Son Little Returns With First New Music In Three Years • Listen To New Track “In Orbit”
Described as “a sumptuous blend of R&B and folk-pop” by WXPN’s The Key, Aaron Livingston aka Son Little is sharing “In Orbit” today, his first new music in three years. Sweet yet plaintive, Little pledges: “i’ll wait for you in orbit / but i don’t know how long that i can go.” Check out the song below.
Listen to “In Orbit”: https://youtu.be/GIWj8zDLg-o?si=h3m5UKB1A6rJR1wb
“I read and watch a lot of science fiction, and I'm obsessed with the idea of a thing being in different places at the same time,” Little explains when discussing the meaning of the song. “In Orbit” plays with this idea lyrically, while using echoes and the spaces in my playing to suggest the great distance between lovers who for various reasons can’t be together.”
2022’s ‘Like Neptune’ established Son Little as the polyglot translator and rightful torchbearer of the celebrated musical tradition known as rhythm and blues. Continuing to revolutionize the modern understanding and expectation of the R&B sound, Son Little delivers an unadulterated transmission of Black American music performed in its praying and pleading mother tongue. With it, he completes the daunting tasks of confronting himself and pushing his sound to completion.
“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.”
The result was a timeless body of work reflective of his deep internal desire to inhabit the most radiant version of himself and become a positive force in the lives of people around him. “Son Little’s Like Neptune is a stunning statement of purpose ... his most emotionally vulnerable and sonically bold album yet,” declared Afropunk.
Son Little is currently on tour with Larkin Poe, crisscrossing Europe with upcoming shows in France, Munich, Warsaw, Madrid and more. He will also embark on a solo US run on November 29 with Candi Jenkins and a March 2026 West coast run has just announced this week. All upcoming tour dates are listed below.
2025 Tour Dates
Oct 29 – Stockholm, SE @ Cirkus *
Oct 30 – Frederiksberg, DE @ Falkoner Center *
Nov 1 – Berlin, GE @ Tempodrom *
Nov 2 – Warsaw, PO @ Klub Stodoła *
Nov 4 – Vienna, AU @ Gasometer *
Nov 5 – Munich, BA @ TonHalle München *
Nov 8 – Geneva, SE @ Salle de l’Alhambra *
Nov 9 – Paloma, FR @ Nîmes, Occitan *
Nov 12 – Lisbon, PO @ Coliseu dos Recreios *
Nov 13 – Santiago de Compostela, SP @ Outono Códax Festival
Nov 14 – Madrid, SP @ Sala La Riviera *
Nov 15 – Barcelona, SP @ Razzmatazz *
Nov 16 – Cenon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine FR @ Le Rocher de Palmer *
Nov 18 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Coopérative de Mai *
Nov 19 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Siréne *
Nov 21 – Antwerp, GE @ De Roma *
* with Larkin Poe
Son Little Solo Shows
Nov 29 – Wayne, PA @ 118 North %
Nov 30 – Leesburg, VA @ Tally Ho Theater %
Dec 1 – Elkton, MD @ Elkton Music Hall %
Dec 2 – Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage %
Dec 3 – Norfolk, VA @ The Annex %
Dec 5 – Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Theatre %
Dec 6 – Decatur, GA @ Eddie’s Attic %
Dec 7 – New Orleans, LA @ Chickie Wah Wah %
Dec 8 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live %
Dec 10 – Austin, TX @ 04 Center
Dec 11 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips
Dec 14 – Honolulu, HI @ Blue Note Hawaii (Two Shows)
% with Candi Jenkins
2026 Tour Dates
March 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum
March 16 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
March 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubador
March 18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
March 20 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
March 21 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
March 25 – 29 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Festival
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