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"On this record, I wanted to stretch," says Bonnie Raitt. "I always want to find songs that excite me, and what's different this time is that I've tried some styles and topics I haven't touched on before."<br/><br/>With Just Like That..., her first new album in more than six years, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Raitt continues to draw on the range of influences that have shaped her legendary career, while creating something that speaks to the circumstances and challenges of these unprecedented times.<br/><br/>The title comes from a line in one of her new original songs ("Just like that your life can change"), which seemed especially fitting "because there's never been a time that made me look around and say, 'Nobody saw this coming'-where all of a sudden, everything shifted." <br/><br/>But the biggest surprises on Just Like That...are the four songs written by Raitt. "Living for the Ones," co-written with her longtime guitarist George Marinelli, is a rocking dedication to the friends and family she has lost in recent years, while the sardonic "Waitin' for You to Blow," about the devil on recovery's shoulder, is a funk/jazz hybrid inspired by Mose Allison, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, and '70s funk. "There's something thrilling about creating something brand new out of feelings and styles that have always run so deep in me," she says.<br/><br/>Two songs were inspired by real-life scenarios: "Down the Hall" began when Raitt read a New York Times story a few years ago about a prison hospice program, and the album's title track was sparked by a local news segment showing two families deeply impacted on both sides of an organ donation. <br/><br/>"These stories moved me deeply," she says. "And in the face of so much hatred and cruelty the last few years, these examples of redemption, and people acting out of love, were healing for me, and what I wanted to focus on and write about. <br/><br/>"I've always loved the early guitar songs of Dylan, Jackson Browne, Paul Brady, and especially John Prine," she adds. "With songs like 'Angel From Montgomery' and 'Donald and Lydia,' John was able to just climb inside and sing these people's lives. With his passing last year, his inspiration meant even more in writing these two songs."<br/><br/>Bonnie Raitt has never felt more grateful that she can continue making music, contributing to causes, keeping her crew working, and connecting with her audience. "I'm really aware of how lucky I am and I feel like my responsibility is to get out there and say something fresh and new-for me and for the fans," she says. "It's really daunting not to repeat yourself, but I have to have something to say, or I wouldn't put out a record."

War In My Mind är producerad av Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Dave Matthews Band, Goo Goo Dolls) och ges ut då Beth Harts kreativitet nått nya höjdpunkter.<br/><br/>Efter att ha följt Beth Harts fantastiska, 25-åriga karriär har man lärt sig att räkna med det oberäkneliga. Så länge det är ärligt. Så nu med War In My Mind har låtskrivaren gjort ett album som blottar hennes själ och hennes känslor utan att be om ursäkt. <br/><br/>Beth Hart berättar:<br/>"Då vi plåtade omslaget var det första gången som jag sa: "ingen make-up, inget retuscherande" Det var första gången då jag inte blev äcklad av att höra vad jag sa. Det kändes bara skönt att vara 47 år och inte längre försöka vara ung och konkurrenskraftig och allt det där som jag alltid känt att jag behövde vara. På den här plattan kände jag att jag bara behövde vara mig själv. Jag tror att detta är ett litet steg emot vem jag egentligen är. Jag vet kanske inte vart det leder...men det känns ok för mig."

On October 28, 2013, blues-rock star Joe Bonamassa will release Tour De Force - Live In London on Provogue Records (a division of Mascot Label Group), an unprecedented live concert event unfolding over four DVDs and four Blu-rays recorded and filmed at each of the four iconic London venues which he has previously played: The Borderline, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Hammersmith Apollo, and the Royal Albert Hall. <br/><br/>The sold-out concerts, which saw over 12.000 fans in attendance, chronicle Bonamassa's atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of The Borderline, to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Every individual evening was marked by a particular theme - his early trio years, the blues, rock and roll, and an all encompassing set at the Albert Hall - and every setlist, arrangement and ensemble was designed to fit in with the evening's prescribed theme providing the viewer with four different and unique performances. Each corresponding disc in the set features a different selection from over 60 songs played from his extensive catalogue - some having never been performed live - with a different and unique band configuration to highlight the diverse elements of Bonamassa's style. <br/><br/>About the Borderline show:<br/>This 200-seat club in the heart of London was chosen to stage a revival of Bonamassa's early career power-trio jam nights. Armed with a Fender Stratocaster - Bonamassa along with a single drummer and bassist launched into a setlist marked with extended takes of songs from his first set of albums.<br/><br/>DVD 1 is the full concert and DVD 2 is bonus material.

