The final studio record from folk songwriter Tucker Zimmerman, who died in January at 84, will be released posthumously on June 19. The lead single, “Sun in Scorpio,” is available now, and the full album — completed before his death — frames the closing chapter of a long career with intimate, dream-tinged songs.
Zimmerman’s label, Big Potato, delayed publicity when news of his death broke, but has confirmed the planned release will proceed this summer. The record, titled Dream Me a Dream, was finished in the months before his passing and will arrive on streaming services and physical formats in mid-June.
Zimmerman described the album as coming from a playful, imaginative impulse — a sequence of songs that grew from a simple invitation to dream into a full set of recordings. He framed the project as a small, private world made public: music born of memory, imagination and collaboration rather than a conventional studio program.
Contributors on the record include folk singer and fiddler Jackie Oates, and producer Nick Holton. Zimmerman’s wife, Marie‑Claire, who died alongside him in the same January house fire, is also credited on the project. According to Holton, some tracks push toward psychedelic textures; one, “Rose of Sharon,” was shaped by synth arrangements and Oates’s vocal and violin parts and addresses darker currents within the 1960s–70s counterculture.
Holton added that basic tracking took place in 2024 and that Zimmerman returned to the studio in 2025 to re-record vocal parts while his health was fragile. The producer described long conversations with Zimmerman about themes that surface on the record — love, fear and what comes next — and noted that Zimmerman chose to interpret a song by his friend Adrianne Lenker for the closing sequence, a version dedicated to his late wife.
| Album | Dream Me a Dream |
| Artist | Tucker Zimmerman |
| Release date | June 19 |
| Label | Big Potato |
| Lead single | Sun in Scorpio |
| Notable contributors | Jackie Oates, Nick Holton, Marie‑Claire (posthumous credit) |
The album’s eleven-track sequence blends folk storytelling with occasional electronic and psychedelic touches. Below is the official tracklist as released by the label:
- 01 Sun in Scorpio
- 02 Dream Me a Dream
- 03 Orion Comes Down to Walk the Land
- 04 Don’t Feel Like Doing Nothing Today
- 05 Wolf Run
- 06 Rose of Sharon
- 07 Riding Around in My Dreams
- 08 Lovers of Beggar St.
- 09 Rooftops of San Francisco
- 10 Stay (I Want You to Stay) — cover of an Adrianne Lenker song
- 11 Cross Walk
For listeners, the record matters as both a final artistic statement and a document of collaboration late in an artist’s life. The sonic palette moves between delicate folk arrangements and moments that lean toward kraut-tinged psychedelia, reflecting Holton’s production choices and Oates’s contributions. The Lenker cover, recorded as a personal tribute, underscores the album’s intimate focus.
“Sun in Scorpio” is streaming now; the full album will be available beginning June 19 through the label’s outlets. As the release approaches, Dream Me a Dream will be the first complete Zimmerman studio album issued since his death, and it closes a chapter in a career defined by quietly persistent songwriting and unexpected turns.
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