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This essential Bonnie Raitt song nabbed the blues-rock icon a Grammy in 2023, and it makes sense why. “Just Like That” is a really amazing song that perfectly melts together airy country with ...
More than 50 years since Raitt debuted with her self-titled album, four decades on from Green Light, and the superfluous anniversaries that come with more than five decades of music-making, Raitt ...
Bonnie Raitt was born into music on November 8, 1949, in Burbank, California. Growing up with her father, Broadway actor John Raitt, and mother, pianist and singer, Marge Goddard, performing was ...
Better Than Jail, a new benefit album that contains a 12-track lineup of iconic prison song covers, was released today, Friday, Oct. 4. Bringing together a coveted assemblage of Americana, blues ...
And Bonnie Raitt, the next album, the next recording that you brought with you is B. B. King. And this one goes back to 1958 - "Rock Me Baby." Tell me why you chose this one.
Terry invited Bonnie Raitt to bring and play some of the blues recordings that most influenced her. Before we hear them, let's listen to a song from her first album, which was released in 1971.
The singer/songwriter is one of the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees. In 1996, Raitt spoke to Fresh Air about about the musicians that inspired her, including Mississippi Fred McDowell. Interview ...