Bonnie Raitt was 40 when she became a star. It was central to her origin myth; she’d already lived a lifetime or two, both personally and professionally, before 1989′s “Nick of Time” hit No. 1 and won ...

It’s two weeks before Christmas. But, in the sleek modern lobby of the Hotel Amarano in Burbank, California, you would be hard-pressed to know that. It’s like sitting in the middle of a very large ...