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April 5thThe Glass Hours
April 8thThe Glass Hours
April 9thLevi Platero
April 10thMatt Andersen
April 11thNefesh Mountain
April 11thNefesh Mountain
April 12thMatt Andersen
April 12th"Hugo" Film Screening
April 14th"Hugo" Film Screening
April 15thRight in the Eye
April 18thArkansauce
April 19thPrism Bitch
May 2ndSelwyn Birchwood
May 7thMax Gomez & Shannon McNally
May 9thThe Martin Sexton Abbey Road Show
May 10thThe Martin Sexton Abbey Road Show
May 11thProyecto Cumbion with 123 Andres
May 11thZoë Keating (New Date)
May 13thJoe Abercrombie
May 15thCris Williamson
May 15thSkaldik
May 16thThe Young Dubliners
May 16thCris Williamson
May 16thABBAquerque | The Mango Cakes
May 30thLuciane Dom
June 3rdMargo Cilker
June 4thLuciane Dom
June 6thMike Zito
June 10thMike Zito
June 11thJesse Dayton
June 13thJesse Dayton - New Date!
June 15thEsther Rose
June 27thEliza Gilkyson
June 27thDracup & Malé
June 28thEliza Gilkyson
June 28thEsther Rose
June 28thKhumariyaan
July 8thKhumariyaan
July 9thFlor de Toloache
July 16thFlor de Toloache
July 17thAndrea Magee's She Rises
July 18thOscar Butler
July 23rdMark Hummel
August 2ndMark Hummel
August 3rdTab Benoit
September 9thTab Benoit
September 10thAlasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
September 24thAlasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
September 25thShonen Knife
October 11thKurbasy
November 8thKurbasy
November 9thLuca Stricagnoli
November 21stDylan LeBlanc
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Tickets cost $17 in advance, $20 day of show (including all service charges). They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.
We are moving this show into the Cell (the other theater on the FUSION campus) as it is currently set up with raised seating and provide better sightlines and a more intimate experience.
Dylan LeBlanc has spent the last decade releasing four acclaimed albums, winning praise for his arresting alt-country style, collaborating with the likes of Emmylou Harris and Brittany Howard, and sharing stages with heavyweights like Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams. Now, the Muscle Shoals songwriter is taking a moment to pay homage to the artists who inspired his unique sound with the Pastimes EP, a self-produced collection of six covers that LeBlanc says inspired him musically and spiritually.
Each song was chosen for its deeply personal impact: JJ Cale's "Sensitive Kind" takes LeBlanc back to the smoky dive bars his father would bring him along to as a child. Led Zeppelin's "Going to California" brings him back to age 15, playing his first coffee shop gigs and learning the song to impress a girl. Buffalo Springfield's "Expecting to Fly" reminds him of teenage joyrides, speeding through the country and listening to music to escape life's harsh realities. He learned the art of storytelling through songs with the Rolling Stones' haunting "Play With Fire" and Bob Dylan's "Blind Willie McTell," a track that he compares to reading a Southern Gothic Faulkner novel. And Glen Campbell's "Gentle On My Mind" is a song he remembers from his early childhood, when his grandfather, also a guitarist, would throw parties where friends would gather to drink and sing and forget their troubles.
Pastimes was recorded at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, live and with as few takes as possible in order to capture a sense of authenticity. Says LeBlanc, "I feel like music is nothing more than a spiritual endeavor to widen the horizons and heighten the senses of the things inside of everyone that sometimes feel unreachable."