Dylan Leblanc Stops by Duling Hall on May 3

meet Dylan Leblanc

Dylan LeBlanc is engaging and soft-spoken in person, yet his striking new album Renegade reflects the power of his live show–one that he simply describes as rock ‘n’ roll. While the album was recorded in just 10 days and tracked in three, the intensity of the project marks the culmination of more than a decade on the road.“ I like the idea of a renegade–branching off from society or from the structure of the way our world is designed,” he says of Renegade, his first album for ATO Records.

“It felt right to call it that. I wanted to write about the crueler, nasty aspects of the world and life.” LeBlanc’s observations are woven through Renegade, though he’s more interested in telling the story than judging the characters for their decisions. The title track, he says, is “about troubled cocky young men charming young women who were intrigued by that way of life, only for it to end in tragedy. I saw this countless times growing up.” Later he writes about his personal efforts to become a stronger person in“Born Again,” after a childhood of being bullied for his long hair and an adolescence marked by insecurity, fear, and anger.

Because his fatherJames LeBlanc was a staff writer at FAME Enterprises in Muscle Shoals, Dylan spent years hanging around the office, getting to know founder Rick Hall. In contrast to the city’s incredible soul and rock heritage, most of LeBlanc’s friends were listening to metal, though personally LeBlanc was drawn to albums by Bright Eyes, Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. At 16, he dropped out of high school to join a rock band.

He’s maintained a music career ever since, and the release of Renegade means another global trek with the band, which he fully embraces.“I really like to be goofy and joke with them a lot, but also to get deep with people and have real conversations, and talk about the things that matter,” says LeBlanc, who now lives in Nashville. “I don’t read anything that doesn’t help me grow as a person in some way. I don’t read novels anymore. I don’t read for entertainment. I just read to grow. I feel like I want to have a conversation with people who are looking to grow and move forward in their own spiritual way.”

Joining Leblanc at Duling Hall is his direct support Ryan Culwell. Born and raised in the Texas panhandle, Culwell has earned widespread acclaim with his first two albums, 2015’s Flatlands and 2018’s The Last American, which prompted Rolling Stone to hail his writing as both “gorgeous and bleak” and NPR to rave that his songs “wring grace from plain and often dark details.”

See Ryan Culwell and Dylan Leblanc LIVE at Duling Hall on Friday, May 3rd, 2024.

Doors – 7:00pm | Show – 8:00pm

Listen to him on Spotify to get a sneak peek of what you’ll be seeing on May 3 live at Duling Hall!

Our friends at Saltine Restaurant serve a food menu from doors to showtime and provide a full bar with signature cocktails throughout the entire event.

Duling Hall is an Independent Venue that welcomes all music lovers.