Erika Stucky

Erika Stucky (born 1962 in San Francisco) is a Swiss musician, singer, composer, and accordionist, best known for her solo albums Jimi (2005), Princess (2005), Suicidal Yodels (2007), Black Widow (2013), Call Me Helium (2015), and Papito (2017).

Erika Stucky takes part in folk groups in traditional costume, where she spins the coin, swings the broom (which she later abandons for a shovel and yodels.

She began collaborating with trombonists and alphorn players Robert Morgenthaler and Jean-Jacques Pedretti, as well as drummer Lucas Niggli; the group was christened Roots of Communication.

Stucky was invited by guitarist Christy Doran and drummer Fredy Studer to join the Jimi Hendrix Project (Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Kim Clarke alternated on bass).

[7] In 2011, with her producer Knut Jensen, she founded the Ping Pong Project, where ukulele, mini-accordion, laptop and voice meet; broadcasting live on stage her films shot in Shanghai.

In the same year, she took part in Raindogs Revisited, a tribute to Tom Waits directed by David Coulter of The Pogues, featuring Arthur H, Jane Birkin, Steve Nieve,The Tiger Lillies, Camille O'Sullivan and St Vincent.

In 2012, between Stockholm and London, she recorded the album Black Widow", featuring Tom Waits' historic collaborator Michael Blair and Terry Edwards.

In 2014, Stucky created the show Wally und die Sieben Geier with the Austrian orchestra Da Blechhauf'n, playing a mythical character who lives in the Alps among seven vultures.