To celebrate the release of his new album ‘CITYFOLK’, Son Little is heading to the UK for a tour, kicking off in Brighton on 19th April. The tour also includes two London headline shows.
Tickets are available here https://sonlittle.com/tour

TOUR DATES

April 19th – Brighton and Hove @ DUST
April 20th – Bristol @ Strange Brew
April 21st – Manchester @ Band on the Wall
April 22nd – London @ Jazz Cafe – SOLD OUT
April 23rd – London @ Dingwalls (extra date added due to demand)

Although often placed in the category of “roots musician”, on ‘CITYFOLK’, Little, who NPR praised for having “impeccably crafted songs,” continues to defy genre but lets the evocation of his storytelling pierce through. “The industry likes to keep artists in little boxes, and for Black artists it has meant being defined by your proximity to ‘urban,’” Little admits. “But my music has always had flashes of country, rock and folk, as well as hip-hop, blues and R&B. So I’ve always struggled as an artist who kind of, I think, lives in the spaces between genres.”
This album is also an opportunity for listeners to discover Little as more than a vocalist, but a well-rounded artist who carefully balances DIY production, songwriting and vocal arranging. Now living outside of Atlanta, Livingston attributes the development of ‘CITYFOLK’ to going even further south to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in January 2025. It was there that Little, whose past collaborations include The Roots and RJD2, connected with two-time Grammy-winning musician and Alabama Shakes band member Ben Tanner to flesh out sketches of songs that he’d crafted through epiphanies about his family’s roots.
In the late 1960s, the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios housed unbridling protest anthems and melodious love songs that would become the classics of tomorrow. Little’s ‘CITYFOLK’ is a relic in the musical path paved for him.
“Its whole reputation and businesses are thriving because of the spirit of unity,” Little says of the small Alabama town. “I mean, it’s all due to music that was created in defiance of that legacy. It’s a place that I think really is a symbol of what can be accomplished when those barriers are broken down.”