Leon Bridges: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

September 08, 2015 by BOB BOILEN We probably should have shot this Tiny Desk Concert in blackandwhite. 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 21stcentury pop. It s just soul. Still, the songs from this 26yearold 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 adven