writing to express and give voice to the members in this community who have never sung or written music before.
Hearts & Arrows Album
In 2014 Isabel released her own debut album of original songs, country and folk inspired called, Hearts and Arrows, supported by an ace band, Isabel & The Uncommons and produced by Don Kerr.
“ The songs are just great examples of thinking positively, in an environment of trust, empathizing with others and taking a deeply personal and collective musical journey”
Sisters of Sheynville
Isabel was the founding member together with Lenka Lichtenberg, and one of the lead singers of award winning klezmer-swing sextet, Sisters of Sheynville, (2004-2011). Her parents were both Polish-Jewish immigrants and Yiddish was Fryszberg's first languge. The band toured and played festivals in Poland, San Francisco, Washington, Vancouver, to Montreal and acquired the Canadian Folk Music Award (2008) for Vocal Group of The Year for their album, Sheynville Express.
“Masterful musicianship, tricky solos and fancy vocal work are all the signs of a good klezmer disc, and The Sisters of Sheynville deliver on all accounts. ”