Guardian Music — Motown hero laid down basslines on many of the label's most memorable hitsThe Motown session musician Bob Babbitt, one of the legendary Funk Brothers studio team, ghas died aged 74. Babbitt's bass playing pounded through sauch Motown classics as the ... more info

CNN Showbiz — Just hours before the first full-scale concert of her current tour, Bonnie Raitt stood high above the stage and reflected on the job she's held for more than four decades. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Bonnie Raitt definitely gave her audience something to talk about on Saturday night at Massey Hall. more info

Chicago Tribune — Bonnie Raitt claimed she was “intimidated” by the Chicago Theatre, but that hardly seemed the case Saturday in the first of two sold-out concerts at the Loop landmark. more info

Chicago Tribune — HoZac Blackout Festival: Three days, 23 bands straight out of the garage, or a similarly dank and unforgiving place, with guitars dialed to the “face melt” setting, presented by Chicago’s esteemed HoZac label. Headliners include Davila 666, th... more info

Starpulse — Hollie Cavanagh couldn't make America love her. The 18-year-old McKinney, Texas, native received the fewest number of votes on this week's American Idol and was sent home Thursday night. Hollie's... more info

Guardian Music — Three LA sisters, two pushy parents, one R&B superproducer. If the Spice Girls were into classic rock they'd sound like Haim"Este's the loud, funny one," says Danielle Haim of her two sisters. "She's Scary Haim. Alana is Baby Haim. Me? That's a bit o... more info

USA Today Music — Populating the playlist: Jack White's 'Sixteen Saltines,' Bonnie Raitt's 'Standing in the Doorway,' Neon Trees' 'Teenage Sounds.' more info

Mercury News, California — Artist's first release since 2005 revitalizes her career and life more info

ContactMusic — Blues queen Bonnie Raitt got sober when she watched party pal Stevie Ray Vaughan clean up his act on tour The Something to Talk About singer admits she was one of the last people in her circle of friends to quit boozing and seek help - and it was the... more info