The legendary Rolling Stones album. Put through the Stucky filter and twisted by the Stucky wolf.

In keeping with tradition, American-Swiss musician and performance artist Erika Stucky made a stop at the Vienna jazz club Porgy & Bess—and in doing so, she drove out the spirits of the old year in a most enjoyable way.

Dressed in a coquettish shaggy jacket and wearing a fantastic ritualistic headband, Stucky and her two musical companions, percussionists Serge Vuille and Julien Annoni, take us high up to the Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland. To the haunting, earthy rhythms of the vibraphone, marimba, and other percussion instruments, and with her melodious, powerful voice, which she occasionally accompanies on the accordion, she tells her story with wit and enthusiasm:
About the two women who were trapped in ice for their dissolute lives, about their childhood in the hippie era in the USA and the culture shock they experienced when they returned to the Upper Valais, and about the fascination these contrasts hold for them. The familiar and traditional are repurposed with curiosity and a joy of experimentation: the sounds of the glacier become the basis for her own vocal paraphrases, and in the cinematic backdrop of clouds, mountains, and ice on the back wall of the stage, an interactive shadow play takes place in which Ms. Stucky's silhouette sometimes appears like an indigenous chieftain. Magnificent soundscapes that allow the mind and spirit to wander.

Then the musical journey through time continues. From the 50-year-old folk song “Horse with no name” to the Baroque, to the classic folk song “Muss i denn zum Städtele hinaus” and 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, yodeling: Erika Stucky constantly takes it to new dimensions, giving it an almost mystical quality—with a highly charming wink. A magnificent start to the year!" (Verena Kienast, Krone, January 5, 2024)