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SON LITTLE

Saturday, October 12, 2024
Duck Room
Doors open at 7:00 pm
Show starts at 8:00 pm
$25 in Advance/
$30 DOS
All Ages
$2 Minor Surcharge at Door (Cash Only)

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.

Watch Son Little

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 been a challenge. But as she’s learned to do throughout her life, Samantha turned to music for solace and respite – seeking sanctuary once again in her music – where reality is distilled to rhythm and structure becomes sound.

This nomadic and novel life has served her well, though. In her lyrics, Samantha offers up razor-sharp observations effortlessly and her ability to make common ground out of thin air is a gift hard-earned and liberally shared with her listeners, to say nothing of the voice with which they’re delivered. At once both deep and delicate, her vivid vibrato drips with emotion and vulnerability.

As NPR’s Pilar Fitzgerald noted of her 2021 Tiny Desk submission, “Clemons’ voice is striking: secured in deep depths in one moment, then bursting like wildfire in the next. And just as complex as her range are her lyrics — the story she tells… is so beautifully imagined.”

In addition to NPR, Samantha’s music has also been highlighted by Rolling Stone, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dallas Observer, and Kansas City Star.

Watch Samantha Clemons

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