Bonnie had the pleasure of speaking with Sheroes Radio host Carmel Holt while on the road. Carmel is a veteran radio personality and producer who created SHEROES Radio to “TURN UP THE VOLUME of womxn’s voices on the airwaves, because there is still a huge gender disparity in the music as well as the folx programming and presenting radio playlists.” – from BRHQ
ABOUT THIS WEEK’S SHERO IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Bonnie Raitt - speaking with Sheroes Radio host Carmel Holt 5-28-2022
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Even though our guest this week has earned ten GRAMMY Awards and over twenty nominations, is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and is known as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, you’ll hear the legendary Bonnie Raitt refer to herself as an activist first, which makes sense, as she has been devoted to both music and activism her entire life, her fifty year career inseparably connected to her social activism for the environment, No Nukes, social justice and human rights, as well as music education and rights for artists and creators, all while putting out one fantastic album after another, collaborating with musicians too long to list here, touring, and since 2012 running her own independent label, Redwing Records.
At 72, Bonnie is showing no signs of slowing down. We’re not even halfway through 2022 and has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the GRAMMYS, the Icon Award at the Billboard Women in Music Awards, and her tenth album Nick of Time was inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry, all while she was getting ready to release her 21st album, Just Like That… and finally head back out on tour after the forced pause brought on by the pandemic.
The unstoppable and inspiring Bonnie Raitt is this week’s SHERO in the Spotlight.
A NATIONALLY SYNDICATED RADIO SHOW WITH A MISSION. TO TURN UP THE VOLUME OF WOMEN’S VOICES ON THE AIRWAVES AND IN MUSIC, ACROSS GENRES AND GENERATIONS. NEW EPISODES WEEKLY FEATURING AN IN-DEPTH ARTIST INTERVIEW.
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Bonnie will be a presenter at THE 64TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS® this Sunday, April 3rd! Catch the broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network or stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Tune in to Music's Biggest Night®! ... See MoreSee Less
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Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2, the anticipated new John Prine tribute record from Oh Boy Records, is out today. Stream/purchase HERE.
Created as a celebration of Prine’s life and career, the album features new renditions of some of Prine’s most beloved songs performed by Brandi Carlile (“I Remember Everything”), Tyler Childers (“Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You”), Iris DeMent (“One Red Rose”), Emmylou Harris (“Hello In There”), Jason Isbell (“Souvenirs”), Valerie June (“Summer’s End”), Margo Price (“Sweet Revenge”), Bonnie Raitt (“Angel From Montgomery”), Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (“Pretty Good”), Amanda Shires (“Saddle in the Rain”), Sturgill Simpson(“Paradise”) and John Paul White (“Sam Stone”). Proceeds from the album will benefit twelve different non-profit organizations, one selected by each of the featured artists.
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Bonnie Raitt - Write Me a Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues
60 years anniversary celebration of Arhoolie
December 10, 2020
Arhoolie Foundation celebrates it's 60th anniversary (1960-2020) with an online broadcast.
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Bonnie Raitt - Shadow of Doubt
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
October 3, 2020
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass celebrates it's 20th anniversary with an online broadcast titled “Let The Music Play On”.
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Bonnie Raitt & Boz Scaggs - You Don't Know Like I Know
Farm Aid 2020 On the Road
Sam & Dave classic written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.
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Sheryl Crow & Bonnie Raitt - Everything Is Broken
[Eric Clapton’s Crossroads 2019]
Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the chemical dependency treatment and education facility that Clapton founded in 1998.
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'A Tribute To Mose Allison'
Celebrates The Music Of An Exciting Jazz Master
Raitt contributed to a new album, If You're Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison, which celebrates the late singer and pianist, who famously blended the rough-edged blues of the Mississippi Delta with the 1950s jazz of New York City.
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Bonnie Raitt about her friendship with the Mose Allison. They're also joined by Amy Allison — his daughter, who executive produced the album — about selecting an unexpected list of artists to contribute songs to the album.
Recorded on tour June 3, 2017 - Centennial Hall, London - Ontario Canada