Marcia Ball News

While the world lamented the loss of one music legend, Austin music fans celebrated the life of local blues man Pinetop Perkins on his 96th birthday.

According to a press release from Aligator Records; Living Blues magazine announced the nominees for their 2009 Living Blues Readers' Awards.

If you're looking for fun things to do with your dad over the weekend to celebrate Father's Day, Las Vegas offers a lot - from barbeque festivals to fights to even fishing.

The Greeley Blues Jam runs all day Saturday, June 13, at Island Grove Arena. A schedule appears in this section, or you can find more information at www.greeley bluesjam.com. Marcia Ball's earlier albums feature a woman with long, brunette hair and a wide smile.

HONEY, I SHRANK THE PIANO: "That's really my job -- yes, to make people think, but more than that, to make people dance," says Marcia Ball.

The 20th annual Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest will be held this year on Friday, May 29th through Sunday, May 31st, 2009 at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey.

It has become tradition to come up with a Blues Music Awards Top Ten, so here is this years list, but as Long John Baldry would've sang 'It Ain't Easy' to limit it to only ten.

Marcia Ball and the late Clifford Antone won big at the 30th annual Blues Music Awards last week in Memphis.

The Austin music community is mourning the loss of a capital city legend this Saturday.

Entertainer Marcia Ball brings special brand of 'Peace, Love & BBQ' to Greenville May 2 Friday, 24 April 2009 11:51 BY TERRY MATHEWS, News-Telegram Arts Editor Print User Rating: / 0 PoorBest [Photo by Mary Bruton] Marcia Ball's music is full of joy, which is a good thing in these trying times.

The rock group Bon Jovi is slated to make its debut at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Washboard Chaz, the Jambalaya Cajun Band and a host of jazz and brass bands are slated to perform Friday at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.Among the day's headline acts are singer and pianist Marcia Ball, jazz singer Tony Bennett and the country group Sugarland.

Midnight Flyer is a weekly, two hour program featuring a wide variety of blues, interviews, biographies and stories about the blues.

Marcia Ball headlines the fourth annual Blues Summit on Saturday, March 14, at the Crystal Bay Casino.

Marcia Ball's got that Pinetop Perkins attitude: "Did I mention Pinetop?" said Ball, who remains a high-powered singer-songwriter and pianist as she approaches her 60th birthday.

Normally, musicians have tour dates, news, photos and blogs on their Web sites. Blues singer/pianist Marcia Ball has all that, but she also has something unique: a recipe for emergency chicken gumbo.

Marcia Ball started playing the piano at the age of five, and five-plus decades later, she's still banging the piano and deep into a successful career as a blues, R&B and soul singer-songwriter. Ball's been on ...

When Elvin Bishop leaves the stage at Coachman Park on Sunday night, the Knology Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival, it will signal the end of the festival's third year of providing free entertainment to blues fans ...

Normally, similarities between Newport News and New Orleans pretty much end after the first syllable.

The 25th anniversary season of Downtown Alive! continues this spring with a lineup filled with Grammy nominees, DTA regulars and a wide spectrum of sounds certain to satisfy any music lover.