Always more in demand on the road than at home, pianist Marcia Ball has developed into one of the most dynamic and dependable performers in Texas. A native of Orange and a resident of Austin for nearly three decades, she has that infectious Gulf Coast rhythm and blues gumbo down hot. But to her it’s still a living, breathing thing, continually evolving in the roadhouses and nightclubs. It shows on her ninth album, Presumed Innocent. Her curling, skittering Professor Longhair piano pedigree is undeniable on romps like the Cajun-flavored “Louella” and “Thibodaux, Louisiana,” and the Houston-to-New-Orleans ballad “I’m Coming Down With the Blues” is humid and swampy. She’s as effective on a TGIF whoop like “Shake a Leg” as she is on a moody, two-in-the-morning…The post Presumed Innocent appeared first on Texas Monthly.