Stucky Fingers

The legendary Rolling Stones album. Processed through the Stucky filter and spun through the Stucky vortex.

"In good tradition, the American-Swiss musician and performance artist Erika Stucky stopped by Vienna’s jazz club Porgy & Bess – and delightfully swept out the spirits of the old year.

Dressed in a coquettish shaggy jacket and adorned with a fantastical ritualistic headband, Stucky, together with her musical companions, percussionists Serge Vuille and Julien Annoni, takes the audience high up on the Swiss Aletsch Glacier. With the compelling earthy rhythms of vibraphone, marimba, and other percussion instruments, and her resounding Stucky-style vocal power, occasionally propelled by her accordion, she tells her story with humor and passion:

Of two women trapped in ice for their sinful lives, of her childhood in the hippie era in the USA and the culture shock upon returning to Upper Valais, and of the fascination these contrasts hold for her. Familiar and traditional elements are transformed with curiosity and a joy for experimentation: the glacier’s sounds become the foundation for her vocal paraphrases, and on the cinematic backdrop of clouds, mountains, and ice, a shadow play unfolds where Stucky’s silhouette sometimes resembles an indigenous chief. Magnificent soundscapes that let mind and soul drift.

Then the musical time journey continues: from the 50-year-old folk song 'Horse with No Name' to the Baroque era, to the folk classic 'Muss i denn zum Städtele hinaus', with echoes of medieval Minnesang, back to the jazz standard 'Tea for Two', and finally to Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. And of course, the yodel: in Erika Stucky’s hands, it constantly takes on new dimensions and gains an almost mystical quality – with an utterly charming wink. A splendid start to the year!"
(Verena Kienast, Krone, January 5, 2024)

Program and cast

Erika Stucky: vocals, accordion, film
Terry Edwards: alto saxophone, guitar, e-bass, keyboards...
Paul Cuddeford: guitar