The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has just announced the nominees for its class of 2023. pic.twitter.com/8vFkggOPT5 — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) February 1, 2023 I’m not gonna argue about musical genres, but here are tributes to a couple of great women: "Long renowned as an interpreter, she has quietly built a catalog of her …
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A Bonnie Raitt concert was the first show I paid to attend, when she was doing college tours back in 1973/74… (Unpaywalled ‘gift’ link):
Bonnie Raitt is no stranger to the Grammys, which will be awarded Sunday in Los Angeles. She has won 10 of them since 1979, and she has also been a frequent presenter and performer on the show, befitting a musician who has long been the model of a sustainable, self-guided rock career.
Raitt has never depended on hit singles or spectacle; instead, she relies on the quiet power of a voice that draws on blues, country, soul and rock to speak plainly about complicated emotions. Modestly but tenaciously, Raitt has cycled through decades of recording albums and touring, selling out 3,000-seat theaters and playing regularly at festivals. Musicians like Adele and Bon Iver have drawn on her repertoire, and younger musicians, particularly women, have cited her example as a bandleader and producer…
You’ve been an example for a lot of younger performers as a woman who is indisputably the bandleader.Maria Muldaur told me that years ago. She decided that she could actually be a solo act after watching me with my band in the studio in Woodstock, making “Give It Up.” And in the last 10 years of Americana events, I meet all these other women like Brandi Carlile, and they’ll tell me that they were growing up on my music and what an influence I’ve been.
But it’s hard for me to think about that because I know my foibles and my failings. I still hold myself up to a standard I probably can’t live up to. But I’m really grateful when people say those kind things about me…
At your concerts, it seems that you’re totally relaxed and casual, but you’re onstage in front of thousands of people. Do you think about pacing, timing, theatricality?
Somehow I just learned to put a show together. There’s nothing like performing live. It’s just something I was born to do. And when I put together a show, I leave room for some wild cards. It’s a joy every night — to know that you have the aces on each of those instruments, and that we’ve rehearsed enough where we can have some fun with it. And I think the audiences are not there to see a jukebox show. They’re going with me wherever I want to go. I’m more comfortable onstage than any other place in my life. I wish I was as comfortable offstage as I am onstage…
Happy 46th birthday to the talented Shakira.
Throughout her career, the Grammy-winning icon has made undeniable impact in both the Latin and English music industry. With outstanding longevity, she ranked as Billboard’s Top Female Latin Artist of the Decade twice (2000s, 2010s). pic.twitter.com/e6hXfO1EDh
— Pop Base (@PopBase) February 2, 2023
Hard to believe this was just three years ago — *barely* pre-pandemic!
3 years ago today, jennifer lopez & shakira performed at the super bowl pic.twitter.com/PrlN51KDYu
— NOSTALGIA (@notgwendalupe) February 2, 2023
Her whole discography pic.twitter.com/Ujlax7G3kh
— Fati 🇲🇦 (@fatishakifan1) February 2, 2023