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till struggling to find the right style for his powerful voice, Marc Broussard is an artist whose studio output is characterized by untapped potential. While 2006's covers collection S.O.S.: Save Our Soul underwhelmed because of its too-conservative arrangements, his latest effort, Keep Coming Back, recalls his last album of original material, 2003's Carencro, in that the songs and the production rarely live up to Broussard's performances. Working with Broussard's first-rate touring band, producers Justin Tocket and Calvin Turner fail to give the album a distinctive sound.

While the title track and "Hard Knocks" suggest the ragged, Muscle Shoals-inspired energy of Broussard's...