Bonnie Raitt Rises

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 22, 2013

Bonnie Raitt discusses her success as an independent artist for the first time in decades. Last year, she released Slipstream on her own label and made her biggest debut in over 20 years, won the Grammy for Best Americana Album (her tenth), and is back on the road again this fall. (This is a rebroadcast of an earlier show.)

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