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Brian Culbertson
March 22ndFlor de Toloache
April 1stFlor de Toloache
April 2ndMargo Cilker
April 2ndFlor de Toloache
April 3rdTinsley Ellis
April 9thA Word with Writers: Hampton Sides
April 10thTom Paxton with C. Daniel Boling
April 11thTom Paxton with C. Daniel Boling
April 12thThe Wailers
April 12thTom Paxton with C. Daniel Boling
April 13thCocoRosie
April 14thCocoRosie
April 15thSalman Rushdie
April 16thDamn Tall Buildings
April 17thDamn Tall Buildings
April 18thSanta Fe Reads Kick-Off Concert
April 20thSihasin & Lindy Vision
May 4thThe Kipsies
May 9thJason Joshua
May 9thJake Shimabukuro
May 10thThe Kipsies
May 11thJake Shimabukuro
May 11thKiran Ahluwalia
May 12thMariee Siou
May 12thKiran Ahluwalia
May 13thMike Zito
May 14thEtana
May 15thEtana
May 16thThe Sadies
May 30thChristopher Paul Stelling
June 6thChristopher Paul Stelling
June 7thJesse Dayton
June 8thLara Manzanares
June 13thRev. Peyton's Big Damn Band
June 19thFelix Gato Peralta
June 20thFelix Y Los Gatos
July 17thLara Manzanares
July 24thWailing Souls
August 15thAndrea Magee's She Rises
August 31stBlack Uhuru
September 12thDylan 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."