American singer and guitar slinger Bonnie Raitt is no stranger to life on the road, but her road trip playlist is the perfect antidote to wile away the hours.

These three country songs might have superb vocals, but the lyrics and their meanings outshine even the highest of notes.

Bonnie Raitt was born in Burbank, Calif., to Broadway star John Raitt. She got her start in the early ’70s as a blues-based singer-songwriter who covered many of the era’s up-and-coming folk ...

Instead, Raitt has helmed a rock, folk and blues odyssey that ... “When Bonnie sings, she commands this truth. She demands it of herself and of the song and the music,” says Jackson Browne ...