Leon Bridges, Bratwurst, and Beer Make It a Great Month in Texas Culture

MUSICLeon, Leon BridgesOctober 4The Fort Worth artist’s previous solo album, 2021’s Gold-Diggers Sound, captured R&B energy inspired by the retro Hollywood hotel where it was recorded. His new project is a self-portrait that reflects his Texas roots—even if he recorded its thirteen tracks in Mexico City and Nashville. But judging by the song “Peaceful Place,” which blends Latin and West African vibes, Leon’s sonic points of origin may be the EPs Texas Sun and Texas Moon, which Bridges made with Houston’s globe-trotting, genre-bending band Khruangbin. Wherever he’s creating music, his pristine sound inspires nostalgia for a place—or a feeling—that he loves. As he sings on “Peaceful Place”: “I feel at home / Anywhere that I go.”FESTIVALOktoberfest, Fredericksburg October 4–6Immigrants from Deutschland (and their traditions) began arriving in…

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