Even a quick listen to Souls Alike, the eighteenth album in this Rock and Roll Hall of Famer"s remarkable career, reveals a number of surprises. It"s her first album ever to bear the credit Produced by Bonnie Raitt. Conspicuously absent is even one of her signature 12-bar blues stomps. And where most of her projects have contained a mix of songs written by both celebrated songwriters and her own new discoveries, usually with some original material, all eleven compositions on Souls Alike come from lesser-known writers with whom Raitt feels a deep affinity and whose work she wants to champion. That connection-together with a flourishing creative collaboration with her beloved touring band and co-producer/engineer Tchad Blake-provided the lifeblood and inspiration for the album"s direction, and even its title. It marks a brave, exhilarating step in a legendary body of work. Capitol. 2005.