Lone Tree Sessions: Leon Timbo

“Timbo is known for his versatile vocals and his unique style that blends elements of soul, gospel, funk and more…a tender tribute to forging a love as constant as the sun and moon, yet as flexible as the wind.” – Billboard

Some write music as a creative release. Others feel compelled to perform. For country-soul singer-songwriter Leon Timbo, music is used as a form of growth and healing. Growing up the son of two pastors in Jacksonville, FL, music was integrated into his life from the very start, as a way to communicate spiritual experience. At sixteen, Timbo began singing and by age twenty, he began playing the guitar and performing in a serious way, inspired by artists Bill Withers, James Taylor, and Tim Miner. Timbo’s country sound incorporates equal measures of vintage soul, gospel, folk, R&B, and even modern blues making for a unique experience that some have described as ‘transparent soul.’