The Marcia Ball

Valentine's Weekend is all about her

"...who finally gave up his annual birthday show. For Marcia Ball, who shares a birthday with Vaughan, the solution..."

Feb. 9, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Checking In: Marcia Ball Took Her First Summer Off Since 1984

“It gets hot in Austin in the summer, did you know?”

"...Fifty years ago this year, Texan Marcia Ball founded a progressive country act in Austin called..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Marcia Ball Reviewed

"...Marcia BallSo Many Rivers (Alligator) What's not to like about..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Marcia Ball's Cheers

"...sum up the essence of the Soap Creek Saloon, Marcia Ball likens it to the fictional Boston bar where..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Marcia Ball, Natalie Zoe

"...no longer runs the show at La Zona Rosa, Marcia Ball's live appearances here in town seem few and..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Feature

Margaret Moser Tribute: Marcia Ball

“She’s a music writer who writes to enlighten”

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

ATX Style at NOJF (or... Marcia Knows NOLA)

Austin takes NOLA by storm. Really, there have been lots of storms.

"...Austin style? You can't get much more iconic than Marcia Ball, Alejandro Escovedo, and Doyle Bramhall (indulge me –..."

May 1, 2008 Design Post by Kate X Messer

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...poster. Step right up, folks -- a quarter a ball, three for 50 cents, and eight balls for $1...."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Urban Heat, Jonathan Terrell, Dayglow, Marcia Ball, and a smattering of metal headline our recommended shows

"...a stint with Midland that polished his hard-hitting country ballads for bigger stages, and latest EP A Couple 2,..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Alex Maas’ Captivating 13th Floor Lineup and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From sunn O))) to Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, Marcia Ball’s holiday show

"...For the special holiday show, they wrangle piano powerhouse Marcia Ball to throw her distinct, bluesy Gulf Coast flare..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Geezerville’s Best of 2014 Volume 2

Top 10s playlist – a final spin of the year that was

"...veterans included: Dale Watson, Jim Lauderdale, Marty Stuart, and Marcia Ball, but Jason Eady, Sunny Sweeney, the Mastersons, Kat..."

Jan. 7, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...into stuff you never though you'd get into -- T-ball games -- and it's so much fun. Then you..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...Banging down hard on her keyboards, singing "Sea Cruise,"Marcia Ball whips her wildly dancing audience into a frenzy..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Handy Award To Have

"...Our local blues contingent is well-represented as usual, with Marcia Ball topping the list with five nominations including Entertainer..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Marcia Ball

"...Marcia BallPresumed Innocent (Alligator) Marcia Ball is such a class..."

April 27, 2001 Music Review by Margaret Moser

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Mel Ott hit long balls; Grand Illusion and Un Chien Andalou at the Museum..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Big Picture

Taking stock of Austin music's female legacy

"...When Marcia Ball moved to Austin in the early Seventies there..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Texas Platters

"...melody. At least TMP tosses out a few split-finger fastballs to keep you guessing. Amidst a handful of originals..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Review

Nowhere but Texas

A long, lost cosmic country artifact resurfaces.

"...remembering what a hippie haven Austin was back when Marcia Ball, Bobby Earl Smith, John X. Reed, Steve McDaniels,..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Paul Ray Tribute

"...Paul Ray All-Stars: (l-r) Don Bennett, George Rains, Marcia Ball, Derek O’Brien, Georgia Bramhall, Nakia Reynoso, Zach Ernst,..."

March 4, 2016 Photo Gallery

Marcia Ball

"...Marcia Ball..."

April 29, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...me, the records there made by our very own Marcia Ball, Asleep at the Wheel, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jerry..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Marcia Ball (2/10/84)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Three for the Road

Dream team scions Warren Hood and Emily Gimble add up 58 years of Austin roots

"...the trio of Champ Hood, Walter Hyatt, and David Ball that started in a Spartanburg, S.C., high school, ventured..."

July 12, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Velveteen Rabbit: The Musical

All the elements come together to produce something truly magical in KidsActing's revival of 'The Velveteen Rabbit: The Musical'

"...Ray Benson, Butch Hancock, Joe Scruggs, Joe Ely, and Marcia Ball. While the songs are still the centerpiece of..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

$liding Home

Austin slide guitar sovereign Cindy Cashdollar steps out from the side

"...Dobro, and lap steel sovereign, Cindy Cashdollar.Texas blues diva Marcia Ball "Just listen to her, she just doesn't make..."

April 9, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Record Reviews

"...MARCIA BALL Let Me Play With Your Poodle (Rounder)..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Music Review

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...Williams, Timbuk3, Omar & the Howlers; Lou Ann Barton, Marcia Ball & Angela Strehli with Doug Sahm & the..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Mr. Bass Man

"...Don Bennett sums up 22 years as Marcia Ball's bassist and onstage foil with a combination of..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...went to Randy Travis and I went to debutante balls. I was in a fashion show and I sang..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

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