Bonnie Raitt Albany NY Tickets

Bonnie Raitt, the American blues singer, who is also known for her songwriting and guitar playing, got recognition with her cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway" in 1977. This single gave her a breakthrough in the music scene and was from her album “Sweet Forgiveness”.

Bonnie Raitt Albany tickets will give you a chance to experience the talented artist live who started her career in the early seventies. In 1971 she was heard performing at a local café in New York and was signed up by Warner Bros to produce her debut album “Bonnie Raitt”.

 Born in 1949, Bonnie Lynn Raitt went to the Radcliffe College at Harvard planning to major in African Studies. Her dream was to try to restore the culture of the continent that the Western colonialism eroded. As fate would have it, she went on to become a singer, songwriter and guitar player who would release about 18 albums.  Her nineteenth album “Slipstream” is expected to be released in the year 2012.

Raitt bagged quite a few Grammys for her tenth album Nick of Time (1989) which later became a multi platinum hit in the US. Then onwards her music career touched newer heights and the awards kept coming her way.

Bonnie Raitt Albany show is your chance to attend a concert in NY by the artist who is not only a star musician but also a social activist. She has worked for the environment by founding MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) as well as on areas of oil, mining, forest protection, water and a nukes free world.