Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Life story of a music legend never reaches those blissful high notes

"...”When Will I Be Loved?” belts Linda Ronstadt, the singer whose remarkable, decades-long career is recounted..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lesly Reynaga Seeks Mariachi's Modern Moment With Valerosa

Austin singer outfits Mexican folklórico with Linda Ronstadt's pop heft

"...Pulling inspiration from groundbreaking Mexican singer-songwriters like Linda Ronstadt and the inimitable late Juan Gabriel, Reynaga reveals..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Simple Man, Simple Dream

Part of the Seventies Southern California songwriting cabal that produced Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles, J.D. Souther brings his craft to the Dripping Springs Songwriters' Festival

"...written songs recorded by music giants including the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, and the Dixie Chicks. Souther helped..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Postmarks

Who has the ego problem?

"...has gotten an earful of Mr. Lickona's take on Linda Ronstadt's cancellation of her performance on Austin City Limits...."

Oct. 22, 1999 Column

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, Bass Concert Hall, October 10

Descriptions of live shows

"...Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou HarrisBass Concert Hall, October 10 It..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch

Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir

Linda Ronstadt stays on point – the music

"...Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoirby Linda Ronstadt Simon & Schuster, 256 pp, $26..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Scott Schinder

2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast

Almost exclusively white faces, as fine as they are

"...with presentation of the Best Supporting Actress prize. A Linda Ronstadt tribute next upstages it nonetheless...."

June 6, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Austin City Limits to enter its 25th season two shows lighter; Steamboat loses more relocation prospects; and Ozzy Osbourne declines Black Sabbath's nomination for entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

"...Monday's Austin City Limits taping featuring Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt was due to "structural problems." The ACL producer..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...studios. In 1984, after tours with Eric Burdon and Linda Ronstadt, I moved back to Ft. Worth. That marked..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...There are cassettes containing music by Mannheim Steamroller and Linda Ronstadt and so on; something jazzy by George Shearing..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sxsw

"...Lately, I've been referring to Sheryl Crow as the Linda Ronstadt of the Nineties. Well, I was wrong. Kim..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Man Mountain and 'Sin City'

"...worked out. We were rehearsing with Gram, Emmylou, and Linda [Ronstadt]. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven...."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Full Monte

"...Jam guests like Bill Payne of Little Feat and Linda Ronstadt, who was said to be toying with the..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

May We Suggest Some Music to Chill Out Your Dog During the Fireworks?

New Austin music to drown out the booms

"...& voice for "Blue Bayou," Roy Orbison-penned classic of Linda Ronstadt. Mackin cleverly streamlines the croon with droopy Sixties-pulled..."

July 1, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

aGLIFF Goes to Hollywood for Boulevard!

Plus Madeleine Olnek is this year's aGLIFF Legend

"...of committing career suicide. Featuring Ruthie Foster, Bonnie Baker, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and Pam Tillis...."

July 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...summer tent sales, which unearthed Earth, Wind & Fire, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Reed, Judas Priest, and Neil Young's '74..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Juliet McConkey Goes Agrarian

Your new favorite folksinger and BF James Steinle leave town

"...Also a lot of John Prine, Gillian Welch, and Linda Ronstadt over the last several months. Good music just..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

The Hot Sauce Fest, a Love & Lightstream, and more sounds to check

"...pitch-perfect pequeños album, closing with a lullaby cover of Linda Ronstadt's Spanish LP debut in August 1976, "Lo Siento..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

ACL Live Review: Yola

Like Lizzo, UK singer circles back from SXSW as a powerhouse

"...organ-whirling “Still Gone” kick with Seventies Dolly Parton or Linda Ronstadt flair, but spiked Aretha Franklin’s deep soul...."

Oct. 14, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...his audience share. Then you have a shot of Linda Ronstadt at the Tornado Jam. In '82, she has..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jamie Lin Wilson

"...of melody and powerful vocals recalling no less than Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris on "The Being Gone" and..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...Linda Ronstadt, Poco, and the Eagles all took a page..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Margaret Moser Tribute: Monte Warden

The career kick-starter

"...fixin' to do all these Buddy Holly duets with Linda Ronstadt. I was giving Joe vocal cues so he..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...Frank Zappa, Bette Midler, Freddie King, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt demonstrate genre diversity while ushering in an appeal..."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The 2016-17 Austin Music Awards’ Texan Tower of Song

Thirty-five years of AMAs? More like 181 years of Texas on one stage, on one night!

"...with harmonies straight out of the sovereign triumvirate of Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris. Now add on..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music: Hardly Art Showcase

Light, surf, fun – until it got dystopian

"...ripped through doo-wop garage rock, including a cover of Linda Ronstadt’s “Dark End of the Street.” Shannon Shaw’s girl-group..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Seven the Hard Way

Picks 2 Click: Local septet of acts braces for SXSW

"...a copy to famed producer/manager Peter Asher (James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt). Asher liked what he heard and contacted Faye..."

March 4, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Joe Ely Record Review

Panhandle Rambler (Rack 'Em)

"...couple of commendable archive releases including a duet with Linda Ronstadt, he still found time to pen 10 of..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...then by the country folk of the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt. Jones liked their audacious New York sound, liked..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Eagles Come Home to Roost

Three-hour documentary spawns an epic live tie-in

"...Henley and Frey hatched the Eagles while touring behind Linda Ronstadt...."

May 20, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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