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Be the first to review thisSam Cooke, Otis Redding, Arthur Alexander, Ray Charles—these are just a few of the legendary artists that come to mind when hearing Leon Bridges’ retro-soul inspired, debut album. In a 2017 interview with The Great Discontent, the Texas native shared: I began to recognize that ‘50s- and ‘60s-era soul music had been the best time for R&B. I looked at the music of today and was confused: why wasn’t anybody carrying on that golden sound, specifically within Black music? As a young Black man, I felt a need to go back to those roots, to where it all started. Coming Home was recorded at Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block’s makeshift studio after the two discovered Bridges singing what would become the lead single and titular track during an open mic performance in 2014. They used equipment from the ‘40s and ‘50s to achieve the album’s vintage-sound and recruited musicians from the Fort Worth ar…
Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Arthur Alexander, Ray Charles—these are just a few of the legendary artists that come to mind when hearing Leon Bridges’ retro-soul inspired, debut album. In a 2017 interview with The Great Discontent, the Texas native shared: I began to recognize that ‘50s- and ‘60s-era soul music had been the best time for R&B. I looked at the music of today and was confused: why wasn’t anybody carrying on that golden sound, specifically within Black music? As a young Black man, I felt a need to go back to those roots, to where it all started. Coming Home was recorded at Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block’s makeshift studio after the two discovered Bridges singing what would become the lead single and titular track during an open mic performance in 2014. They used equipment from the ‘40s and ‘50s to achieve the album’s vintage-sound and recruited musicians from the Fort Worth ar…