{"id":30533,"date":"2024-10-04T21:03:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/hear-bonnie-raitts-contribution-to-better-than-jail-album-supporting-criminal-justice-reform\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T21:03:10","slug":"hear-bonnie-raitts-contribution-to-better-than-jail-album-supporting-criminal-justice-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/hear-bonnie-raitts-contribution-to-better-than-jail-album-supporting-criminal-justice-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Bonnie Raitt\u2019s contribution to &#8216;Better Than Jail&#8217; album supporting criminal justice reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-04\/M_BetterThanJail_090624.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Wyatt Road Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">he new charity album <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Better Than Jail<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> is out now, featuring covers of iconic prison songs from\u00a0<strong>Bonnie Raitt<\/strong>,<strong> Steve Earle<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Jason Isbell\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Amanda Shires<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Lukas Nelson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Margo Price<\/strong>\u00a0and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bonnie contributed a cover of \u201cPrison Bound Blues,\u201d written by <strong>Leroy Carr<\/strong>, which is now available via <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterthanjail.com\/#do-to-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>digital outlets<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, and she says she&#8217;s proud to be a part of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m so proud to have joined in with so many illustrious artists in creating this very special album in support of rural prison reform,\u201d Bonnie <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAtUkuDvupb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>shares on Instagram<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. \u201cOverlooked for far too long, this issue cuts across all cultural and political divides and deserves all our focused attention to finally bring about some swift and meaningful action.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She adds, \u201c<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Better Than Jail<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> is one of the most inspired and heartfelt albums I\u2019ve been blessed to be a part of and I hope it sets a fire in hearts far and wide to join in our efforts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Better Than Jail<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0is aimed at raising awareness and support for improving our criminal justice system, with proceeds benefiting two organizations,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ejusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1 s2\"><strong>Equal Justice USA<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freeheartsorg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1 s2\"><strong>Free Hearts<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xC2BJuQbO8w\" title=\"Prison Bound Blues\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wyatt Road Records he new charity album Better Than Jail is out now, featuring covers of iconic prison songs from\u00a0Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle,\u00a0Jason Isbell\u00a0and\u00a0Amanda Shires,\u00a0Lukas Nelson,\u00a0Margo Price\u00a0and more. Bonnie contributed a cover of \u201cPrison Bound Blues,\u201d written by Leroy Carr, which is now available via digital outlets, and she says<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/hear-bonnie-raitts-contribution-to-better-than-jail-album-supporting-criminal-justice-reform\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}