She Left Rock Behind: Linda Ronstadt’s ‘What’s New’ Was the 1983 Risk That Changed Everything
With ‘What’s New’, Linda Ronstadt did not simply record an old standard in 1983. She...
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Buried on 1978’s Living in the U.S.A., Linda Ronstadt’s Alison May Be Her Most Tender Heartbreak
On a chart-topping 1978 album built for a major star, Linda Ronstadt turned “Alison” into...
The Goodbye That Still Echoes: Linda Ronstadt’s Adios Became Even More Heartbreaking with Brian Wilson in 1989
A quiet farewell, shaped by Linda Ronstadt with rare restraint and deepened by Brian Wilson,...
Two Voices, One Quiet Heartbreak: Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy Recast Walk Away Renee on Adieu False Heart
On Adieu False Heart, Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy turn “Walk Away Renee” into a...
Buried Deep on Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Willin” Became the Album’s Quiet Masterpiece
On Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt took Little Feat’s Willin’ and turned a road...
It Was Never Just a Cartoon Song: Linda Ronstadt’s Dreams to Dream Gave Fievel Goes West Its Soul
A song of hope carried through distance and doubt, Dreams to Dream turns a family-film...
The Sequel Song We Forgot: Linda Ronstadt’s Dreams to Dream Gave Fievel Goes West Its Heart
Dreams to Dream is the quiet emotional center of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West,...
Buried on a No. 1 Album, Linda Ronstadt’s Carmelita May Be the Most Heartbreaking Moment on Simple Dreams
On a chart-topping album filled with familiar classics, Carmelita revealed Linda Ronstadt at her most...
The Harmony That Gave Graceland Its Soul: Linda Ronstadt and Paul Simon on Under African Skies
On Under African Skies, Linda Ronstadt did not step into Paul Simon‘s world to overpower...
The Harmony That Still Stuns: How Linda Ronstadt Lifted Paul Simon’s Under African Skies on Graceland
Under African Skies is more than a graceful duet from Graceland; it is a meeting...
When the Studio Caught Fire: Linda Ronstadt’s I Can’t Let Go at Hollywood’s Television Center in 1980
In this April 24, 1980 performance from Hollywood’s Television Center Studios, Linda Ronstadt turns I...
She Slowed Time: Linda Ronstadt’s 1996 Be My Baby Turned a Pop Thunderbolt Into a Lullaby
In Linda Ronstadt’s 1996 reading of Be My Baby, a song once built on teenage...
Buried on a Hit Album, Linda Ronstadt’s Adios Was Cry Like a Rainstorm’s Quiet Masterpiece
Overshadowed by the hit singles on Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, Adios...
Softer Than Heartbreak, Linda Ronstadt’s I Love You For Sentimental Reasons on 1986’s ’Round Midnight Feels Like Her Signature Standard
In Linda Ronstadt’s 1986 ’Round Midnight era, I Love You for Sentimental Reasons becomes a...
The Quiet Ache of 1993: Linda Ronstadt’s Heartbeats Accelerating and the Winter Light Era
A song about desire, hesitation, and emotional risk, “Heartbeats Accelerating” showed how beautifully Linda Ronstadt...
Before the Hits Came, Linda Ronstadt’s Rock Me on the Water Opened the Door to Everything That Followed
Before the platinum records and arena-level fame, Rock Me on the Water caught Linda Ronstadt...
When the Room Went Silent: Linda Ronstadt’s I’m a Fool to Want You on ‘Round Midnight, 1986
On ‘Round Midnight in 1986, Linda Ronstadt sang I’m a Fool to Want You with...
The Quiet Reunion That Still Feels Sacred: Linda Ronstadt’s 1996 Brahms’ Lullaby and Dedicated to the One I Love With Aaron Neville
In 1996, Linda Ronstadt made one of her gentlest records, and in that quiet setting...
That Quiet 1999 Triumph: Why Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris Made Western Wall – The Tucson Sessions Feel So Deeply Human
A desert-colored record of memory, grace, and hard-earned feeling, Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions found...
Three Voices, One Quiet Miracle: Emmylou Harris and Trio’s 1987 Wildflowers Still Feels Deeply Personal
On Trio in 1987, Wildflowers became more than a beautiful country recording. In the hands...
Why Linda Ronstadt’s Heartbeats Accelerating Was the Quiet Spark That Opened Winter Light in 1993
An overlooked single with a restless pulse, Heartbeats Accelerating opened Linda Ronstadt‘s Winter Light by...
Before the Breakthrough, Linda Ronstadt’s The First Cut Is the Deepest Made ABC In Concert 1973 Feel Almost Too Intimate
In Linda Ronstadt’s 1973 performance of The First Cut Is the Deepest on ABC In...
Before It Became a Standard, Linda Ronstadt’s I Will Always Love You on Prisoner in Disguise Found a Different Kind of Goodbye
On Prisoner in Disguise, Linda Ronstadt turned I Will Always Love You into a quieter,...
The Softest Surprise of 1994: Linda Ronstadt and Frank Sinatra’s Moonlight in Vermont on Duets II
On Duets II, Linda Ronstadt and Frank Sinatra made Moonlight in Vermont feel less like...
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...
So Gentle It Hurts: Linda Ronstadt and Frank Sinatra Turned Moonlight in Vermont Into Duets II’s Quiet Masterpiece
Moonlight in Vermont became something quietly profound in 1994: not a grand showpiece, but a...
The First Note Said Home: Linda Ronstadt’s Por Un Amor Opened 1987’s Mariachi Landmark Canciones de Mi Padre
As the opening track of Canciones de Mi Padre, Por Un Amor announced that Linda...
That 1975 Jolt: Linda Ronstadt’s Heat Wave Recast Motown and Raced to No. 5
Linda Ronstadt did not simply revive Heat Wave in 1975; she gave a beloved Motown...
The Quiet Song That Changed Everything: Linda Ronstadt’s “Heart Like a Wheel” and the 1974 No. 1 Breakthrough
On Linda Ronstadt’s first No. 1 album, “Heart Like a Wheel” was the quiet center...
The Hard Part Was Following Patsy: Linda Ronstadt’s Crazy on Hasten Down the Wind Became a 1976 Country No. 6 Triumph
With Crazy, Linda Ronstadt did not try to outrun the shadow of a classic. On...