Marcia Ball
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Marcia Ball is an American pianist-singer that serenades everyone’s ear everytime she performs on stage, on radio or hear her from her albums. For more than 30 years of performing, Marcia Ball was then known as "unbeatable artist".
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About
Marcia Ball was born in 1949 at Orange, Texas (but grew up in Vinton, Louisiana) from a family that every female plays a piano, she was in the clan of a performing family. Ball started playing piano when she was just only 5 years old, playing an old music from her grandma’s collection. Ball discovered new sounds in her aunt's but her passion for music started at the age of 13 when she heard soul and R&B singer, Irma Thomas.
In 1966, Marcia Ball then decided to form a psychedelic rock band group which called Gum. Their first gig was at Louisiana State University. Ball went to San Francisco and stayed there. She soon played in city clubs together with her new country-band called Freda and the Firedog. This is where she also decided to start making her own compositions.
She has released a series of albums including, Dreams Come True, a collaboration with Lou Ann Barton and Angela Strehli, Grammy-award nominated, Sing It, 2001's Presumed Innocent, and 2003's strong-reviewed So Many Rivers, which cemented her status as a "killer-pianist" and a great singer.
Aside from being a "consummate pro", Marcia Ball is included in Austin Music Hall of Fame. A live album was released in 2005 Live! Down the Road.
Awards & Certifications
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 1998 | Grammy Awards | Best Contemporary Blues Album | Nominated |
| 1998 | Blues Music Awards | Best Contemporary Blues Album | Nominated |
| 1998 | Blues Music Awards | Contemporary Female Vocalist of the Year | Won |
| 1998 | Blues Music Awards | Best Blues Instrumentalist-Keyboards | Won |
Tours & Concerts
02/03/2007 Baton Rouge, LA (03di Gras Ball)
02/16/2007 Austin, TX (Private Event)
02/17/2007 Dallas, TX (Granada Theater)
02/20/2007 Milwaukee, WI (Northern Lights Theater)
02/22/2007 St. Louis, MO (Harrah's Casino)
02/28/2007 New Iberia, LA (Silman Theater)
03/01/2007 Lafayette, LA (Vermilionville Performance Center)
03/02/2007 Baton Rouge, LA (Manship Theatre)
03/03/2007 Lake Charles LA (McNeese State University)
03/17/2007 Durango, CO (Fort Lewis College)
04/29/2007 New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival)
05/19/2007 Austin, TX (Private Event)
06/03/2007 Crested Butte, CO (Bayou in the Battle)
06/22/2007 Downers Grove, IL (Heritage Festival)
07/20/2007 Olathe, KS (Olathe Free Summer Concert Series)
07/22/2007 Green Bay, WI (Oneida Casino)
07/23/2007 Green Bay WI (Oneida Casino)
07/24/2007 Green Bay,WI (Oneida Casino)
07/28/2007 Solon Springs ,WI, (Music in the Park)
10/13/2007 (San Diego,CA ) Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise)
12/08/2007 Miami,FL (Private Event)
03/15/2008 Portland, OR (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)
03/16/2008 Portland OR (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)
03/17/2008 Portland, OR (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)
Announcements
Discography
Albums
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Singles
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Compilations & Live Releases
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Other artists
Similar artists
Influences
Contemporaries
Trivia
- In 2005 and 2006, Marcia Ball was honoured by the Blues Music award as the “Pinetop Perkins piano Player of the Year”
External Links
Categories: Artist | R&B | Pop | Soul
