A Fragile Song at the Center: Linda Ronstadt’s Keep Me from Blowing Away on Heart Like a Wheel
On Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt made Paul Craft’s Keep Me from Blowing Away...
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A Standard Turns Personal in Linda Ronstadt’s “I’ll Be Seeing You” from 2004’s Hummin’ to Myself
On Hummin’ to Myself, Linda Ronstadt returns to the great American songbook with a quietness...
Before the Trio Album Arrived, Emmylou Harris’s ‘Mister Sandman’ Escaped on Evangeline
Long before the finished Trio album arrived, Emmylou Harris’s bright little ‘Mister Sandman’ carried the...
A Jolt Behind the Smile: Linda Ronstadt Brings New-Wave Bite to Mark Goldenberg’s Justine on Mad Love
On Justine, Linda Ronstadt did not borrow new wave for decoration; she used its hard...
Linda Ronstadt Let the Hurt Freeze Slowly on John Hiatt’s Icy Blue Heart from We Ran
On Icy Blue Heart, Linda Ronstadt turns a hard-edged John Hiatt song into a study...
Two Voices Enter the Trenches: Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt’s 1917 on Western Wall
On 1917, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt turn a distant wartime tale into a shared...
The Hurt Linda Ronstadt Wouldn’t Polish: “Down So Low” on Hasten Down the Wind
On “Down So Low”, Linda Ronstadt turned vocal power into patience, letting a Tracy Nelson...
Politeness Turns Deadly as Linda Ronstadt Revisits Miss Otis Regrets on Hummin’ to Myself
On Hummin’ to Myself, Linda Ronstadt turns Cole Porter’s elegant social apology into a late-career...
The Quiet Wound in Linda Ronstadt’s Teardrops Will Fall on Feels Like Home
On Feels Like Home, Linda Ronstadt made Teardrops Will Fall feel less like a cover...
Top 40 Wasn’t Done With Linda Ronstadt: I Knew You When and the Get Closer Era
I Knew You When caught Linda Ronstadt at a revealing 1982 crossroads: a borrowed song,...
Linda Ronstadt Let “Silver Blue” Close Prisoner in Disguise Like a Door Left Open
At the end of Prisoner in Disguise, Linda Ronstadt turned J.D. Souther’s “Silver Blue” into...
A Deep Cut With No Armor: Linda Ronstadt’s Give One Heart on Hasten Down the Wind
On Give One Heart, Linda Ronstadt shows that vocal power can live in restraint, turning...
Before the Big Ballads, Linda Ronstadt’s “Mental Revenge” Gave Silk Purse Its Country-Rock Bite
Before the grand ballads made her a household name, Linda Ronstadt could turn a country...
Linda Ronstadt Made “Tell Him” Tougher on Get Closer, Recasting The Exciters’ Spark
On Get Closer, Linda Ronstadt turned “Tell Him” from a bright early-sixties plea into a...
The Hurt She Wouldn’t Oversing: Linda Ronstadt’s “Am I Blue” with Nelson Riddle in 1986
With Nelson Riddle’s orchestra behind her, Linda Ronstadt turns “Am I Blue?” into a study...
Beyond the Hit Duets, Linda Ronstadt’s Cry Like a Rainstorm Revealed Her 1989 Multi-Platinum Album’s Vocal Core
On Cry Like a Rainstorm, Linda Ronstadt turns vocal power into weather, proving that the...
Linda Ronstadt Turned “Oh No Not My Baby” Into a Quieter Test of Faith on Winter Light
On Winter Light, Linda Ronstadt made “Oh No Not My Baby” feel less like defiance...
Linda Ronstadt Put Heritage First With Gritenme Piedras del Campo on Grammy-Winning Mas Canciones
On Más Canciones, Linda Ronstadt made Gritenme Piedras del Campo sound less like a revival...
A Betrayal Found Its Voice When Linda Ronstadt Sang Perfidia on Grammy-Winning Frenesí
On Frenesí, Linda Ronstadt carried Perfidia back to its Spanish-language ache, where elegance and accusation...
Before the Spotlight Fully Found Her, Linda Ronstadt’s Are My Thoughts With You Revealed the Heart of Silk Purse
On Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt treated Mickey Newbury’s Are My Thoughts With You not as...
The Quiet Last Word: Linda Ronstadt’s “Old Paint” Closed Simple Dreams Far from the Hit Parade
On Simple Dreams, Linda Ronstadt saved her softest farewell for last: an old cowboy ballad...
Country Radio Heard Her Again: Linda Ronstadt’s “Walk On” from 1995’s Feels Like Home
In “Walk On,” Linda Ronstadt did not return to country as a stranger; she sounded...
Linda Ronstadt’s Am I Blue Found Its ache in Nelson Riddle’s 1986 Farewell Glow
On Am I Blue, Linda Ronstadt did not simply visit the old songbook; she let...
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...
A Quiet Lead Became Trio’s Heart: Emmylou Harris on Jean Ritchie’s My Dear Companion
On the 1987 Trio album, Emmylou Harris turned Jean Ritchie’s My Dear Companion into something...
A Quiet Song Caught Fire: Linda Ronstadt Recast Eric Kaz’s Blowing Away on Living in the USA
On a bright 1978 album built for motion, Linda Ronstadt turned Eric Kaz’s Blowing Away...
When Linda Ronstadt Returned Home, “Dos Arbolitos” Became the Quiet Heart of Canciones de Mi Padre
On Canciones de Mi Padre, Linda Ronstadt turned Dos Arbolitos into something more than a...
Linda Ronstadt Found a Worn-In Promise Inside Bruce Springsteen’s If I Should Fall Behind on We Ran
On We Ran, Linda Ronstadt did not simply borrow Bruce Springsteen’s vow; she let it...
Before the Breakthrough, Linda Ronstadt’s Ramblin’ ‘Round Revealed the Restless Nerve of Her 1972 Self-Titled Album
On her 1972 self-titled album, Linda Ronstadt found something bracing in Woody Guthrie’s road song:...
Linda Ronstadt Rode Back Home in La Charreada, the Proud Pulse of Canciones de Mi Padre
In La Charreada, Linda Ronstadt did not simply visit mariachi tradition; she returned to a...