Like many of you, I am reeling in the wake of the devastating ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and how the lives and reproductive health of women have already been impacted across the country. The stress of additional Supreme Court decisions looming this week and Justice Thomas’ intimation that other constitutionally-protected rights (to contraception and same-sex marriage) are also on the table is all weighing very heavily. The Dobbs ruling only exacerbates the inequity in health care for women of color and those communities already struggling. I think this editorial piece is particularly strong advocacy:
LA Times Editorial: Congress must protect rights to contraception and same-sex relationships

To learn more about the disproportionate suffering that the dismantling of reproductive rights will have on women of color, I recommend reading the pieces linked below.

There is much to feel and process right now, while we gather ourselves and move forward together to support women and families who are faced with immediate hardship. Let’s stay vigilant and tuned in to what activists and attorneys on the front lines are doing to protect access to safe abortions (particularly in those states that are contemplating outright bans on the procedure,) as well as to protect contraception and family planning advice. Let’s keep up our support in all the ways we can. We’re all in this together! — Bonnie

Women of color will be most impacted by the end of Roe, experts say

Op-Ed: No, Justice Alito, Reproductive Justice Is in the Constitution

By Thom Duffy

“I love coming back to the Beacon,” declared Raitt, opening a two-night stand at the Manhattan theater, touring behind her new chart topping album `Just Like That…’
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By Geoff Bennett
By Andrew Corkery

Music legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt is out with her twenty-first album called “Just Like That.” It’s her first new release in more than six years, and has landed at No. 1 on six different Billboard charts since its release. Geoff Bennett sat down with Raitt to discuss her dynamic 50-year career and what she’s learned about herself along the way. WATCH THE INTERVIEW

By Stuart Munro
The Boston Globe

Bonnie Raitt is nothing if not generous, and during her 90 minutes on stage at Leader Bank Pavilion Friday night, that characteristic showed up again and again. She made sure the audience knew who was playing with her by introducing her band (including Boston’s own guitar master Duke Levine — “hometown team!,” Raitt exclaimed) after the second song instead of toward the show’s end. READ MORE

Photo by Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe

by Dan DeLuca
Philadelphia Inquirer

The Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams double bill at the Mann Center Wednesday spotlighted two women making music steeped in the blues who continue to create at a high level decades into careers of remarkable duration. READ MORE

Photo by Elizabeth Robertson/Staff Photographer

RollingStone.com
By Emily Zemler

Bonnie Raitt slowed things down with a soulful rendition of her song “Blame It on Me” on The Late Show. The musician and her band gave the track a bluesy, intimate vibe, which was aided by the dim, moody lighting on the late-night show stage. READ MORE AND WATCH THE PERFORMANCE: https://bit.ly/3HugfQs

BY TINA BENITEZ-EVES

Watching a human interest segment on the news in 2018, Bonnie Raitt couldn’t pull away from the story of a woman who donated her child’s organ and was about to meet the recipient of her son’s heart for the first time. The man sat with her and asked if she would like to put her head on his chest so she could hear her son’s heart. “I just lost it,” says Raitt. “It was the most moving and surprising thing. I wasn’t expecting it. I vowed right then that I wanted to write a song about what that would take.”

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Photo by Ken Friedman

Another wonderful surprise this week as Bonnie’s recording of ‘Made Up Mind’ lands on Billboard’s “50 Best Songs of 2022 So Far: Staff List.” The song was written by The Bros. Landreth and Jonathan Singleton (and originally released in 2014 on The Bros. Landreth album Let It Lie.) As soon as she heard it, Bonnie just knew she had to cut it!

Billboard as well acknowledged Bonnie’s label by featuring Redwing Records at the top of their “2022 Indie Power Players” list and reflected back on her Women In Music Icon award acceptance speech in March 2022 when Bonnie “gave a shoutout to fellow female artists and musical mentors, plus praised the ‘mighty core’ of women in her organization to whom she was ‘extremely indebted,’ including her Redwing Records co-directors.” Thank you, Billboard for these appreciations and acknowledgements. It’s been quite a ride so far for Just Like That… !

50 BEST SONGS: https://bit.ly/3xfs6Nw

INDIE POWER PLAYERS: https://bit.ly/3H2nYoq

Photo collage by Billboard

Tony Scherman | Jun 7, 2022

When an icon drops her first album in six years, you sit up and take notice. Bonnie Raitt made her earliest record a half-century and more ago, in August 1971. She was 21 and could easily have been carded; the face on the cover of Bonnie Raitt—that first album—has yet to shed all its baby fat.

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Photo by Ebet Roberts

We are happy to announce that Bonnie’s Just Like That…October & November 2022 Tour Dates with Special Guest Marc Cohn will go on sale this week! The Fan Presales and Special Benefit Seat (SBS) sales at bonnieraitt.com start Wednesday 5/11 at 10am local time and the general on-sales to the public begin Friday 5/13 at 10am local time. If you want to see these shows and pay face value ticket prices (hint hint: NOT scalper prices or via online scalper agencies,) we highly encourage you to purchase during the Fan Presales on 5/11 & 5/12. Sign in/Register at the FREE Fan Community at https://members.bonnieraitt.com to access the Fan Presales and SBS. Here is a great photo of Bonnie and Marc when they first toured Australia together in 1992!