Bonnie Raitt’s talent for the blues is unmistakable, but she’s far from a cookie-cutter clone of other blues crooners. She’s always had a very rock-focused and bittersweet vibe to the way she sings, ...

Midway through a recent Bonnie Raitt concert, a woman shouted “Play ‘Angel From Montgomery.’” The song, a John Prine cover, was an album track for Raitt 50 years ago that became what she calls “so ...

Bonnie Raitt has a lengthy history of success in rock music. The singer-songwriter has had numerous hits on the rock and pop charts. It’s all thanks to her meticulous choice of songs for her records, ...

The heart-wrenching ballad, "I Can't Make You Love Me," written by songwriters Mike Reed and Allen Shamblin was inspired by a story in a 1989 edition of The Tennessean about street drunks. The song, ...

Bonnie Raitt's 1989 hit "Thing Called Love" is just one of the many highlights from her 50-year career. This year, the 13-time Grammy Award winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and one of ...

Bonnie Raitt in a movie with Middle America itself, John Travolta? Wait a minute. Is this the same Bonnie Raitt who is known as a political radical as well as a singer? “I’m actually starting to take ...

LENOX — One of Bonnie Raitt’s best-known older songs is John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery.” It starts with a line that reflected neither its author nor its singer when it was recorded in 1974 for ...

American Idol judges have come and gone over the years, but plenty of song choices have stayed. With more than 20 seasons under its belt, thousands of hopeful musicians have graced the singing ...

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 ...