Son Little

Blending elements of acoustic blues, vintage soul, and conscious hip-hop into a mixture that's expressive yet deeply personal, Son Little is the alias of Aaron Livingston, a singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who divides his time between his own music and collaborations with others. On his first album, 2015's Son Little, the music was a challenging mixture of soul and R&B grooves with a classic bent filtered through a production that mixed the elements like a hip-hop producer would assemble a beat. 2020's Aloha saw Little playing nearly all the instruments with an aim toward a naturalistic approach, while 2022's Like Neptune was an introspective project created as the musician was coming to terms with trauma from his past. Leaving Georgia for Alabama and pondering the life of his mother set the stage for 2026's Cityfolk.