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Artist
SJ Tucker
12+ albums
about
S.J. Tucker is an Arkansas-born North American female singer-songwriter. Originally inspired by alternative folk rock artists like Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley and Ani DiFranco, Tucker–also called “Sooj” or “Skinny White Chick”–soon branched out to assume a more diverse identity. Like The Beatles–another cited influence – Tucker prefers an eclectic approach to songcraft. Since her debut album in 2004, Tucker’s work has integrated elements of electronica, filk, spoken word, world music and–with the troupe Fire & Strings–fire-spinning. Aside from appearances on albums by Gaia Consort, Incus and Celia, Tucker has collaborated on several book/CD crossovers with author Catherynne M. Valente. Inspired by Valente’s novel The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden, Tucker recorded the album For the Girl in the Garden and the songs "The Girl in the Garden" and "Shipful of Monsters" as “official companions” to that novel. The two also collaborated on the song “The Drowning” (from Sirens), and–with K Wiley - performed selections from the novel at various fantasy conventions. Tucker’s fire-spinning inspired Valente to include a fantasy version of her–the Fire-Dancer - in the 2007 follow-up novel The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice. This, in turn, inspired Tucker’s song "Firebird’s Child" on the album Blessings, released that same year. The two artists further collaborated on the album Solace & Sorrow, released in conjunction with In the Cities of Coin and Spice, on the same
