A Joy She Carried Home: Linda Ronstadt’s “Y Andale” Made Canciones de Mi Padre Feel Like Family History in Full Voice
With “Y Andale”, Linda Ronstadt did not simply visit mariachi tradition — she stepped back...
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The Ache She Refused to Force: Linda Ronstadt’s Sweeping 1993 “Anyone Who Had a Heart” on Winter Light
In Linda Ronstadt’s 1993 reading, a Bacharach classic becomes less a plea for sympathy than...
A Song Her Father Carried: Linda Ronstadt’s Tú Sólo Tú and the 1987 Return Behind Canciones de Mi Padre
In Tú Sólo Tú, Linda Ronstadt let a classic ranchera become something larger than interpretation:...
The Quiet Voice That Deepened the Wound: Emmylou Harris on Trio’s 1987 “Telling Me Lies”
On Trio’s “Telling Me Lies,” Emmylou Harris does not seize the spotlight; she steadies the...
A Swing-Era Spark Reborn: Linda Ronstadt’s “Straighten Up and Fly Right” with Nelson Riddle on For Sentimental Reasons
On For Sentimental Reasons, Linda Ronstadt turned a Nat King Cole swing classic into a...
A Quiet Goodbye in Plain Sight: Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy’s “Adieu False Heart” Became a Late-Career Folk Farewell
On the title track of Adieu False Heart, Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy turn an...
A New-Wave Wound on HBO: Linda Ronstadt’s 1980 Television Center Studios Performance of Elvis Costello’s Party Girl
In a studio built for television, Linda Ronstadt turned Elvis Costello’s sharp-edged Party Girl into...
The Night “Lies” Got Sharper: Linda Ronstadt’s 1980 Hollywood Take on The Knickerbockers’ Hit
In a fast, ringing two-and-a-half-minute rocker, Linda Ronstadt made a 1960s accusation sound newly urgent...
The Sharpest Whisper on Hasten Down the Wind: Linda Ronstadt’s The Tattler and Ry Cooder’s Old-Soul Arrangement
On an album filled with grand heartbreak, this small moral blues lets Linda Ronstadt reveal...
Before the Big Breakthrough, Linda Ronstadt’s 1972 Birds Found a Tender Country-Rock Truth in Neil Young’s Song
Before Linda Ronstadt became a defining voice of the decade, her 1972 reading of Neil...
Three Voices, One Old Promise: Emmylou Harris’s Gold Watch and Chain with Linda Ronstadt and Ricky Skaggs
On Gold Watch and Chain, an old Carter Family promise becomes a clear mountain braid...
Two Voices, One Old Country Truth: Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther Took George Jones’ Sometimes You Just Can’t Win Somewhere Tender on Get Closer
On Get Closer, Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther turned a George Jones lament into something...
The 1976 Deep Cut That Outsmarts the Hits: Linda Ronstadt’s The Tattler Reimagined Ry Cooder and Washington Phillips
On Hasten Down the Wind, Linda Ronstadt turned The Tattler into a sly, elegant bridge...
A Pop Voice Walked Into the Shadows: Linda Ronstadt’s 1984 “Lush Life” With the Nelson Riddle Orchestra
On “Lush Life,” Linda Ronstadt did not simply visit the Great American Songbook; she stepped...
A Quiet Room Changed Everything: Linda Ronstadt’s Live “Birds” at The Troubadour on Her 1972 Album
At The Troubadour, Linda Ronstadt turned Neil Young’s “Birds” into a small, suspended moment where...
A Love Song Inside the Mambo Fever: Linda Ronstadt’s “Quiéreme Mucho” and the 1992 Soundtrack That Gave It New Glow
In the lush world of The Mambo Kings, Linda Ronstadt turned “Quiéreme Mucho” into more...
Three Voices, One Quiet Ache: How Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris Opened 1987’s Trio with “The Pain of Loving You”
Before Trio became a landmark of harmony singing, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris...
Before the Trio Dream Took Shape, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt Lit Up Queen of the Silver Dollar
On Pieces of the Sky, Emmylou Harris turned Shel Silverstein’s barroom character sketch into something...
Three Voices, One Lonesome Rail: Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris Made The Blue Train Glow on 1995’s Feels Like Home
On The Blue Train, three unmistakable voices turn a simple journey into a shared act...
The Softest Cut That Proved Her Power: Linda Ronstadt Reimagines James Taylor’s You Can Close Your Eyes on 1974’s Heart Like a Wheel
On Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt found one of her greatest displays of strength...
A Late-Career Gem Hiding in Plain Sight: Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy’s Walk Away Renee on Adieu False Heart
In the quiet harmonies of Walk Away Renee, Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy turned a...
A Voice Walking a Tightrope: Linda Ronstadt’s 1984 “Lush Life” with Nelson Riddle Revealed Her Bravest Kind of Control
On “Lush Life”, Linda Ronstadt did not simply sing a standard; she stepped into one...
Two Voices Found Mercy: Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris Recast Leonard Cohen’s ‘Sisters of Mercy’ on 1999’s Western Wall
On Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris turned Leonard Cohen’s quiet...
Before the Superstar Years, Linda Ronstadt Made Paul Siebel’s “Louise” the Quiet Moral Center of Silk Purse
On Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt found the sorrow inside Paul Siebel’s “Louise” and sang it...
Three Voices Made an Old Carter Family Song Ache Again: Emmylou Harris’s 1980 Gold Watch and Chain with Ricky Skaggs and Linda Ronstadt
On Roses in the Snow, Emmylou Harris turned an A.P. Carter standard into a three-voice...
That One Held-Back Note: Linda Ronstadt’s Easy for You to Say Turns Jimmy Webb’s Pain Into Vocal Mastery on Get Closer
On Easy for You to Say, Linda Ronstadt lets Jimmy Webb’s elegant sorrow breathe, proving...
A Dylan Song, A Restless Voice: Linda Ronstadt’s Late-Career ‘Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues’ on We Ran
In Linda Ronstadt‘s late-career return to rock, Bob Dylan‘s borderland song becomes less a young...
A Rare Linda Ronstadt Songwriting Credit: How “Try Me Again” with Andrew Gold Deepened Hasten Down the Wind
On “Try Me Again,” Linda Ronstadt stepped from interpreter to co-writer, letting a private kind...
A Family Song Came Home: Linda Ronstadt’s Los Laureles on Canciones de Mi Padre Became a 1987 Return to Her Roots
In Los Laureles, Linda Ronstadt did not simply visit mariachi tradition; she stepped back into...
One Train, Three Voices: Linda Ronstadt’s “The Blue Train” on 1995’s Feels Like Home with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris
On “The Blue Train,” departure becomes a three-part conversation: Linda Ronstadt leads the farewell, while...