ABOUT

KID BILLY

Kid Billy is a "One Man Soul Band" project from Asheville, NC based multi-instrumentalist and singer Billy Litz. Taking cues from early American Roots music, Blues, Ragtime and modern Indie Folk, Kid Billy's earnest songwriting meets high energy jubilant sounds when tasteful live looping layers New Orleans trumpet, honky-tonk piano, acoustic guitar and harmonica. When not performing as Kid Billy, he is the lead singer and primary songwriter in the the 4-piece soul/rock band, Hustle Souls who blend dust-covered-vinyl soul nostalgia with modern sensibility. and were recently named one of "Music Connections" Hot 100 Live Unsigned Artists & Bands.

RECENT PRESS:

(Hustle Souls) is a "Hot 100 Live Unsigned Artists and Bands of 2020" - Music Connection Magazine
2020 International Songwriting Competition Semi-Finalist
" generation-jumping mashup of new school second line funk with old school vintage soul." - American Blues Scene
".... A prolific tunesmith...Blessed with a distinctive lead voice — high, thick, suitably retro” - Bold Life Magazine
"worthy of being included in that brilliant soul music canon, a heritage that features some of the
greatest performers and writers that have ever graced this earth" - AB Records issue 46