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Marcia Ball Shine Bright – Richard Ludmerer

Richard Ludmerer alligator records, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, marcia Ball April 20, 2018

Marcia Ball Shine Bright Alligator Records Marcia Ball was born in Vinton, Louisiana, on the Texas borderline. As a child she began playing piano but it wasn’t until she witnessed a live performance by Irma Thomas that she discovered the power of soul music. She soon enrolled at Louisiana State University where she began her […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Marcia Ball The Tattooed Lady and The Alligator Man

Richard Ludmerer blues, making a Scene, marcia Ball, richard ludmere September 23, 2014

Marcia Ball The Tattooed Lady and The Alligator Man Alligator Records Marcia Ball is a Texas and Louisiana roots music icon. This new album is her fifth for Alligator Records and seventeenth album overall. Ball has been nominated for 42 Blues Music Awards and has won nine times. She has been “Piano Player of The […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Music Review: Marcia Ball – ‘The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man’

Rhetta Akamatsu blues, marcia Ball, Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man September 19, 2014

Marcia Ball is a romping, stomping boogie-woogie piano player with a voice made for expressing strong emotions and for singing party songs and telling raucous stories. It’s not a subtle voice or piano style. It’s made for straight-out fun and that is what you will have with The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man. Ball […]

Americana Scene/ INDIE Blues Scene/ Jam Scene

2014 -25th Anniversary Crawfish Fest

Richard L'Hommedieu brian stolz, crawfest, Dave Malone, funky meters, george porter jr, marcia Ball, new orleans June 13, 2014

2014 -25th Anniversary Crawfish Fest www.CrawfishFest.com May 30th-June 1st: New Orleans music, food, crafts, all very children friendly, Sussex County Fairgrounds Augusta, NJ. Michael Arnone’s twenty-fifth annual Crawfish Fest was held at its regular Sussex County Fairgrounds spot in Augusta, NJ. This year’s edition featured another robust lineup of (mostly) Louisiana musicians featuring: Terrance Simien, […]