The Soul Music of Leon Bridges

The Texas singer, who, in his recent work, effectively reset his time machine to the present, headlines at Forest Hills Stadium.
Leon Bridges poses wearing a straw hat.
Photograph by Bryan Schutmaat for The New Yorker

The Texas singer Leon Bridges emerged, in 2015, as a convincing throwback, with everything from the shoes on his feet to the croon on his lips paying homage to a faded era of classic soul. In his more recent work, including last year’s down-tempo LP, “Gold-Diggers Sound,” the singer effectively reset his time machine to the present, covering a breadth of soul music in the process. On Aug. 18, Bridges headlines at Forest Hills Stadium, with an opening set from the Swedish electro-pop band Little Dragon.