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Bonnie Raitt

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Bonnie Raitt

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Studio Sessions

Bonnie Raitt's new album is titled Slipstream.

December 26, 2012 Hear the blues-rock legend play soul- and rock-infused blues songs from her new album, Slipstream.

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July 5, 2006 Bonnie Raitt performs songs from Souls Alike, her 18th album, and chats with callers.

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November 23, 2005 Bonnie Raitt's new record, her eighteenth, is the first on which she is credited as a producer.

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Interviews & Profiles

Bonnie Raitt accepts her Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Music Awards in Nashville on Sept. 12, 2012.

September 18, 2012 The blues guitarist talks with Ann Powers about her influences at the Americana Music Conference.

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Bonnie Raitt's latest album, Slipstream, is the first release on her own Redwing Records label.

June 16, 2012 Slipstream is Raitt's 19th album — and first for her own label, Redwing Records.

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November 4, 2005 Bonnie Raitt says her trademark slide guitar can produce "the saddest sound you've ever heard."

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Reviews

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April 10, 2012 Slipstream is Raitt's first album since 2005, and she's produced most of the tracks herself.

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More Stories

Bonnie Raitt's new album, Slipstream, comes out April 10.

April 1, 2012 Slipstream serves Raitt's lifelong project of expressing how blues idioms apply to modern women.

Muddy Waters pioneered Chicago's now-signature electric blues.

April 14, 2009 Take Five takes a detour with jazz's cousin, the blues, and one of its primary guitar techniques.

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Souls Alike

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  • Album: Souls Alike
  • Artist: Bonnie Raitt
  • Label: Capitol
  • Released: 2005
 

Slipstream

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  • Album: Slipstream
  • Artist: Bonnie Raitt
  • Label: Redwing Records
  • Released: 2012
 

Silver Lining

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  • Album: Silver Lining
  • Artist: Bonnie Raitt
  • Label: Capitol
  • Released: 2002