Gerry Rafferty News

On the heels of releasing Slipstream , a bold, soulful effort that marks her first studio release in seven years , Bonnie Raitt embarks on the first leg of her 70-date tour on May 1. Tickets are available for presale starting February 8th at the newly revamped www.bonnieraitt.com . Complete ticketing information for the tour is available now.

Veteran singer and blueswoman Bonnie Raitt steps into the spotlight at the Palace Theatre in Albany at 8pm on Saturday, June 2. Raitt will be showcasing her upcoming new album, "Slipstream," slated for release on April 10.

Gerry Rafferty was a popular music giant at the end of the '70s, thanks to the song "Baker Street" and the album City to City.

The song is Scottish ; the groove is Jamaican ; the percussion is Latin ; and the guitar-playing is classic rock by way of Chicago blues.

Arriving at the station I walked across the concourse full of nostalgia as I checked into the recently refurbished Grand Central Hotel.

Thanks for listening again this morning!! The Sunday Morning Stretch got us hearing another Doucette song, the gospel according to Dave Matthews Band, heard about Julia and Julio.. separately, of course.

Gerry Rafferty was a musician born in Paisley, Glasgow, blessed with a pitch-perfect vocal and a sweet yet streetwise turn of phrase that would come to characterise much of his catalogue, the apotheosis of which was 'Baker Street'. Rafferty's relationship with his father in his early life was a troubled one; his mother would often take Rafferty out ... (more)

TEXAS star Ally McErlaine, who fought a life-threatening brain haemorrhage, has been voted Scot of the Year 2011 by a charity for Scots living in London to celebrate Burns Day.

For some, that's just the way they like it. Gerry Rafferty was the most uncomfortably self conscious pop star.

Top news in the entertainment world is coming through to San Francisco that Etta James , the singer, has died.

The annual celebration of traditional Scottish music has been launched by a pipe band and fire throwers in the centre of Glasgow.

A woman who was engaged to Gerry Rafferty when he died in January 2011 has initiated a lawsuit in the UK seeking a piece of the late pop star's estate, The Daily Mail reports.

The fiancee of late pop legend Gerry Rafferty has launched a High Court battle for a share of his fortune after she was left out of his 1.2million will.