Bonnie is the latest guest on the Questlove Supreme podcast with hosts Questlove, Laiya Stclair, Phonte Coleman, Suga Steve and Bill Sherman! Tune in to hear their great discussion on music, sobriety, manifestation and Bonnie’s forthcoming album, Just Like That…

https://lnk.to/QLS_BonnieRaitt

We know that women bear a disproportionate burden during war and we see that happening right before our eyes as women and children flee Ukraine with their babies strapped to them, comforting their older children too heavy to physically carry and traumatized by the violence, chaos and suffering all around them. In times like these, when I feel powerless to help stem the tide of human suffering, I look to those relief organizations on the ground who are bravely providing humanitarian support, shelter, safety and food. These are unprecedented times and it’s incumbent upon those of us living outside of the conflict zone and surrounding countries welcoming refugees (more than 1.7 million who have made it out of Ukraine over the last 12 days,) to donate what we can and speak out for PEACE. We’ve made donations to these organizations and encourage you to learn about their work and donate if you are able.  

— Bonnie and BRHQ

Global Empowerment Mission

World Central Kitchen

Photojournalist Francesco Malavolta said he was struck by the solidarity of Polish parents who left their strollers for mothers and children fleeing war in Ukraine. Photo by Francesco Malavolta / AP​​

Bonnie was honored with the Icon Award at Billboard’s Women In Music 2022 Awards on March 2, 2022 at the YouTube Theatre in Inglewood, CA. Here are some highlights from the event!

Bonnie’s Billboard Pink Carpet interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ESHUuAsqs

“Angel From Montgomery” performance (Bonnie, Jackson Browne and James “Hutch” Hutchinson)
https://youtu.be/PnnBk4HzJzQ

Jackson Browne’s speech
https://t.co/MNRuNGXmDl

Bonnie’s Acceptance Speech
https://youtu.be/ZOmxB9x1HSY

Full livestream of the event
https://twitter.com/i/events/1493637865489661952

Photo credit: Bonnie Raitt, Olivia Rodrigo and Sheryl Crow at Billboard Women In Music held at YouTube Theater on March 2, 2022 in Inglewood, California. Michael Buckner for Billboard.

For more than fifty years, she’s seamlessly melded music and activism, inspiring contemporaries and newcomers alike with her guitar-playing prowess.

By Rebecca Milzoff
BILLBOARD

Bonnie Raitt resides among the redwoods.

She had always dreamed of living in Northern California like one of her heroes, Joan Baez, did, up in Big Sur. So years ago, once she had wrapped the tour for Nick of Time — her 1989 commercial breakthrough on Capitol Records that won her three Grammy Awards, including album of the year — she took a break and rented a furnished place in Marin County, outside San Francisco. She typically splits her time between here and Los Angeles. But for the past two years, the environment up north suited her especially well. “If I wasn’t going to get to play,” Raitt, 72, says today, verdant foliage encroaching on the window behind her, “at least I could hike and walk by the ocean and be near this incredible mecca of counterculture.”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE:
https://t.co/urT2WV0BBC

She will join the rest of the 2021 Special Merit Award recipients, which were announced nearly a year ago.

By Paul Grein
December 9, 2021

Bonnie Raitt will join the Recording Academy’s 2021 class of special merit award recipients, first announced in December 2020, when the awards are belatedly presented in a ceremony at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2022, the night before the 64th annual Grammy Awards.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE
https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/bonnie-raitt-recording-academy-lifetime-achievement-award-1235007396/