Remembering my dear friend John Prine on what what would have been his 77th birthday. I miss him dearly as do all of his fans, family and friends in the music community. Flashing back to one of the many times we performed “Angel From Montgomery” together with a clip from an episode of Austin City Limits filmed in 2002. Happy Birthday, John! — Bonnie

Enter the ticket giveaway to attend the October 15, 2023 taping of Bonnie’s appearance on Austin City Limits! There are a very limited number of passes available for this taping! Enter the giveaway here https://acltv.com/2023/10/05/giveaway-bonnie-raitt/

The Canadian tour has been terrific; great crowds and the band on fire. There’s three shows left, including tonight in Thunder Bay, Ontario on the shores of Lake Superior, then London, Ontario and Toronto on Wednesday. Special Guest Royal Wood and his group have delighted the audiences as well.

Bonnie’s tour continues on to Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and wraps up Austin with her taping Austin City Limits Oct 15th. She and the band thank all our Canadian fans for giving them such a warm welcome back. Thanks to our bass player, “Hutch” Hutchinson for this great shot from the stage in Winnipeg.

Here’s a link to the wonderful concert review in the Winnipeg Free Press. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/10/01/roots-legend-raitt-runs-emotional-gamut

Bonnie will perform at the Americana Music Association Awards & Honors on September 20, 2023. Join the festivities beginning at 6:30pm CT via live stream at NPR Music, Circle All Access’ YouTube channel and the Americana Music Association’s Facebook page!

Austin City Limits has just announced a stellar slate of fall tapings to complete Season 49, featuring multiple Grammy-winning icons and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legends, including Bonnie Raitt! On October 15, Bonnie will return to ACL for a taping of her first headlining appearance in over a decade, to showcase her triple Grammy-winning album Just Like That… Bonnie will be joined by her incredible band as well as a special guest, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso Sunny War.
https://acltv.com/2023/09/07/new-tapings-pat-benatar-neil-giraldo-brittney-spencer-alanis-morissette-foo-fighters-and-bonnie-raitt-with-sunny-war/

About a week before October 15th, a ticket giveaway for the taping in Austin will be posted at https://acltv.com/tapings/

Mark your calendars!

Bonnie and her label Redwing Records are collaborating with Sunrise Records Canada to offer you a chance to win #FrontRow tickets to see Bonnie and her band in concert as she takes the Just Like That… Tour across Canada in September and October. Click the link below to enter for your chance to win tickets in #Penticton, #Edmonton and #Calgary. Chances to enter to win tickets in the remaining cities to follow!

https://www.sunriserecords.com/deals

Please let us continue to keep the people of West Maui as well as the Upcountry part of the island in your hearts as they navigate the incredibly difficult aftermath of the devastating wildfires. If you are able to send donations to Hawaii-based non-profits supporting community-organized mutual aid relief hubs, please consider doing so today. Thousands of people, including families with young children and elderly relatives are displaced and are struggling to meet their basic needs amid the ongoing chaos and frustrating response from the government. The local community in Lāhainā have been mobilized and helping each other for the past 10 days, but their need for support to continue to help their neighbors is ongoing. It’s so important to help these families be able to stay in Lāhainā and not be forced to move elsewhere. Please donate if you can, anything helps. Some suggested links are below. Thank you. — BRHQ

Maui Rapid Response: https://mauirapidresponse.org
Hawaiʻi People’s Fund: https://www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org/?fbclid=IwAR3i8fZtxFJSlSkTI9S9Bz9pm-BbIJ8uEAZbQeWK2VY0qW9GD938HYds_mQ
ʻĀina Momona: https://www.kaainamomona.org
Council of Native Hawaiian Advancement, Alaka’ina and Kakoʻo Haleākalā: https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui
Hawaiʻi Community Foundation Maui Strong Disaster Relief: https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong
Maui Food Bank: https://mauifoodbank.org/donate/

For those of you also wanting to help local musicians who lost their homes and instruments, we are so glad to see that MusiCares is offering Maui musicians immediate relief for basic living expenses, medical expenses, destroyed instruments, and more. Please support the fund at the link below and reach out to MusiCares if you are a musician in need of support: https://www.musicares.org/about?form=FUNHPSNLFDZ

Photo Credit: Megan Moseley/Maui Now

Just rocked by the devastating tragedy unfolding in Maui. Have loved playing and visiting there since the early 70’s. My heart goes out to all and let’s send our love and support the best we can. Here are some terrific organizations helping on the ground now.
Thank you, Bonnie

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kokuamaui
https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong
https://wck.org/relief/hawaii-wildfires-2023

Photo by Matthew Thayer/AP

Bonnie was thrilled to be a part of a remarkable musical safari to Mali, West Africa, in January of 2000. Led by her friends at Afropop Worldwide, she and a group of avid fans got to experience some of their favorite artists playing live in both towns and local clubs from Bamako to Timbuktu. These included the legendary OumouSangare, DjelimadyTounkara, LobiTraore, AliFarkaToure and HabibKoite. Habib came along for some of the trip and the next year, on tour in the States, brought his band Bamada into the studio in LA to collaborate with Bonnie on their song together, “Back Around,” for her Silver Lining album, released In 2001. She’s been playing the song for the first time live on this latest Just Like That… tour. Afropop Worldwide is revisiting their audio program about the journey, including interviews, music clips and recollections about the trip in the piece “Mali Magic 2000” at the link below. — BRHQ
https://afropop.org/audio-programs/mali-magic-2000

Rest in peace, dear Tony Bennett. One of the greatest singers of all time, and one of the warmest, most joyful and evolved people I’ve ever known. One of the honors of my lifetime was getting to duet with him on his Bennett Sings the Blues album back in 2001. My love and sympathy go out to his family and don’t we know there’ll be some swingin’ on high when Tony passes through those gates.