MARCIA BALL ROADSIDE ATTRACTION
Released: 29 March 2011
Label:Alligator
Format:Mp3@320


Few things in life are as reliable as a Marcia Ball performance. For more than four decades, the Louisiana-by-way-of-Texas musician has magnificently played piano and sang her way through the blues with incredible amounts of heart and soul. Ball is the real deal: equal parts New Orleans, boogie woogie, swamp music, and Texas soul all wrapped up into one package. Her new album shows that she’s also an incredible songwriter. 
Roadside Attractions marks the first time Ball has either written or co-written every cut on an album. The high quality and variety of songs presented here reveal Ball’s gifted ability to create catchy licks and her talents as a first–rate observer of life. There are party songs mixed with ones that make you think, danceable beats and reflective rhythms. The tracks flow into each other to create a mighty musical force. While every song is good, the album as a whole is greater than a sum of its parts.


Track List:

01. Thats How It Goes
02. Roadside Attractions
03. Between Here and Kingdom Come
04. We Fell Hard
05. Look Before You Leap
06. I Heard It All
07. Believing In Love
08. This Used To Be Paradise
09. Everybodys Looking for the Same Thing
10. Sugar Boogie
11. Mule Headed Man
12. The Partys Still Going On