Linda Ronstadt – How Do I Make You
Oldies Songs A Bright Question at the Turn of a New Decade: Desire, Vulnerability, and the Sound of Reinvention When Linda Ronstadt released “How Do I Make You” in early 1980, it…
Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, & Linda Ronstadt – In My Hour of Darkness
A Quiet Night in 1973 That Still Echoes In the early 1970s, when country rock was finding a deeper and more spiritual voice, a small group of musicians gathered to…
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – I’ve Had Enough
When Three Voices Reached Their Limit and Turned Heartbreak into Quiet Strength When “I’ve Had Enough” arrived on the radio in the autumn of 1987, it did not sound like…
“TAKE IT EASY” AND THE LITTLE KNOWN STORY OF THE WOMAN BEHIND THE EAGLES
“Take It Easy,” when a simple piece of advice became the beginning of an entire California music era In his induction speech honoring Linda Ronstadt at the Rock and Roll…
Linda Ronstadt – When You Wish Upon a Star
When a Familiar Star Becomes a Whisper of Memory and Grace Released in 1986 on the album For Sentimental Reasons, When You Wish Upon a Star marked a quietly profound…
Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – Falling Down
Falling Down by Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris distills life’s weariness into a spare, haunting meditation on vulnerability and rest, rising quietly yet powerfully from the richly woven tapestry of…
Linda Ronstadt – Tumbling Dice
“Tumbling Dice” — a restless gamble of heart and fate, re-imagined by Linda Ronstadt When Linda Ronstadt lent her voice to Tumbling Dice in 1977-78, she transformed a swaggering rocker…
Linda Ronstadt – You Can Close Your Eyes
A lullaby becomes a quiet covenant of trust and tenderness. When Linda Ronstadt stepped into the BBC studio in late 1971 and joined James Taylor for his song “You Can…
Linda Ronstadt – Faithless Love (Live at Television Center Studios, Hollywood, CA, 4/24/1980)
A Hymn to Heartache, Sung with the Poise of a Woman Who Has Lived Every Note When Linda Ronstadt delivered “Faithless Love” onstage at the Television Center Studios in Hollywood…
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris – The Sweetest Gift
A Hymn to Unconditional Love, Carried on Three Voices That Bind Memory, Mercy, and Time In 1987, three of American music’s most distinctive voices Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou…