Raitt says she'll release the complete Garfield House sessions in the future. Henry's stable of players - Patrick Warren, Jay Bellerose, and Greg Leisz - are all in tow they provide the slow, warm spaciousness that's now de rigueur in his work with other artists (he reserves his adventurousness for his own records). It reminds us of what made her readings of "Love Has No Pride" and "I Can't Make You Love Me" so important. On the latter, Raitt's voice sounds like it's inside the human heart at its most open and willfully defenseless vulnerability. He's on both Dylan tunes and his lyrical, lovely touch is also heard on her definitive reading of the Henry/ Loudon Wainwright III tune "You Can't Fail Me Now." On "Million Miles," the interplay between Frisell's signature tone and Raitt's nasty electric slide work is symbiotic. Guest Bill Frisell appears on three tunes here. Her voice can command and reveal a devastating tenderness. She's expanded her lower range with an expressiveness that is soulful, rich, and rings emotionally true - though she's sacrificed none of her higher register. The four tracks cut at Henry's studio in 20 include two of his own songs, and two covers of Bob Dylan tunes ("Million Miles" and "Standing in the Doorway") from the latter's Time Out of Mind. The album was recorded over a period of a year at Ocean Way in Hollywood and at Joe Henry's Garfield House. Slipstream provides ample proof of just how much fans have missed Bonnie Raitt since 2005's Souls Alike.
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