Bonnie Raitt‘s political and social leanings are no secret, and she’s certainly rankled by what’s transpired during the first nearly nine months of the current administration in Washington, D.C.

But as the 15-time Grammy Award winner and 2024 Kennedy Center Honoree continues touring to support her 2022 album Just Like That…, Raitt says she’s doing her best to make her concerts something of an antithesis to the turmoil.

“I never proselytize on stage about my positions, politically, but I do acknowledge the suffering and cruelty and anxiety that we’re feeling,” says Raitt, who routinely contributes lobby space at her concerts to non-profits involved in social and environmental causes.

“I don’t assume that everybody in the audience is politically aligned with me, but I think we all agree t

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