Son Little: CMJ 2015 | NPR MUSIC FRONT ROW

Son Little is the embodiment of the truism that most overnight successes take years. Around Philadelphia, the singer/guitarist who goes by his given name Aaron Livingston has been a known entity at least since (his words) "mumbling/freestyling/singing the hook" on The Roots' "Guns Are Drawn," a dubwise track from the group's 2004 album The Tipping Point.
In 2011, Son Little and DJ/producer RJD2 collaborated on a project called Icebird, a collection of studio-controlled progressive pop and psychedelic soul excursions so luxuriously ahead of its time, people still don't quite know how to process it. Which is to say, Son Little took a long, circuitous, sonically adventurous road to the musical space he presented on his self-titled full-length album for Anti- Records, which dropped in October.
At an NPR Music showcase in New York that same month, playing in what amounted to a blues-rock trio alongside bassist Stephen Greenberg and drummer Jesse Maynard, Son Little pulled at his music and reduced it to its stripped-down core. Gone were the ornamental studio textures; in their place remained something simultaneously ancient and modern, beyond simple genre or emotional qualifications. Yet it's quintessentially American, the kind of sound that takes a thousand and one overnights to develop. - PIOTR ORLOV
SET LIST
“Joy" - 0:35
"Montana Way” - 3:44
“Alice" - 8:17
"All Wet” - 13:00
"Oh Mother” - 16:31
"Cross My Heart” - 19:36
"Loser Blues” - 27:14
"Your Love Will Blow Me Away (When My Heart Aches)” - 33:09
"The River” - 38:49
CREDITS
Director: Mito Habe-Evans; Producers: Saidah Blount, Mito Habe-Evans, Piotr Orlov; Videographers: Julia Reihs, Cameron Robert, A.J. Wilhelm; Audio Engineers: Jay Eigenmann, Josh Rogosin; Production Assistant: Cameron Robert; Host: Bob Boilen; Executive Producer: Anya Grundmann; Special Thanks: (Le) Poisson Rouge

[@arnold1964able]

Really great music. Son little has made two albums, both are very good. I don't understand how this great concert has so little views.

[@Beingtherain]

I met the drummer Jesse in Hollywood, I was with my group of friends and he was too. We somehow ended colliding into each other and ended up making conversation with him and his friends. Told me his was in a band, didn't believe him looked him up and started listening to son little as soon as I got in the car & the rest is history

[@zoogoozoog]

amen

[@kkeziha2310]

This is pure. This only can happen in New-York. Too much of everything. I just don’t get why people are still talking on the backgrounds though ! Cheers

[@mncedisimpungose7303]

This is brilliant!

[@youneskacimi4687]

it's 2021 , Video uploaded in 2016 , 6000 views , 6 comments , i can't understand

[@alf23wlf]

People have zero taste today. They're listening to dull noise instead of this artistry.

[@jaqueabowie2702]

yaass