Marcia Ball

The debt that Marcia ball owes to the rich New Orleans piano tradition pays substantial
dividends on Blue House, her first album since 1989. Though based in Austin, Texas, Ball
was raised on the Louisiana border, where the native keyboard styles seem to have
become second nature to her. If nothing else, the album-opening anthem "Red Beans" and
Ball's own "Sparkle Paradise" establish her as a most accomplished Professor Lon... More >