Son Little has a new album, ‘CITYFOLK,’ and the story behind it is as compelling as the music itself. The songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, whose real name is Aaron Livingston, followed a deep curiosity about his ancestry south to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he connected with two-time Grammy-winning Alabama Shakes member Ben Tanner to record the album at Tanner’s home studio. What started as voice note demos with subtle instrumentation evolved through drum machine beats and live sessions with a drummer, bassist and horn players into something rooted in the musical richness of the Shoals. “I realized, in moving here, that my mother’s people all came from this area,” Little explains. “Sometimes the spirits will guide you to a place when you don’t even know why you found yourself there.”
The recently shared single “Cherry” captures the album’s emotional range well, drifting through hazy memories with a tenderness that sits comfortably alongside Little’s catalog of over 250 million streams. He’s toured with Black Pumas, Kelis and Mumford & Sons, appeared at Newport Folk and Bonnaroo, and collaborated with The Roots and RJD2. This world tour puts ‘CITYFOLK’ in front of audiences across the US, Europe and beyond, with a June East Coast run newly added to dates already underway.
Son Little Tour Dates:
April 8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
April 9 – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Annabel
April 10 – Brussels, Belgium @ Le Botanique Orangerie
April 11 – Hamburg, Germany @ Betty
April 13 – Berlin, Germany @ Frannz Club
April 14 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Cafe V lese
April 15 – Warsaw, Poland @ Jasmine
April 17 – Cologne, Germany @ Yard Club
April 19 – Brighton and Hove, UK @ DUST
April 20 – Bristol, UK @ The Croft
April 21 – Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
April 22 – London, UK @ Jazz Cafe
April 25 – Paris, France @ Alhambra
May 21 – Honolulu, HI @ Blue Note Hawaii
June 10 – Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads
June 12 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
June 13 – Spring Green, WI @ The Shitty Barn
June 14 – Chicago, IL @ Garcia’s
June 17 – Toronto, ON @ Great Hall
June 19 – Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theater
June 20 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
June 23 – Washington DC @ The Atlantis
June 24 – Westport, CT @ Levitt Pavilion
June 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
June 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
July 10 – York, PA @ Appell Center