USA Today Music — On her first studio album in seven years, Raitt shows her customary warmth and a lot of slide guitar. more info

USA Today Music — Her first album in seven years, 'Slipstream,' arrives this week. more info

Chicago Tribune — “Slipstream” (Redwing) marks Bonnie Raitt’s first album since 2005 and her first independent release in a career that stretches back to the early ‘70s. The album is a composite of two recording sessions, one a self-produced effort with her ro... more info

Detroit Free Press — Van Dyke Parks has never really been a household name, as he has primarily worked behind the scenes as a producer, arranger, songwriter and session musician and only occasionally released albums as a solo artist. But his significance in the world of ... more info

ContactMusic — Blues singer Bonnie Raitt took a break from her career to mourn the loss of her mother father brother and best friend after all four passed away within a five-year period The Something to Talk About hitmaker hasnt released new music since 2005 and he... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Slipstream serves Raitt's lifelong project of expressing how blues idioms apply to the life of the modern woman. The guitarist and singer's first release since 2005, it's warmly contemporary, while still strongly rooted in the blues mood... more info

Guardian Music — A band featuring three sisters, who combine the wafty whimsy of folk with R&B beats. It shouldn't really work. It doesHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Danielle Haim (vocals, lead guitar), Alana Haim (vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion), Es... more info

Popdose — Could I get any more excited for the release of Bonnie Raitt’s new album, Slipstream, on April 10? Possibly, if she’d agree to let me interview her. (Call me, Bonnie!) But otherwise, I’m pretty much thoroughly primed to hear her first new music... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Singer-songwriter Carly Jamison brought along her NYC DIY attitude when she laid down the tracks for her debut album Everything Happens For A Reason at True Tone Recording in Nashville, TN. Country rock is a schizophrenic genre: changes are that ... more info

Stereogum — Reluctant Best New Artist Bon Iver recently recorded a 4AD Session featuring he and collaborator/labelmate/fellow Wisconsinite S. Carey fleshing out some Bon Iver tunes (as well as his Bonnie Raitt cover) on pianos. Recorded at AIR Studio’s Lyndurs... more info