Bonnie Raitt: Silver Lining

Interview, April, 2002 by Bill Appleton

For her 16th album, the bottleneck blues-pop queen recruited a potpourri of friends old and new. Her magic touch remains intact, as Raitt offers a blend of spongy grooves and relaxed blues that link her personal brand of honky-tonk to the grit and glide of soul styles from Mali to the Mississippi Delta.