Acclaimed Raitt to play local venue

Currently    near    the end  of her  80-plus  date tour  of  North  America, the multi award-winning master  of rock and blues returns  to  NZ   for  the first time since 2007, performing her only Auckland  show  at  Ascension Wine  Estate  on  April  7 before   heading   to   Europe. 

Following  on  from The Hollies in February, Bonnie Raitt will make it two Rock and  Roll Hall of Fame  inductees  to have played at Ascension within  just  a  couple  of months.

Perhaps     most    well known   for   ‘Something to Talk About’, ‘Nick of Time’, and ‘I Can’t Make You   Love  Me’  (which was a recent worldwide cover hit for Adele) Bon- nie Raitt has an extensive blues, soul and rock rep- ertoire to share with the audience.

“It’s  a  great  honour to have Bonnie playing Ascension,” says owner Darryl Soljan. “Just be- fore  Christmas   I  saw  a clip of her  performing a fantastic tribute to Buddy Guy at the Kennedy Centre Honours Awards in the US. The New York Post wrote that she performed with a ‘sexy swagger’ and that her guitar playing was ‘extemporary’. They weren’t wrong and I can’t wait to see her play live in the vineyard.”

 
Last  year  Rolling Stone  Magazine  affirmed Raitt's musical impact, highlighting the "sheer   verve  and   skill" that   made   her   one   of only two women among the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,  as well   as  naming   her  new  album ‘Slipstream’ one of the best of 2012.

Returning from the USA, NZ country singer/songwriter Jackie Bristow will open for Bonnie Raitt at the Ascension Wine Estate concert which takes place in the vineyard amphitheatre on Sunday afternoon April 7.

„Tickets and information available from AscensionWine. co.nz/comingevents