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When I got the opportunity to take the piss out of it with the Super Bowl commercial, that was just gleeful for me,” says the ...
When Bonnie Raitt was a young girl, she was enthralled by the power and charisma of such blues and folk greats as John Lee ...
If you walked into a bar in the US, say in one of the southern states, and Bonnie Raitt and her band were playing, you’d have the best night of your life. They are the kind of purely American rhythm’n ...
But, I was deeply touched at moments as well, and none so much as watching Bonnie Raitt perform, accompanied on piano by Chris Martin, the lead singer for the British rock band, Coldplay. Martin did ...
Guitarist and singer Samantha Fish picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the greatest cover version of all time ...
A summer circus show, Father's Day, Pride Month and Juneteenth celebrations, and other June events in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties.
Singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt has been taking questions from fans and discussing (among other things) her guitar playing, the young artists she admires and the enduring success of one of her biggest ...
Bonnie Raitt was almost a folk singer, part of the plethora of guitar-playing protesters of the Sixties led by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Sitting in her girlhood bedroom in a house atop Coldwater ...
And when Raitt returned for an encore, she sat down at the piano and played, “Your Sweet and Shining Eyes,” which happens to be Lynch’s favorite Bonnie Raitt song ever.
Bonnie Raitt (seen here performing in Tucson) was recently awarded a Kennedy Center honor. She dazzled a capacity crowd at the Winspear Opera House on March 23, 2025.
One of its most memorable moments is the guitar solo and, recognising its importance, Petrosyan says that she didn’t want to freestyle too much when she was playing it on stage. “The solo is very ...