Bonnie Raitt is back doing the same thing she always does: kicking ass. Four years after her Grammy winning Slipstream, Raitt is back with another collection of prize-winning material. Nearly half of the album is originals, the remainder carefully-chosen treasures […]
Bonnie Raitt performing at the 2013 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.
Bonnie Raitt performing at the 2013 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.
Eric Kaz tells me his new collection of songs — which he hopes to have available in January at cdbaby.com — represents a milestone. “This was the first time in my recording career that I’ve been completely satisfied with my […]
I started playing guitar when I was 11 years old. I wanted to play bass, but my father wanted me to start on the instrument he knew best. His argument was, “You love to sing. Start with guitar so you […]
Susan Cattaneo is not only a Berklee trained musician but she teaches there as well. Her songwriting classes are highly regarded by the students. She helps them to blend their words to the music and vice versa — and to keep […]
Bonnie Raitt’s Starbucks appeal was established long before she scored as one of Ray Charles’ duets partners on his huge-selling swan song for the coffee chain. Among pop artists of a certain age, she has long provided the equivalent of […]
Depending on how you categorize Aretha Franklin (and with P.J. Harvey and Corin Tucker classified as works-in-progress), Bonnie Raitt stands as the rock era’s pre-eminent female artist. In part, her achievement is simply a function of longevity; few women have […]
