Editing Bonnie Raitt (section)

== Artistry ==
Raitt possesses a [[contralto]] vocal range.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Herbst |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Herbst |date=May 19, 1997 |title=Sweet Forgiveness |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/sweet-forgiveness-92927/ |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rXpJEAAAQBAJ&dq=bonnie+raitt+%22contralto%22&pg=PA174 |title=Grown Up All Wrong: 75 Great Rock and Pop Artists from Vaudeville to Techno |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn=9780674003828 |location=United States |pages=174–175 |language=English |chapter=Born to Be Mature |author-link=Robert Christgau |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Milzoff |first=Rebecca |date=February 25, 2022 |title='I Don't Feel Any Urgency to Finish': Bonnie Raitt on Her Groundbreaking Career |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/bonnie-raitt-icon-award-women-in-music-2022-interview-1235035617/ |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Soto |first=Alfred |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Just Like That... |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bonnie-raitt-just-like-that/ |access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> Music journalist [[Robert Christgau]] described Raitt's voice as "not particularly beautiful" but "textured", capable of "shouting, crooning, carry[ing] a tune or fill[ing] a room".<ref name=":0" /> Christgau likened her vocal style to "a loving woman who has the touch, soft and hard at the right times in the right places".<ref name=":0" /> Journalist [[Will Hermes]] described Raitt's voice as warm and precise.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |date=April 10, 2012 |title=Slipstream |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/slipstream-199476/ |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Describing her as a "master interpreter of other writers' songs", Chris Hansen Orf of ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' noted that Raitt is equally skilled at singing blues, folk, country, rock and pop music.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Orf |first=Chris Hansen |date=August 30, 2016 |title=Essential Bonnie Raitt: Her 10 best songs |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/08/30/essential-bonnie-raitt-her-10-best-songs/87981288/ |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Kevin McKeough of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' observed that blues has "remained the bedrock of all of Raitt's musical excursions", with her voice alternating between "sigh to a call to a sustained cry".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKeough |first=Kevin |date=June 2, 2003 |title=Bedrock in the blues |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-06-02-0306020183-story.html |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Discussing the ability of a singer to make use of her voice, singer [[Linda Ronstadt]] stated "Of my own peers, Bonnie Raitt has way more musicianship than I do."<ref>Mary Lyn Maiscott, interview with Linda Ronstadt, ''Vanity Fair'', Oct. 28, 2013</ref> Singer and guitarist [[David Crosby]] has said that Raitt is his favorite singer of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2010 |title=Graham Nash and David Crosby talk Bonnie Raitt at RRHF |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDNi-QDrZ-w |access-date=January 29, 2024 |website=YouTube}}</ref>