Leon Bridges- Coming Home

Texas is home to some great music. From Willie Nelson to Buddy Holly and even to Beyonce, our music is as diverse as our state is. New to the Texas music success list is Fort Worth's Leon Bridges. I first heard Leon Bridges on our local NPR station, KXT and was an instant fan.

A few fun facts on Leon Bridges- he's from Fort Worth and was previously a waiter at a restaurant who is now onstage at SXSW and ACL (coming up in the fall). His keen fashion sense led to his break through a chance meeting with Austin Jenkins of White Denim. Bridges and Jenkins worked on some songs together which were released on a music blog and later went viral receiving huge accolades.

Leon Bridges will instantly remind any music lover of Sam Cooke and he definitely plays up the comparisons, the video for his lead single "Coming Home" is done in black and white and has a 60's throwback soul vibe. He starts off the video with a vintage feel and old school microphone to boot. The video focuses largely on his laid back style and smooth delivery and you can check out the full-length video here: