On this episode of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Dave Popkin chats with 5-time Grammy-nominated blues singer and pianist Marcia Ball about her upcoming New Jersey gig on June 1 and her award-winning career.
Marcia Ball will be one of the headliners of Michael Arnone's 32nd Annual Crawfish Fest in Augusta, NJ on June 1. The festival begins on May 30.
Ball has toured the world and played with everyone from Muddy Waters to Irma Thomas to Stevie Ray Vaughan. Ball melds the music of her native Louisiana with that of her longtime hometown Austin into a joyous gumbo that sounds like it could have been created any time over the last 70 years.
This year's Crawfish Fest lineup also includes Galactic, George Porter, Jr., Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Terrance Simien and The Zydeco Experience, Southern Avenue, Eddie 9V, Stanton Moore, Rockin’ Dopsie, Bonerama, Carolyn Wonderland, and more.
You can SEE Dave Popkin's entire interview with Marcia Ball here.
