Following some time away from recording and performing music, Bonnie Raitt returned in 2012 with "Slipstream," an intense production put out under the Redwing Records label, according to her website. The 12 tracks meld blues, funk, and rock and feature some of Raitt's acclaimed slide-guitar playing.
"Slipstream captures the kind of barnstorming fervor that can turn in the space of a song into a slow boil, [a] roiling storm of emotions," NPR marveled upon the record's release. "She has the guile and shrewdness of a long-time pro, but it's the purity of this beautiful mongrel music that gives it its great life."
"Slipstream," which Raitt co-produced with Joe Henry, swiftly sold over a quarter of a million copies, becoming one of the year's top-grossing indie albums. It also won Raitt another Grammy Award for Best Americana Album. Raitt began touring again following the album's release, traveling North America, Europe, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand before returning home to play the Kennedy Center Honors.
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