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“The voice of lore at the campfire and the sharp laughter of modern myth…       S. J. Tucker is songs and stories, community and wit.”-Phil Putnam

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Latest Release: “Gramma Wolf’s Garden”, a new fairy tale for Spooky Season!

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IN THE WORKS: Just added: last live show of 2024, December 20 at 5pm CT, Belle, MO!  S. J. is keeping her tour schedule light for the coming months in hopes of getting at least one new record release completed and out the door, but shows are already firming up for 2025!  More info on concerts to come.  S. J. also gives online concerts on a regular basis which can be viewed at home or wherever you happen to be, as long as you have an internet connection available.  Catch all her online shows at our indie musician-run platform Online Concert Thing! Next one Dec 8!

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“Tucker is not only fantastic; she’s like a character out of a fantasy novel. She weaves myth and magic into her lyrics as easily as a strain of cello, a lick of something electric, the chuffing of a train engine…Tucker has a knack – no, a genius – for weaving old ways with new.”

C. S. E. Cooneyblackgate.com

“S. J. Tucker sounds like no one else out there.  I’m not sure if she is fairy, shape-shifter, otherworldly, or just a super intelligent, super perceptive young woman…Critics have compared her voice to Joni Mitchell and Tori Amos, her guitar style to Emily Saliers. I believe she is a complete original coming straight from Neverland where Magick is real.”

—Phil King, Audiofuzz.com

Latest From S. J.

New Release on Halloween + Listening Party 10/30!

Oct 29, 24

I’m releasing a spooky treat for Halloween, and I want to make sure you get the opportunity to enjoy it.

image: promo graphic for Sooj’s Halloween 2024 storytelling release of Phil Brucato’s fairy tale, “Gramma Wolf’s Garden”, featuring a photo of Sooj sitting before a fallen sequoia tree. She wears a dark red terrycloth coat with a high buttoned collar, black boots, black pants, and gray-and-black striped fingerless gloves. Her head is tilted back towards the tree trunk, and her eyes are closed. She sits with her knees drawn loosely before her, hands clasped across them.

This is a storytelling collaboration many years in the making, with my author brother Phil Brucato. I’m so grateful he’s allowed me to bring his brilliant story to life. ​Listen for free and pre-order your download here!​

I’ll host a FREE listening party online tomorrow night, shortly before the release drops! ​RSVP and join us here​ for that!

“Gramma Wolf’s Garden” is a gorgeous fairy tale that looks at an alternate Red Riding Hood retelling through the lens of real magic, herb lore, family drama, and wolf pack dynamics. I fell in love with it long ago, and when Phil asked me to be its narrator for a full audiobook (still in progress) of his collection, ​Valhalla with a Twist of Lethe​, I was overjoyed. Yall know I love to read aloud, to produce audiobooks, and to narrate them, in addition to writing, recording, and performing my songs. This is the coolest bit of work along those storytelling lines that I’ve done in a long time. ​Listen free and enjoy for yourselves​!

CW: grief, parent-child conflict, brief mention of childbirth, death of a spouse, death by injury and by magical causes.

This download will also be available on all the streaming platforms soon. I’m not sure quite when it will show up, as I’m at the mercy of my distributor’s delivery schedule, but hopefully we won’t be waiting long!

​Phil on Patreon​

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