In February 2012, Raitt performed a duet with Alicia Keys at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012 honoring Etta James. In April 2012, Raitt released her first studio album since 2005, entitled "Slipstream". It charted at Number 6 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart marking her first top ten album since 1994's "Longing in Their Hearts". The album was described as "one of the best of her 40-year career" by "American Songwriter" magazine. In September 2012, Raitt was featured in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide", a multi-platform media project inspired by a project outlined in a book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. In 2013, she appeared on Foy Vance's album "Joy of Nothing."