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Bonnie Raitt has been a celebrated star for 35 years. She sold millions of albums, has thirteen Grammy Awards on her mantelpiece and is an example for many young artists. On June 20, she is the main act at the Holland International Blues Festival in Grolloo and she looks forward to it. “I am now 75 years old, but I still find festivals in the summer as challenging as in the sixties,” she says in an exclusive interview.