Leon Bridges: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Publicado 2015-09-08
We probably should have shot this Tiny Desk Concert in black-and-white. Listening to Leon Bridges, I hear a sound with its heart and soul rooted in 1962. There's purity in his voice that's unadorned, untouched and unaffected by 21st-century pop. It's just soul.
Still, the songs from this 26-year-old Fort Worth singer feel refreshing in the context of the day. Surely there's touches of Sam Cooke's spiritual sound, but Leon Bridges has a way of making the familiar feel adventurous and new. It may be because this is all new to him. He only picked up the guitar around the age of twenty and only began listening to classic soul music after friends told him he sounded like R&B musicians from long ago. What Leon Bridges has tapped into on his debut album with fellow Fort Worth musicians including Austin Jenkins from White Denim is a universal sound, an undeniably heartfelt sound which transcends age, race and musical tastes. He's easy to love and tough to resist and his performance at the Tiny Desk with his fabulous band is a testament to what it means to sing from the heart.
Set List
"Coming Home" 00:00
"Smooth Sailin'" 04:06
"Twistin' & Groovin'" 07:30
"River" 12:48
Credits
Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Walker; Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault, Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Walker, Colin Marshall, Lani Milton; Assistant Producer: Elena Saavedra Buckley; photo by Lydia Thompson/NPR
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every time someone likes this comment I’ll be able to come to this masterpiece 🤌🏽
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"I wrote this song one time in my garage" proceeds to sing one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard
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River is such a heavy song... breaks your heart and soul and repairs it in an existential way
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If bourbon was a sound - it would be this man's voice
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Going back to the past to find the future.
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I had never heard of this young man until 10 minutes ago. My 13 year old daughter just texted me she won tickets to meet him. Naturally I said to myself "you won tickets to see who, lol?" I checked him out and I am JEALOUS she gets to go to his show, she better bring me, lol.
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People don't sing quite like this guy anymore. Phenomenal artist
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Leon is a time traveller who has come to save music.
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the folks that dislike this need to be taken to the river
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His momma should be so so proud, because this man is a true gift to our world. A true gift.
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his backup singer thoo, I'd love for her to break my heart a thousand times, Yes Lawd
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Ok so we’re just going to pretend like Leon Bridges isn’t Sam Cooke reincarnated 😱
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This is what my record player will be playing as the nuclear fallout rains down and I dance slowly with my wife...
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He use to go to my church! So cool to see him going places with an amazing voice like this
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"River" always moves my spirit. I can't believe it's been 5 years
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and I'm just here eating frozen dumplings crying to river. what else is there to do in 2020.
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It is absolutely astonishing how this live performance sounds every bit as good as the studio recorded tracks. His voice is absolutely flawless.
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It's timeless, genre-less. If you like music, you have to like Leon Bridges.
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Please... I need an album with Leon Bridges and Lianne LaHavas singing together, like Tammi and Marvin.
