Long Before Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt’s “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” on Hand Sown… Home Grown showed exactly where she was headed
On her 1969 solo debut, Linda Ronstadt sang Bob Dylan’s “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”...
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The Quiet Ruin in Linda Ronstadt’s “Shattered” May Be the Deepest Moment on Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
On an album remembered for its grand feeling and celebrated duets, Linda Ronstadt turned “Shattered”...
Hidden in Plain Sight, Linda Ronstadt’s “Keep Me from Blowing Away” Is the Tender Soul of Heart Like a Wheel
On the album that made Linda Ronstadt a major star, “Keep Me from Blowing Away”...
The Return Wasn’t Nostalgia: Linda Ronstadt’s When We Ran Gave We Ran Its Soul
On We Ran, Linda Ronstadt found a song that looked backward without living in the...
Few Expected This: Linda Ronstadt’s “Skylark” With Nelson Riddle Turned Lush Life Into a Quiet Revelation
On Skylark, Linda Ronstadt does not overpower a classic; with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, she...
The Song Linda Ronstadt Reimagined: Warren Zevon’s “Mohammed’s Radio” Became Something Richer on Living in the USA
On Living in the USA, Linda Ronstadt took Warren Zevon’s restless “Mohammed’s Radio” and turned...
The Quiet Center of 1987’s Trio: Linda Ronstadt’s Telling Me Lies Still Feels Like Its Most Revealing Moment
On Telling Me Lies, Linda Ronstadt turns the promise of Trio into something intimate, proving...
The Song That Softened Get Closer: Linda Ronstadt’s “Talk to Me of Mendocino” Still Sounds Like Home
On Get Closer, Linda Ronstadt turns Talk to Me of Mendocino into a song of...
The First Note Changes It: Linda Ronstadt’s The Waiting Turns Tom Petty’s Restless Anthem Into a Homecoming on 1995’s Feels Like Home
When Linda Ronstadt opens Feels Like Home with The Waiting, a familiar Tom Petty song...
The Quiet Miracle of 1987’s Trio: Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris on “Those Memories of You”
“Those Memories of You” is where Trio reveals its deepest strength: three unmistakable voices choosing...
Before Jackson Browne’s Version Became Canon, Linda Ronstadt’s 1972 ‘Rock Me on the Water’ Gave the Song Its Open-Road Soul
Before Rock Me on the Water settled into the Jackson Browne songbook, Linda Ronstadt sang...
When Three Great Voices Became One: Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Those Memories of You on 1987’s Trio
Some collaborations arrive with fanfare. Those Memories of You arrived with grace, letting Emmylou Harris,...
A Quiet 1993 Revelation: How Linda Ronstadt’s “Winter Light” Carried The Secret Garden Beyond the Screen
In Linda Ronstadt’s “Winter Light,” a title track and a film atmosphere meet in one...
She Changed the Temperature of the Song: How Linda Ronstadt Turned Warren Zevon’s Mohammed’s Radio Into a 1978 California Rock Statement
A restless Warren Zevon song became something broader in Linda Ronstadt’s hands—less like a private...
The Bold Left Turn Nobody Expected: Linda Ronstadt’s “Justine” Lit Up Mad Love
On Mad Love, Linda Ronstadt did not simply update her sound. With “Justine”, she stepped...
Before the Stardom, Linda Ronstadt’s “Lovesick Blues” on Silk Purse Showed Where Her Voice Was Headed
Before Linda Ronstadt became one of the defining voices of 1970s American music, her take...
A Familiar Song, Deeply Changed: Linda Ronstadt’s “In My Room” on Dedicated to the One I Love
On Dedicated to the One I Love, Linda Ronstadt takes “In My Room” out of...
The Voice That Centered the Mountain: Linda Ronstadt’s ‘High Sierra’ on Trio II Still Hits Deep
On Trio II, “High Sierra” sounds like open country and hard-earned grace, and Linda Ronstadt...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Linda Ronstadt’s “The Dark End of the Street” Was Heart Like a Wheel’s Quietest Blow in 1974
Buried inside Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt found the hush, secrecy, and ache at...
The Moment Linda Ronstadt, Dolly and Emmylou Turned “To Know Him Is to Love Him” Into the Soul of 1987’s Trio
Some collaborations sound arranged on paper. “To Know Him Is to Love Him” on Trio...
When Linda Ronstadt Slowed Everything Down: “I’ve Got a Crush on You,” Nelson Riddle, and the 1983 Gamble of What’s New
When Linda Ronstadt stepped into “I’ve Got a Crush on You” on What’s New, she...
In 1980, Emmylou Harris Brought Gold Watch and Chain Back Home on Roses in the Snow
On Roses in the Snow, Emmylou Harris did not just revisit an old song. She...
Why Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram’s “Somewhere Out There” Became the Beating Heart of An American Tail
In a film about separation, hope, and the long ache of distance, “Somewhere Out There”...
A Different Kind of Trouble: Linda Ronstadt Turned “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” into a 1977 Classic on Simple Dreams
On Simple Dreams, Linda Ronstadt took “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” and changed its whole temperature,...
The Song Too Many Fans Skip: Linda Ronstadt’s “Love Has No Pride” May Be the Soul of Don’t Cry Now
On Don’t Cry Now, Linda Ronstadt turns “Love Has No Pride” into something almost unbearably...
Before “Desperado” Belonged to Everyone, Linda Ronstadt Made It Ache on 1973’s Don’t Cry Now
On Don’t Cry Now in 1973, Linda Ronstadt turned “Desperado” from a beautifully written song...
When Two Voices Fell Into Place: Linda Ronstadt’s “I Can’t Help It” With Emmylou Harris on Heart Like a Wheel
On Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt did not simply revisit a Hank Williams song....
The First Wound Runs Deep: Linda Ronstadt’s “Lose Again” Opened Hasten Down the Wind in 1976 With Quiet Devastation
Before Hasten Down the Wind reveals its full sweep, Linda Ronstadt begins with a song...
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...
Buried Beside the Big Hits, Linda Ronstadt’s “Shattered” Is the Quiet Ache of 1989’s Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
On an album remembered for its sweeping duets and polished late-1980s glow, Linda Ronstadt’s “Shattered”...