MARCIA BALL'S ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS DEBUTS AT #5 ON THE BILLBOARD BLUES CHART
MARCIA BALL'S ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS DEBUTS AT
#5 ON THE BILLBOARD BLUES CHART
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Alligator Records recording artist Marcia Ball's new CD, Roadside Attractions, debuted at #5 on The Billboard Blues Chart. All five of Ball's Alligator releases have debuted in the top five on the blues chart.
Last week, the CD was the #1 Most Added Track at Americana radio, and debuted at #25 on the Americana chart, representing her highest charting Americana debut of her career.
NPR Music writer Marc Silver, who selected Ball's Everybody's Looking For The Same Thing as a Song Of the Day, says, "The song should encourage America to create a Roots Music Hall of Fame and make Ball a charter member. Since her first recording in 1978 - and most likely since she began playing piano at age 5 - she's sung soulful, New Orleans-tinged music that's great fun to hear."
Ball is touring extensively in support of the CD, and will make her 32nd appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. She will perform in Poland in October. Tour dates are below:
4/6 -- World Cafe Live; Philadelphia, PA
4/7 -- B.B. King's Blues Club; New York, NY
4/8 -- Rams Head On Stage; Annapolis, MD
4/9 -- The State Theatre; Falls Church, VA
4/13 -- The Triple Door; Seattle, WA
4/14 -- The Upstage; Port Townsend, WA
4/15 -- Cozmic Pizza; Eugene, OR
4/17 -- Aladdin Theater; Portland. OR, Paul deLay Scholarship Benefit Concert
4/19 -- Yoshi's; San Francisco, CA
4/20 -- Sierra Nevada Brewing Company; Chico, CA
4/21 -- Kuumbwa Jazz Center; Santa Cruz, CA
4/22 -- Fox Theatre; Redwood City, CA. Also appearing: Tommy Castro
4/23 -- The Uptown Theatre; Napa, CA. Also appearing: Tommy Castro
4/28 -- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Gala; New Orleans, LA
4/30 -- The Ogden Museum of Southern Art; New Orleans, LA
5/4 -- Wednesday at the Square; New Orleans, LA
5/4 -- Snug Harbor; New Orleans, LA
5/6 -- Maple Leaf Bar; New Orleans, LA
5/7 -- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA
5/8 -- Sunday In The Park; Baton Rouge, LA
5/12 -- The Ark; Ann Arbor, MI,
5/13 -- Old Town School of Folk Music; Chicago, IL
5/14 -- McAuley Performing Arts Center; Cincinnati, OH
5/15 -- Beachland Ballroom; Cleveland, OH
5/19 -- River Ranch Institute for the Arts; Lafayette, LA
5/21 -- Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival; Thomson, GA
5/28 -- The Acoustic Cafe Amphitheater; Haleyville, AL
6/10 -- Granada Theater; Dallas, TX
6/24 -- Loose Wheels Texas; Denison, TX
6/25 -- Riverfront Blues Festival; Fort Smith, AR
7/2 -- Levitt Pavilion; Bethlehem, PA
7/9 -- Sheldon Theater; Red Wing, MN
8/2 -- KJJZ Wine & Jazz Series; Hollywood, CA
8/3 -- Belly Up Tavern; Solana Beach, CA
8/4 -- Canyon Club; Agoura Hills, CA
8/5 -- The Coach House; San Juan Capistrano, CA
8/7 -- Rancho Nicasio; Nicasio, CA
8/11 -- Vail Jazz Festival; Vail, CO
8/12 -- Louisville Street Faire; Louisville, CO
8/13 -- Pearl Street Blues Festival; Denver, CO
8/27 -- Minnesota State Fair; St. Paul, MN
8/28 -- Minnesota State Fair; St. Paul, MN
9/10 -- Music Fest By The Bay; Texas City, TX
10/8 -- Rawa Blues Festival; Katowice, POLAND
10/16 -- Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival; New Orleans, LA
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