Lyn Rye

Bassist, Singer-songwriter, Cultural Worker, and Multi-Media Producer

2025 Make a Wave

Music

Lyn Rye (they/them) is a bassist, singer-songwriter, and multi-media producer. Rye leads their own band and is also a frequent collaborator with musical collectives of many genres as well as cultural projects using art for social change. Rye’s songs often capture deeply personal observations about life and love while being informed by their lifelong dedication to community organizing. Rye's community life has involved building safe spaces for queer Muslims, grassroots struggles against mass incarceration, and truth and reconciliation efforts both domestically and internationally.

Rye is the co-founder of Casa Al-Fatiha, a sanctuary house for LGBTQ+ asylum-seekers, and Milpa Mizan, a women-led urban garden and green gathering space. Rye also produces two multi-media projects, a story-telling series called Inshallah & The Creek Don't Rise, and a science and music series called Fact Poetry.

“While Rye cites influences like Joni Mitchell and Lianne La Havas, their work sounds distinct and effusive. This is a musician who knows who they are, knows what they want to say, and understands the power and possibility of music as a force for change.”
– The Chicago Tribune

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Featured Artworks

An image of a person playing bass and singing into a microphone. They have light skin and blue/green eyes and are wearing an olive green hijab and blue button down shirt.

Live performance of original music in Chicago, IL, 2024

An image of a group of people in a band sitting in a semi circle on a wooden bench surrounding a microphone. Everyone has their hands on their laps as they stare into the distance.

Recording session in Novi Sad, Serbia during truth & reconciliation project by OneBeat Balkans, 2019 Image by Fisnik Dobreci

An image of a person speaking into a microphone, reading off a piece of paper. They have light skin and blue/green eyes and are wearing an red hijab

Reading aloud "queer love notes" from the community table at Lavender Prairie music festival, 2024 Image by Rachel Steele

An image of a podcast art cover that is a high up view over a forest of trees and skin framed by a window. The title reads INSHALLAH & THJE CREEK DON'T RISE

Artwork for "Inshallah & The Creek Don't Rise", 2025 Image by Lyn Rye

Four people sit and stand on concrete steps outside a house. They are staring a the camera, one individual has They have light skin and blue/green eyes and is wearing a orange hijab.jab

Casa Al-Fatiha, 2021 Image by Samantha Cabrera Friend

Live performance of original music in Goshen, IN, 2019 Image by Matthew Stackowicz