Son Little
with Samantha Clemons
Set Times:
Son Little – 9:00 pm
Samantha Clemons – 8:00 pm
Doors – 7:00 pm
*Set times are approximate and subject to change without notice
About Son Little
Son Little, praised by American Songwriter as “one of the best songwriters working today,” conceived his latest album, Like Neptune, in a cabin overlooking the Delaware River in upstate New York. Trading in the existential dread permeating his previous work for unbridled joy and self-acceptance, Son Little transmutes the chronic pain of self-doubt into a beautiful and freeing opus about overcoming generational trauma. Hailed by Afropunk as “a stunning statement of purpose,” Like Neptune decorates the altar of the
primordial blues and elevating the labor of healing to high art. “I’ve always felt as though I was making music because I had to, something inside compelled me. Fueled me,” Little shared. “This the first time in a long time I’m making music for the pure joy of creating.”
Son Little and his band, comprised of Little on vocals/guitar, Steve McKie (drums), and DeShawn Alexander (keys/bass), will tour North America for the first time support of Like Neptune through November and December.
About Samantha Clemons
A genre-fluid singer-songwriter and musician based in St. Louis, Samantha Clemons is hard to pin down; but better that than being boxed in. Born in the sweltering summer heat of Houston, Texas in 1988, Samantha’s soul-soaked sound finds its roots in the echoes of gospel choirs, jazz and blues rhythms that surrounded her during her childhood. Her mother–a St. Lucian musician, singer and artist herself–was the first to see the spark of her potential and bought Samantha her first guitar at age nine, shaping the songstress she’s become.
The daughter of two retired veterans, Samantha spent her childhood packing up and shipping out every few years, sheltered–in more ways than one–on military installations around the world. In those early years, music was one of few constants. No matter where her family ended up or for how long, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, and Aretha Franklin would fill the walls, regardless of the continent upon which they stood.
Lately, life has been no less tumultuous – but equally triumphant. Fresh off a 3-year run of award-winning growth for the contracting firm she founded in 2016, balance has been elusive. And finding harmony in a life whose parts often feel discordant has...