“Laredo” by Leon Bridges

"Laredo" was one of three singles Leon Bridges sent out ahead of Leon, his fourth album, which Columbia released on October 4, 2024, and he wrote it with Ian Fitchuk and Daniel Tashian. Fitchuk produced it and covers a lot of ground himself on acoustic and electric guitar, bass and drums. Nick Bockrath adds classical and electric guitar, Joshua Moore handles keys and piano plus extra production, Jim Hoke brings the flute, and Konrad Snyder mixed.

The album looks back at Bridges' upbringing in Fort Worth, Texas, and he credited the city's music scene with the folk and country threads running through it. After nearly five years of work in Los Angeles and Nashville, he moved the project to Mexico City and spent the last months of 2023 recording at El Desierto studio.

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