Son Little

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Son Little at the Village Theater in Davenport 2015.

Aaron Earl Livingston (* in Los Angeles , California ), also known as Son Little , is an American singer-songwriter and music producer who is under contract with the independent label ANTI Records .

biography

Aaron Livingston was born in Los Angeles to a pastor and teacher , but grew up in New Jersey , Louisiana , New York, and Philadelphia .

Music career

Son Little's style of music is a mixture of soul , blues , R&B , jazz , hip-hop and garage rock . He himself describes his genre as future soul . Vocally, he is often compared with Bob Marley , Marvin Gaye or Leon Bridges .

According to his own statements, his influences and inspirations are mainly Mavis Staples , but also John Coltrane , Miles Davis , Weather Report , Stevie Wonder , Marvin Gaye , Smokey Robinson , Paul McCartney and The Beatles , the Wu-Tang Clan , Kendrick Lamar , Beres Hammond , Sizzla , Capleton and Grizzly Bear , as well as the authors Salman Rushdie , Cormac McCarthy , Octavia E. Butler and William Gibson .

Son Little began his musical career under his real name Aaron Livingston in Philadelphia in 2011 with his first collaborations with local greats such as The Roots and RJD2 .

2014: EP Things I Forgot

After the label ANTI-Records took him under care at the beginning of the year, Son Little released his EP Things I Forgot in November 2014 . After the US-wide tour with Kelis , a tour of Europe with Selah Sue and soul singer Curtis Harding followed in autumn 2014 .

2015: Mavis Staples Your Good Fortune and debut album Son Little

In April 2015 Mavis Staples released her EP Your Good Fortune , in which Son Little was a producer , instrumentalist and songwriter . In October 2015 he released his first own studio album called Son Little . He sees the album as a metaphorical journey through the USA with its diverse locations and musical styles.

“I can trace where a lot of my music came from, as my life and my family touch so many different places. I can hear Lake Charles, Louisiana in my voice, the way I say some of the words; I hear New York in my lyrics. Detroit is a place I haven't spent a ton of time in, but if I explore the music of Detroit, I can hear myself in there, too. ”

- Aaron Livingston, 2015

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2015: Son Little
  • 2017: New Magic
  • 2020: Aloha

EPs

  • 2014: Things I Forgot

Collaboration albums

Singles

  • 2014: Cross My Heart
  • 2014: Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Son Little Music . Facebook . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  2. ^ ANTI Records: About Son Little . SonLittleMusic . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b dpa: Son Little: Soul with courage instead of retro muff . Focus . October 19, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c Son Little To Release New EP "Things I Forgot" . Blues Magazine . October 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Knar Bedian: Futurist Talking Drum . Sound of Boston . November 11, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ Jon Tanners: Premiere: Son Little Lay Down . Pigeons on the plan . August 11, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  7. ^ A b Damien Scott: Meet Son Little . Complex . July 7, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ a b c Mark Deming: Son Little Biography . Billboard . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ Stephen M. Deusner: Mavis Staples - Your Good Fortune . Pitchfork . April 24, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  10. ^ Gregory Adams: Son Little details self-titled debut LP . Exclaim . August 11, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Son Little
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Livingston, Aaron (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , USA