[TR24][OF] Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream - 2012 (Blues)

Slipstream marks a return, after a seven year hiatus from beloved vocalist and guitarist, Bonnie Raitt. One of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” and a nine-time GRAMMY® Award winner, Bonnie Raitt is back in full force, with the same tenacity and talent that has won over fans for more than four decades. The exquisite album is a joint effort from two recording sessions: a self-produced outing with her road band and an unprecedented collaboration with producer Joe Henry. Included is the gritty blues driven track “Used to Rule the World,” the evocative ballad “Not Cause I Wanted To,” and two stellar Dylan numbers, “Standing in the Doorway” and “Million Miles.” Eloquently sung, this long awaited return triumphs with bursting sonic fidelity.

Reviews
- “4 out of 5 stars - Slipstream, her first album in seven years and the first she has self-released, is a loose and adventurous reminder of everything she does well.” - Will Hermes, Rolling Stone

- “3 out of 4 stars” – Chicago Tribune

- “***½ (out of four)” - USA Today

“When it comes to eloquently and elegantly singing about heartache, it's hard to beat Bonnie Raitt... her first new album in seven years, couldn't be better...Slipstream is Raitt's strongest work since the one-two punch of Nick of Time and Luck of the Draw more than 20 years ago” - Glenn Gamboa, Newsday

“...nine-time Grammy winner handles it with typical grace, channeling the angst in low-slung blues and lending her full-throated voice to a set of covers and originals that by turns reveal anguish and elation.” - Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle

“Taken together, they give Slipstream this layered, very adult sense of narrative heft. Bonnie Raitt is back and, once again, it’s on her own terms.” - Nick DeRiso, Something Else!

“It's been seven years since her last album, but Bonnie Raitt seems to pick up right where she left off in a consistent career that began in the early '70s.” - Philadelphia Inquirer

“Raitt's gift for expressing emotions on a real, human scale is what makes her so beloved. On Slipstream, she takes on some of the hardest, and she doesn't fail us now.” - Ann Powers, NPR