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Leon Bridges, Georgia’s sensational gospel and soul music artist, is bringing his signature sounds to Aragon Ballroom!
Leon (birth name Todd Michael Bridges) was born in Atlanta in 1989 and began his musical journey by writing songs and learning the guitar so he could play simple chords to accompany his lyrics. His musical style resembles 1960s R&B and The Wall Street Journal has described him as a “throwback to '60s-soul a la Otis Redding and Sam Cooke”. He honed his craft by playing at local open-mic nights until he was signed by Columbia Records in 2014. He released his debut album (Coming Home) in 2015 and it entered the US Billboard 200 chart at #6, along with being featured in Rolling Stone magazine’s ‘Best Albums of 2015 So Far’ mid-year list. The album was supported by 2 hit singles (Coming Home and Smooth Sailin) and Leon performed them on popular TV shows Saturday Night Live, Conan, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Leon’s popularity grew even further when the album was nominated Best R&B Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.