Sooj

Update: Online this Saturday + mini Maryland tour Aug 2-10!

Online + on the road, I have shows coming up this weekend & next week, shared with ⁠Ginger Doss, with a Muses on the Road show (me, G, and Renée this time) at the finale! Keep reading for all the info!

Thanks to everyone who supported yesterday’s online concert. I fell all the way apart during my second song, and everyone stuck with me until I could come back out of my grief and keep singing. Best fans on the planet. Catch the video over at my Patreon soon- all Patrons get my online show videos to watch any time after they’ve streamed, from $1 a month on up.

Here are the upcoming shows:
– ONLINE! RSVP & Watch Aug 2 here (48hr replay if you can’t see it at showtime!) Our house concert sold out for that evening in Frederick, MD, but you can be part of the online studio audience! $10 and a 48-hour replay + free download of “Chalk on the Sidewalk”!
–RSVP for Baltimore Aug 3: https://www.bsfs.org $20 advance supports the Baltimore Science Fiction Society!
–Free Spirit Gathering Aug 5-10, registration and info https://www.freespiritgatheringmd.org/ I perform and teach Aug 6-8 at FSG, performing “Gramma Wolf’s Garden” with songs interspersed on Wednesday the 6th at 6:30pm, and teaching my Inner Alchemy workshop on Thursday the 7th at 6:30pm. Muses on the Road is Renée, Ginger, and me this time, and we headline Friday night Aug 8 with the badass Kelly Zullo! I love this festival & I’m so happy to go back again!

Online show July 27 + Maryland shows coming up!

Hi, everybody! One more sleep until my next online show! PLEASE join me! https://sjtucker.bandcamp.com/merch/songs-summer-starlight

I’ve had a wild week. I hope it’s been less eventful for yall, apart from happy things. I got home from performing/teaching at the Starwood festival just in time to wash all my muddy laundry & immediately leave again for an all-too-brief family vacation. Thanks to my in-laws for a lovely couple of days together at the Buffalo National River. Conservation info: https://buffaloriveralliance.org/

While we were up in the beautiful Ozarks, I learned my primary checking account had been frozen (nobody told me this; there was no word from my bank) while my amazing mother headed off an identity theft attempt against her. I’m still straightening that out, as is Mom, and a bunch of yall sent me words of support yesterday-thank you! Those moments of kindness+tickets & paid downloads count for so much in a crisis, large or small.

A few minutes after we got home yesterday, I learned of the death of an old friend, one of my first teachers in witchy spaces, who Saw Me as the bard I’d become before almost anybody else thought to look. I may still be a bit raw about it during the stream tomorrow, and I will probably share a bit about him. If yall can be there, it will mean a lot to me. Remember you have a 48-hour replay window after the stream, as well, if you can’t watch it live, OR join my Patreon at $1 or more & get every online show recording to watch whenever: https://www.patreon.com/sjtuckermusic

Back on the road next week, all the way to Maryland for Free Spirit Gathering! https://www.freespiritgatheringmd.org/ I have workshop performances Wednesday & Thursday, and Muses on the Road & I perform Friday night after the badass Kelly Zullo!

Our Frederick, MD house concert next Saturday has sold out, BUT Ginger & I also have a Baltimore show August 3rd now, in support of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society! Come see us! https://www.bsfs.org/

Upcoming Summer Stuff!

Great news: I know now for certain that I get to offer my three favorite musical, magical workshops at the Starwood Festival in Ohio this year, coming up in just a couple weeks! Check it out!

Not gonna lie; sometimes I schedule my next online show as soon as the most recent one has ended, to be certain I have something to look forward to. Apparently that’s useful to some of yall as well! It’s barely been an hour since I hit “publish”, and 2 folx already bought tickets! Thanks for making my day! Here’s the ticket link for the new Songs & Summer Starlight stream, which will be on Bandcamp Live Sunday, July 27 at 2pm CT: https://sjtucker.bandcamp.com/merch/songs-summer-starlight

After that, I’m headed to Frederick, MD for a very tiny private house concert August 2nd, and from there to Free Spirit Gathering with my Muses bandmates! More info on the calendar page!

