For more than 15 years, singer-songwriter Terrance Banks has performed music under the name Soultru. For many of those years, he worked as a solo act, singing soulful tunes or delivering a more melodic rap flow. However, he was unaware of the history and roots that shaped him into the artist he is today.

Terrance grew up in Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois, within a large family with members who opened for The Temptations (original lineup), Ready For The World, The Deele (Babyface and L.A. Reid's band), George Clinton, and many others in Davenport, Iowa. However, many of them eventually walked away from music, and Terrance didn't learn much about this until later in life.

Soultru has always leaned towards the singer songwriting side of music because he understood there was more to music then being within the box of Hip Hop and R&B. So during the COVID years he leaned more into his guitar with live shows being gone. 

Artists such as James Morrison, Amos Lee and Allen Stone have been some of the influences that have come to catch his ear a bit more from the mainstream realm to help him find his way in what he likes to call Indie Soul. 

After taking a break from the road in parts of 2025 and slowing down in 2026 to work on recording, he is gearing up to release some new tunes in the fall of 2026. 

Juan de Fuca Festival, Port Angeles, WA 2025

Mile of Music Fest, Appleton, WI 2023, 2024, 2025

The Shitty Barn, Spring Green WI 2024

Des Moines Arts Festival 2024

Merchant Street Music Festival Kankakee, IL 2024

Headlined Levitt Amp Galva 2024

Alternating Currents in Davenport Iowa 2023 2024

Opened For: Cassie and Maggie, The Psycodelics, Amythyst Kiah x2, Adeem The Artist, Codefendants, R.A.P. Ferreira (formerly Milo), Kweku Collins and many others.

FFO: Leon Bridges, John Legend, Charles Bradley.