The Moment Linda Ronstadt Changed Course: How “Get Closer” With James Taylor Defined Her 1982 Pop-Rock Turn
A warm, deceptively easy duet on the surface, “Get Closer” captured Linda Ronstadt in motion—leaning...
Linda Ronstadt
When No. 5 Felt Like a Crown: Linda Ronstadt’s It’s So Easy Gave Simple Dreams One of 1977’s Defining Hits
On Simple Dreams, Linda Ronstadt turned It’s So Easy into more than a cover: she...
Before It Was a Standard, Linda Ronstadt’s “Desperado” on Don’t Cry Now Turned Pure Heartbreak Into Art
On Don’t Cry Now, Linda Ronstadt transforms “Desperado” from western allegory into a torch song...
Three Voices, One Country Miracle: Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris Took To Know Him Is to Love Him to No. 1 in 1987
On Trio, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris turned To Know Him Is to...
Three Voices, One Heartache: How Linda Ronstadt and Trio Took “Those Memories of You” to the Country Top 10 in 1987
A country hit built on harmony, memory, and hard-earned grace, “Those Memories of You” proved...
Three Voices, One Heartache: How Linda Ronstadt and Trio Took “Those Memories of You” to the Country Top 10 in 1987
A country hit built on harmony, memory, and hard-earned grace, “Those Memories of You” proved...
She Didn’t Copy Smokey: Linda Ronstadt’s The Tracks of My Tears Found a New Kind of Heartbreak in 1975
A great reinterpretation does not erase the original. On The Tracks of My Tears, Linda...
The Moment It All Changed: Linda Ronstadt’s “When Will I Be Loved” Reached No. 2 and Made Heart Like a Wheel a 1975 Landmark
A fast, shining record with a wounded heart, “When Will I Be Loved” showed how...
The Moment She Took the Crown: Linda Ronstadt’s You’re No Good Hit No. 1 in 1975
With You’re No Good, Linda Ronstadt turned heartbreak into command, and in early 1975 that...
The Reunion That Cut Deeper Than Nostalgia: Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris on Western Wall in 1999
On Western Wall, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris did not simply reunite—they faced memory itself,...
A Whisper That Grew Deeper With Age: Linda Ronstadt’s 1993 Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) on Winter Light
On Winter Light, Linda Ronstadt turns Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) into...
Three Voices Broke It Open: Emmylou Harris and “The Pain of Loving You” Made Trio’s Quietest Heartbreak Last Forever
On The Pain of Loving You, Emmylou Harris helped turn an old country duet into...
The Hurt She Finally Wrote Down: Why Linda Ronstadt’s “Lo Siento Mi Vida” Gives Simple Dreams a Deeper Heart
On a chart-topping album built on unforgettable interpretations, “Lo Siento Mi Vida” stands apart because...
So Quiet It Hurts: Linda Ronstadt’s Ooh Baby Baby on Living in the U.S.A. Is a Late-70s Vocal Masterclass
Linda Ronstadt turned Ooh Baby Baby into a study in restraint, proving that a nearly...
The Quieter Grammy Triumph: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville’s “All My Life” Proved Their Magic Went Beyond “Don’t Know Much”
A song about love finally arriving, “All My Life” gave Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville...
The Hit That Sealed It: Linda Ronstadt’s “That’ll Be the Day” Turned a Buddy Holly Classic Into a 1976 Milestone
A beloved Buddy Holly song became one of Linda Ronstadt’s clearest commercial statements, proving that...
The Duet That Quietly Won a Grammy: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville’s ‘All My Life’ Still Feels Timeless
A song of patient devotion, All My Life gave Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville one...
Twenty Years Later, Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy’s ‘Adieu False Heart’ Feels More Necessary Than Ever
A quiet song of betrayal, grace, and release, Adieu False Heart became one of Linda...
Before Werewolves of London, Linda Ronstadt’s Poor Poor Pitiful Me Opened Country-Rock Radio to Warren Zevon
Poor Poor Pitiful Me became far more than a cover on Simple Dreams—it was the...
Before the World Called It a Standard, Linda Ronstadt’s Desperado on Don’t Cry Now Changed the Song Forever
Linda Ronstadt turned Desperado from a beautifully written Eagles album track into something larger: a...
She Almost Never Wrote Songs—Then Linda Ronstadt Made Lo Siento Mi Vida the Most Personal Moment on 1976’s Hasten Down the Wind
A rare song written by Linda Ronstadt herself, Lo Siento Mi Vida is the quiet...
When Everything Caught Fire: Linda Ronstadt’s Heat Wave Hit No. 5 and Recast a Motown Classic
Heat Wave was more than a hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1975—it was the thrilling...
The Moment Doubters Fell Silent: Linda Ronstadt’s “Poor Wandering One” Proved She Belonged in Operetta
“Poor Wandering One” was the moment Linda Ronstadt stopped looking like a rock star taking...
So Quiet It Hurts: Linda Ronstadt’s “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” May Be Her Most Vulnerable Moment on Hasten Down the Wind
On Hasten Down the Wind, Linda Ronstadt turns The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress into...
The Contrast Still Stops You Cold: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville’s “Don’t Know Much” Became 1989’s No. 2 Duet and a Grammy-Winning Return
A love song built on uncertainty, “Don’t Know Much” endures because Linda Ronstadt and Aaron...
One Knife-Edge Chorus Later: Linda Ronstadt’s “Hurt So Bad” Turned Mad Love Into a Top 10 Reckoning
On “Hurt So Bad”, Linda Ronstadt sings heartbreak like a dare, balancing ache, force, and...
What Linda Ronstadt Gave Trio’s “To Know Him Is to Love Him” When a 1987 No. 1 Chose Harmony Over Star Power
On Trio’s 1987 chart-topping “To Know Him Is to Love Him”, Linda Ronstadt mattered most...
The No. 2 That Said It All: Linda Ronstadt’s ‘When Will I Be Loved’ and the 1975 Hit That Became Her Signature
Linda Ronstadt turned When Will I Be Loved into far more than a hit in...
The First Song Said It All: How Linda Ronstadt’s Los Laureles Opened 1987’s Canciones de Mi Padre With Heritage and Heart
With Los Laureles, Linda Ronstadt did far more than begin an album. She opened a...
The Bold Turn in 1983: Why Linda Ronstadt’s What’s New Changed Everything With Nelson Riddle
With What’s New, Linda Ronstadt did far more than record a beloved standard in 1983....