I’ll be sending out July’s Patreon goodies this week, so if you’d like to support me there and see what’s cooking, you can do as little as $1 per month: https://www.patreon.com/c/sjtuckermusic

Thank you all for continuing to listen and enjoy what I do. You seriously make a difference in my life. There are days I don’t believe in myself so much, but knowing that y’all are out there believing in me the whole time keeps the shadows at bay. I mean it.

FREE online show this Saturday & June tour dates!

I’m hitting the road again this month, and I just shared June’s cool musical goodies with my paid Patrons over on Patreon, including the second-ever Kitten Snack, which involves a peek into a songwriting journal that’s been with me for 20 years! Pledge $5 and check it out if you like: www.patreon.com/posts/kitten-snack-for-130710568

I’M PART OF A FREE ONLINE SHOW THIS SATURDAY! Don’t miss me and a good chunk of the Red Album crew live on youtube this Saturday, June 7 at 2pm CDT, performing in support of Elevated Access & the National Abortion Federation–it’s free, and you can also watch it later: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK14sUeEeC8

AND if you’ve got people in Northwest Arkansas, Kansas City, Iowa, or Wisconsin, please let ’em know I’m coming! Feel free to pass along the flyer image, or send them right here to sjtucker.com for all the info! Thanks, everyone!

Upcoming shows & gratitude!

Fam, it’s been a month of kooky storms, rewarding concerts, and a whole crop of new paid patrons over on my Patreon! I announced the new Kitten Snacks for our $5 tier, the Cheshire Kitten Team, just a couple of days ago. Since then, a bunch of folx jumped on board or increased their pledges, from $5 on up! I’m so grateful. The success of my Patreon and Bandcamp up to this point affords me the grace to scramble to book one less concert each month on average. That means it’s helping me stay afloat and focus on making new music to share. Your support means THE WORLD to me. Thank you. https://www.patreon.com/sjtuckermusic if you want to check Patreon out.

I have upcoming in-person shows and workshops! All the info is here on the tour page and on the Songkick list, as well.
-Central TN (Pagan Unity Fest May 29-June 1 +Brian Henke and other traveling troubadours),
-Kansas City (June 13 at Missie B’s with Ginger Doss, hosted by Annie Cherry – dig that promo poster!),
-Urbandale, IA (June 14 with Ginger at UUCoC, which is LGBTQIA+-friendly down to its roots, otherwise we wouldn’t be working with them),
-SW WI (Earth House Midsummer Gather June 15-22 with Ginger),
-FREE YouTube concert for the Red Album on June 7 in the afternoon (with other Red Album artists, hosted by Alexian)
-JUST confirmed that I’ll be teaching workshops at the Starwood Festival at Wisteria campground in Ohio, July 15-21

Our friend Jules Taylor announced the YouTube debut of her heartfelt, locally made, award-winning short film, In a World Full of Loneliness! You may hear some songs and voices you recognize. 😉 CW: grief after death of a spouse, brief depiction of partner violence against a mother & daughter, child in distress. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lskCYA62OPs

With joy,
S. J.

Updated info for March 29 – now online only!

GET TICKETS!

Now reimagined as an online event, this show was originally planned to be a shared concert between Sooj & Canadian tourmate Leslie Hudson. Unfortunately, traveling to the US has become a risky thing to do for even performers with flawless records & perfect work visa paperwork-which of course Leslie made sure to have. Instead, S. J. will stream a LIVE performance from home and share the proceeds with Leslie afterwards, in hopes of helping them recover a bit of their lost income, and in support of their pivot to a cross-Canada tour! Your support & presence will support BOTH artists!

Thanks to the Osage Arts Community in Belle, MO for their own support and understanding over our change of plans, and thanks to Beltana Spellsinger for the updated promo graphic!

Support Leslie’s music by purchasing their Hemlock in the Honey Tour Playlist!

March shows & news!

Thanks for being here, fam. It’s so good to have you to share my joys with.

