leon bridges

"Absolute pleasure to share the stage with the spectacular @leonbridgesofficial this evening for his London show. My favourite artist out there. Adore everything about his voice, his songs, him and his band…" -- Jessie Ware

Coming Home is out June 23.

As Fort Worth's Leon Bridges continues to take the world by storm, he drops one of our favorites from his forthcoming debut LP Coming Home, the stark and timeless southern gospel-soul spiritual "River". We have a feeling this one's going to be inescapable for the foreseeable future, so it's a good thing it's amazing...

We've already mentioned how psyched we are about our own unreal official SXSW showcase this year, going down Thursday night at the Hype Hotel presented by Feed the Beat (aka the Fair Market building on East 5th), and brought to you by Mazda, official automobile sponsor of #HypeON...

Leon Bridges and his Chandeliers perform a stripped-down version of "Coming Home" for London's the Mahogany Sessions. Catch Leon back here in TX on Thursday, March 19, at our official SXSW showcase.

We're teaming up with our friends from Hype Machine again this year for an official GvsB x SXSW 2015 showcase, at the Hype Hotel presented by Feed The Beat on Thursday, March 19, at the Fair Market building in East Austin. Probably the best SX lineup we've been a part of since the Klub Krucial days; featuring live performances from: AUTRE NE VEUT / 1 AM LEON BRIDGES / 12 AM YUMI ZOUMA / 11 P

Leon Bridges takes us back again with some real Sam Cooke-era Soul Stirrers vibes on "Lisa Sawyer", a tender, beautifully nuanced, vintage doo-wop soul ballad -- and Jessie Ware's favorite jam -- that Leon penned as a loving ode to his mother...