MARCIA BALL &
THE VOICE OF THE WETLANDS ALL STARS
featuring TAB BENOIT, CYRIL NEVILLE, ANDERS OSBORNE, JOHNNY SANSONE, WAYLON THIBODEAUX, AND BIG CHIEF MONK BOUDREAUX
Over the course of her three-decade plus career, Marcia Ball has developed a large and enthusiastic fan base with her smoldering blend of swampy R&B, high energy blues and heart-wrenching ballads. Marcia returns in the 2010/2011 season in collaboration with the Voice of the Wetlands All Stars which promises an entertaining evening of music with a message from the Gulf Coast. Her current CD Peace, Love & BBQ garnered Marcia her 4th Grammy nomination and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart. It follows Live! Down The Road which was also nominated for a Grammy. The national media love Marcia, with Rolling Stone proclaiming "Rollicking, playful, good time blues and intimate, reflective balladry...her songs ring with emotional depth."
The Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars were founded in 2005 when some of Louisiana's most prominent musicians got together and produced a benefit CD for the Voice of the Wetlands non-profit organization. The loss of South Louisiana's wetlands is a serious environmental problem, contributes to the loss of the musicians' unique culture, heritage and livelihood and was made even worse by the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. The New York Times states that "If one band had to encapsulate [the 2009 New Orleans] Jazzfest, it might well be the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, an improbable cooperative with a cause." The Wetlands All Stars features Grammy nominated guitarist Tab Benoit, youngest Neville Brother Cyril Neville, singer and guitarist Anders Osborne, harmonica player Johnny Sansone, "Louisiana's Rockin' Fiddler" Waylon Thibodeaux, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Mardi Gras Indian tribe, the Golden Eagles.
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