When an icon drops her first album in six years, you sit up and take notice.Bonnie Raittmade her earliest record a half-century and more ago, in August 1971. She was 21 and could easily have been carded; the face on the cover ofBonnie Raitt—that first album—has yet to shed all i...
"I was so inspired for this song by the incredible story of the love and the grace and the generosity of someone that donates their beloved's organs to help another person live," Raitt said. "And this story, it was so simple and so beautiful for these times." She went into f...
But now, after a failed marriage, the passing of her parents, and the death of her older brother, Steve, from cancer. Bonnie Raitt admits she's turned an emotional corner. Her latest album, "Dig In Deep," may be her most personal. On the final cut, "The Ones We Couldn't Be," s...
Bonnie. Just does not sound like the name of a woman. I love the name though because there was this really sweet girl when I was growing up- she was ten years or at least eight years older than I- she would be in her 50's now- and she was so nice so I loved her and began ...
she played alongside classic blues performers such as Sippie Wallace andArthur (“Big Boy”) Crudupas well asfolk rockcontemporaries such asJackson BrowneandLittle Feat. Her first three albums largelycomprisedtraditional blues material and introduced Raitt’s supple phrasing, feminist stance, and keen ...