The Quiet Wound in Linda Ronstadt’s Silver Blue on 1975’s Prisoner in Disguise
On Silver Blue, Linda Ronstadt turned a J.D. Souther song into one of the quietest...
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Before the Breakthrough, Linda Ronstadt Let “Don’t Cry Now” Carry the Weight of a New Beginning
Before Linda Ronstadt became a defining voice of 1970s American song, “Don’t Cry Now” caught...
Before the Breakthrough, Linda Ronstadt Let J.D. Souther’s I Can Almost See It Open Don’t Cry Now
Before her Asylum years became a turning point, Linda Ronstadt opened Don’t Cry Now with...
That Close Harmony Cuts Deep: Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther’s “Faithless Love” on Heart Like a Wheel
On Faithless Love, Linda Ronstadt did more than sing a J.D. Souther song — she...
The Quiet Trap Inside Linda Ronstadt’s 1975 “Prisoner in Disguise,” with J.D. Souther Close Behind
In Linda Ronstadt’s 1975 title track, freedom sounds less like escape than the brave admission...
Two Voices, One Old Country Truth: Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther Took George Jones’ Sometimes You Just Can’t Win Somewhere Tender on Get Closer
On Get Closer, Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther turned a George Jones lament into something...
The Quiet Connection Between Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther Lives Inside ‘White Rhythm and Blues’ on 1978’s Living in the USA
On Living in the USA, Linda Ronstadt takes J.D. Souther‘s White Rhythm and Blues and...
You Can Hear the Closeness: Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, and the Quiet Pull of ‘Prisoner in Disguise’ in 1975
On “Prisoner in Disguise”, Linda Ronstadt turns J.D. Souther’s finely shaded writing into something deeply...
The Quiet Ache Behind 1980’s Urban Cowboy: Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther’s Hearts Against the Wind Still Feels Personal
Hearts Against the Wind gives Urban Cowboy its most human heartbeat, turning a fashionable 1980...
The Quiet Crossroads of 1980: How Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther’s Hearts Against the Wind Gave Urban Cowboy Its Soul
A tender soundtrack duet, Hearts Against the Wind caught Linda Ronstadt between honky-tonk heartache and...