Karla Bonoff, who will perform Friday at the Shea Theater Arts Center in Turners Falls, Mass., is a legendary singer-songwriter who has seen her songs become hits for Bonnie Raitt, ...

In the 1970s, the California sound played a significant role in shaping mainstream music. Back then, you couldn’t turn on the ...

“They were looking for songs, and I was there,” she recalled. Ronstadt sang three Bonoff originals on her 1976 album “Hasten Down the Wind” — “Someone To Lay Down Beside Me”, “Lose Again” and “If He’s ...