After two successful collaborations with 2012 "Don't Explain" and 2013 "Seesaw" Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa decided to tour for the first time. The duo did a very short exclusive run in prestigious venues, ending the tour with 2 sold out shows in the historic Carre Theater in Amsterdam. This beautiful location was where Beth Hart, known for her raw and powerful blues-rock sound, amazed everyone with a spectacular performance.

Den 21 och 22:a januari förra året spelade Grammy-nominerade rock- och bluesgitarristen, sångaren och låtskrivaren Joe Bonamassa två unika akustiska konserter på anrika Carnegie Hall i New York. Båda konserterna spelades in och sammanställdes till Joe Bonamassa Live At Carnegie Hall - An Acoustic Evening. Utgåvan innehåller annorlunda arrangemang med akustisk sättning av en rad av Bonamassas klassiker tillsammans med nya låtar och sådana han aldrig tidigare spelat live.<br/><br/>Konserterna ingick in en speciell akustisk mini-turné i början av förra året då Bonamassa åkte runt med en antal renommerade musiker som den kinesiske erhuspelaren och cellisten Tina Guo, den egyptiske slagverkaren Hossam Ramzy, som bl a spelade på Page & Plants No Quarter, Reese Wynans (piano), Anton Fig (trummor), Eric Brazilian (mandolin, nyckelharpa, saxofon, akustisk gitarr och sång) samt den australiska sångartrion Mahalia Barnes, Juanita Tippins och Gary Pinto.

En hyllning till the British Blues Explosion, med otroliga versioner av låtar av Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck och Jimmy Page! Joe Bonamassa hyllade sina brittiska blues-hjältar på en kort 5-dagars turné i Storbritannien. Denna inspelning gjordes på Greenwich Music Time vid The Old Royal Naval College i Greenwich, London den 7 juli, 2016.<br/> <br/>Den brittiska bluesen är den musik som mest kommit att influera Joe Bonamassa. Redan vid unga år fastnade han för den råa och skitiga musiken som spelades i Storbritannien i mitten av sextiotalet. Särskilt fastnade han för de egensinniga och innovativa gitarristerna och då framför allt de tre tungviktarna Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck och Jimmy Page. Han hyser den djupaste respekt för vad de har åstakommit. <br/> <br/>Joe Bonamassas kärlek till den brittiska blues-rocken är själva hjärtat i all den musik som inspirerat honom och för första gången fick han tillfälle att visa sin aktning och respekt för alla dessa artister men främst då Clapton, Beck och Page.<br/> <br/>I femmannabandet ingick Michael Rhodes (bas), Reese Wynans (klaviaturer), Anton Fig (trummor) och Russ Irwin (kompgitarr och stämsång).<br/> <br/>Joe Bonamassa anser det nödvändigt att lyfta fram dessa fantastiska musiker för framtida generationers bluesartister. "Om det inte vore för dessa brittiska bluesmusiker så skulle nog inte bluesen haft den stora inverkan på rockmusiken som den har idag och skulle kanske rent av förpassats till historieböckerna," säger Bonamassa.

On May 4th , 2018 the Grammy nominated blues rocker played London's world-famous Royal Albert Hall which became a landmark gig for the versatile vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. <br/>Known for her visceral, soul-baring vocals and dynamic range, Hart is riding a creative tidal wave following the release of her critically acclaimed 2016 studio album, 'Fire On The Floor,' as well as her just-released studio collaboration with guitarist Joe Bonamassa, 'Black Coffee.' Levelling audiences with her incredible power and celebrated burnt-honey vocals for 20 years.