Bonnie Raitt News

On her 16th studio album, Slipstream, released last year and recorded with the seemingly ubiquitous Joe Henry, Bonnie Raitt continued doing what she has always done: "curate a bunch of great songs from totally different traditions and stick them together on one record".

Chico Performances is known for bringing in a lively array of artists and speakers to the Laxson Auditorium stage on the Chico State Unversity campus.

WATCHING Bonnie Raitt do her thing on the Jools Holland show last week was a very sweet reminder of what a soulful singer, a killer guitar player and a classy performer can do when she has a great song to play with.

Bonnie Raitt's most recent album, Slipstream , is about a year old now. On it, she covers a couple of late-era Dylan songs as well as cuts by Gerry Rafferty and Loudon Wainwright III.

This is the story of a farm boy who started out using a steak bone for a guitar slide - but later went on to tour the United States, coach Bonnie Raitt on her slide technique, and get one of his songs covered by the Rolling Stones.

OneRepublic continues to show its love for the Colorado music scene it calls home.

"I'm beginning to remember a lot more," Chris Smither mused over the phone on a recent afternoon.

Renowned singer/writer and slide-guitarist Bonnie Raitt arrives at Newcastle City Hall on June 24 as part of her first UK tour in seven years.

The Lucky Dog Music Hall in Worcester had just started filling up when the Amanda Cote Project was introduced.

Legendary musician George Marinelli joins nine-time Grammy award winning artist Bonnie Raitt for her Slipstream tour which spans the globe.

Sarah Potenza & the Tall Boys is a Nashville-based band specializing in original country/soul. Promotions for its concert Saturday night quote the Kansas City Blues Society in describing Potenza's sound as a cross between Johnny Cash and Bonnie Raitt.