A Rare Linda Ronstadt Co-Write Made “Winter Light” the Quiet Link Between Her 1993 Album and The Secret Garden
In “Winter Light,” Linda Ronstadt let a title track, a film song, and a rare...
Linda Ronstadt
A Darker River Runs Through Linda Ronstadt’s Women ’Cross the River on 1995’s Feels Like Home
On Women ’Cross the River, Linda Ronstadt turns a roots song into a crossing point...
Before the Solo Spotlight, Linda Ronstadt Found Country-Rock Grit in Up to My Neck in High Muddy Water
Before Linda Ronstadt became one of country-rock’s defining voices, this 1968 Stone Poneys track caught...
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...
Linda Ronstadt and Valerie Carter Made Devoted to You Feel Like a Promise Whispered at Bedtime
In Linda Ronstadt and Valerie Carter’s hands, an Everly Brothers vow became less like a...
Linda Ronstadt Let J.D. Souther’s Don’t Cry Now Bleed Quietly in 1973
Before the breakthrough came the ache: Linda Ronstadt’s 1973 title track turned J.D. Souther’s restraint...
Two Harmonies Deepened Gram Parsons’ In My Hour of Darkness: Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris on Grievous Angel
On In My Hour of Darkness, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris do not crowd Gram...
Peter Asher’s 1960s Hit Came Back Older in Linda Ronstadt’s “I Go to Pieces” on We Ran
On 1998’s We Ran, Linda Ronstadt did not simply revisit a 1960s pop hit; she...
Three Voices, One Restraint: Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on Making Plans
On Making Plans, three famous voices step back from stardom and let country harmony do...
Linda Ronstadt Made Heart Like a Wheel the Quiet Center of Her 1974 Breakthrough Album
Before the hits grew bright around it, Heart Like a Wheel sat at the center...
The Ache Linda Ronstadt Barely Touches in Karla Bonoff’s “If He’s Ever Near” from 1976’s Hasten Down the Wind
On a quiet Karla Bonoff ballad, Linda Ronstadt lets restraint do the work that power...
A Stax Hurt Changes Rooms: Linda Ronstadt Recasts William Bell’s ‘Everybody Loves a Winner’ on Don’t Cry Now
On Don’t Cry Now, Linda Ronstadt carried a wounded Stax soul confession into a California...
The Kiss Got Complicated: Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow’s The Shoop Shoop Song on SNL 1979
A playful old pop question became something sharper when Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow traded...
Before Fame Got Louder, Linda Ronstadt’s “Break My Mind” Gave Hand Sown… Home Grown Its Restless Nerve
Before the pop-era spotlight found her, Linda Ronstadt was already shaping country music into something...
Linda Ronstadt’s Quietest Late-Career Turn: I Fall in Love Too Easily on Hummin’ to Myself
Late in a restless, wide-ranging career, Linda Ronstadt made a familiar standard feel newly private,...
A Goodbye Without Tears: Linda Ronstadt Reframed “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” on Heart Like a Wheel
On Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt turned a polished pop farewell into a grown...
When Linda Ronstadt Chose Restraint: Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry on What’s New with Nelson Riddle
On What’s New, Linda Ronstadt stepped into the standards era without disguise, letting one torch...
Before the Big Voice Arrived, Linda Ronstadt’s “Baby, You’ve Been on My Mind” Made Hand Sown… Home Grown Feel Like a Map
Before the celebrated run of hits, Linda Ronstadt used Bob Dylan’s “Baby, You’ve Been on...
A Shelter Inside the Song: Linda Ronstadt Made Randy Newman’s “Feels Like Home” the Heart of Her 1995 Album
In Linda Ronstadt’s hands, Randy Newman’s “Feels Like Home” became less a love song than...
Two Voices Refuse to Hurry: Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy’s Go Away From My Window on 2006’s Adieu False Heart
On Adieu False Heart, Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy turn Go Away From My Window...
Restraint Cut Deep in Linda Ronstadt’s “Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry” on What’s New with Nelson Riddle
On What’s New, Linda Ronstadt turned a torch song into an act of restraint, letting...
Three Famous Voices, One Quiet Prayer: Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris Sing Farther Along on Trio
On Farther Along, three star voices step back until the harmony feels less like display...
Linda Ronstadt Holds the Storm Back on I Keep It Hid from 1989’s Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
On I Keep It Hid, Linda Ronstadt turns concealment into control, letting a Jimmy Webb...
A Soft Landing, Not a Finale: Linda Ronstadt Reimagined Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender” to Close Living in the USA
At the end of Living in the USA, Linda Ronstadt treated Elvis Presley’s Love Me...
Before the Breakthrough, Linda Ronstadt Closed Hand Sown… Home Grown with Fred Neil’s “The Dolphins”
At the close of her first solo album, Linda Ronstadt did not push for a...
The Glow Was Never Hers Alone: Emmylou Harris’s Light of the Stable and Its 1979 Harmony Circle
On Light of the Stable, Emmylou Harris turns Christmas music into a circle of voices,...
Three Voices Recast Neil Young’s Warning: Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt’s After the Gold Rush from Trio II
On Trio II, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt turned “After the Gold Rush”...
A Rare Credit Changes How Linda Ronstadt’s “Try Me Again” Lands on Hasten Down the Wind
On Hasten Down the Wind, Linda Ronstadt’s “Try Me Again” carries a rare signature of...
Before the polish, Linda Ronstadt let Mel Tillis’s Mental Revenge bite on Silk Purse
Before Linda Ronstadt’s voice became associated with grand crossover ballads, Mental Revenge caught her learning...
A No. 1 Album Ends in a Whisper: Linda Ronstadt’s Love Me Tender on Living in the USA
On an album full of motion and color, Linda Ronstadt chose to close the door...