Dylan LeBlanc: Paupers Field | CD review

(Rough Trade)How much heartbreak can a 20-year-old have endured? Judging by the assured country blues contained in this Louisianan's debut, plenty. LeBlanc, the son of a Muscle Shoals session player, sings about fear choosing him and dying men in old bars, with the jaded tones of a bankrupt outlaw, set to the music of Will Oldham or Jason Molina. "Been around the block too many times ... too many for my age," LeBlanc mournfully concedes on Changing of the Seasons, yet at his age most people have...

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