I had an epic birthday in the Ozark mountains last month, working and playing in a cabin retreat which my Patrons helped me to be able to afford! I’m back at work now, preparing for two live concerts this month, and chipping away at my recording projects!

Images: my snowy cabin, and my piccolo guitar Simone, posing with the Ozark National Forest Scenic Highway 7 Byway sign.

And speaking of the Ozarks, on March 14 in the evening, I’ll be part of Nomadic Pyro Circus’s Full Moon Eclipse Jam near Eureka Springs, AR. I’m planning to perform Gramma Wolf’s Garden live, with songs sprinkled throughout the story, since the moon will be high and bright. Lots of other performers and bands are coming out to the woods for this gathering, and everyone is invited! RSVP for location info and more.

My tour buddy Leslie Hudson will be back on the road this spring, and they’re joining me for a live concert in Belle, Missouri on March 29 at 7pm! We will also stream that one to Bandcamp Live in realtime, and we hope you’ll join us if Missouri’s not an in-person option for you! Go here to see us on your screen that night!

I’ll be in someone else’s recording studio, someone other than me, for the first time in YEARS this weekend, working on brand new things which I’ll hopefully be able to tell you ALL ABOUT soon after. Wish me luck!

Hang in there, everybody. Good things are still happening, with more to come. This I trust.

Vids and Streams and More!

Just some quick links for yall today! If you missed Sunday’s online show, don’t be sad! We got video!
https://onlineconcertthing.com/product/video-download-s-j-tucker-krista-chapman-green-concert-december-8-2024/

Something I do for my Patreon folx is share every online show video with them a couple of weeks after the show airs, regardless of their pledge level. So if you’d like to hop on over there, you’re aways welcome! I have tiers available at $1, $3, $5, $10, and $20 per month, or get a yearly pledge discount. https://www.patreon.com/sjtuckermusic/

My next online thing will be THIS SATURDAY! It’s a donation drive for the Mother Grove Goddess Temple, to help them keep going with helping folx recover from Hurricane Helene. We’re gonna kick it off in the morning (10am Eastern, 9am Central, 8 Mtn, 7 Pacific, 3pm GMT I think) and go until we’re done! Between the whole crew of us, we’ve amassed 6 hours of musical performances (me, Ginger Doss & Lynda Millard, Wendy Rule, Krista Chapman Green, RL MacDornain, and more) and you’ll also see guest speakers like Byron Ballard.
ALSO! Both Tuatha Dea and myself have AT LEAST one unreleased song as part of our contributed performances for this!
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/eaD8ysemSz4?si=FwwzePzxDf1SvDTy
Or FB live: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/midwinter-lullaby/573101025266797/

You may also donate to Mother Grove any time you like at their website: https://mothergrove.org/

Yall are the best music fans on earth. Thanks for sharing this magic with me and my on-stage buddies. You make the cold nights bright, my stars.

New Release on Halloween + Listening Party 10/30!

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

Yours truly on Patreon – even $1 and $3 pledges make a difference to me! Thank you all so much!

WNC benefit telethon Oct 20 & more!

WATCH HERE all day tomorrow, from 10-6pm Central (11-7 Eastern, 9-5 Mtn, 8-4 Pacific, 3-11pm GMT) This Flash Telethon hosted by the Correllians will feature not just me, but also Byron Ballard, Krista Chapman Green, and more! All proceeds benefit Mother Grove Goddess Temple in Asheville, NC, to support their work helping the WNC community to clean up, endure, and rebuild.

I’ve submitted my online Halloween show from 2021, which I’m still very proud of. I’m not sure right now what time that portion of the telethon will air, but I can tell you that whenever you have an opportunity to tune in, something cool will be going on.

SPOILERS: that online Halloween concert, which includes a storytelling performance with my songs interspersed, is a clue for something I plan to release on Halloween. Make sure you’ve followed me on Bandcamp so you’ll know when this spooky surprise drops.

My friend and neighbor Krista Chapman Green has written a new song, “The Raven and the Wren”, which is masterful and deep, and she’s released it in support of Helene relief. Please check it out. She’ll be sending funds from the sale of the song to Mother Grove, also.