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Dylan LeBlanc's debut album Paupers Field is out now 23/08/10 in Dylan LeBlanc
Today sees the release ‘Paupers Field‘, the debut album from 20 year old Americana artist Dylan LeBlanc.
On ‘Paupers Field‘ a lost world is brought to life – both in the carefully sculpted songs and rich well of country soul from which those songs emerge. Although the Golden era of Alabama’s fabled Muscle Shoals sound had passed by the time Dylan was born in 1990, his ancestral roots and family background connected him to one of the most significant sources in the rich tapestry of American music.Despite his age, Dylan’s worn yearning voice already has the mark of aged experience. Neither the feel nor sound of the album, nor the haunted ghost summoning songs he has written, can be faked. ”If Time Was Wasting” for instance, seems to be wrenched from the heart of ever present currents in Deep South life – where the pull of the past is unavoidable.
Heritage in the present springs up everywhere on Paupers Field. Ghosts and demons emerge from the mist in compositions featuring archetypal characters such as “Emma Hartley“ and “The Outlaw Billy John“.
Listen to Paupers Field:
Buy the album from here:
UK and Europe:
Rough Trade Shops (Album Of The Month – includes bonus CD sampling three of Dylan’s favourite local bands)
iTunes
Amazon.co.uk
US:
Watch Dylan LeBlanc perform an acoustic rendition of ‘Emma Hartley‘:
Watch Dylan LeBlanc’s video for ‘If Time Was For Wasting‘: