Linda Ronstadt is among the most successful singers of her generation, selling out arenas on the strength of hits as huge as "When Will I Be Loved" and "Blue Bayou" before using the leverage that ...

The love Linda Ronstadt has for music can feel pretty equal to any love she’s had for a romantic partner—or better,” the singer revealed in Alta Journal. “It lasts a lot longer, and you have a much ...

Linda Ronstadt's eponymous third LP was an abysmal chart failure, stalling at No. 163 on the Billboard pop album chart. It led to her departure from Capitol Records. It was also the first time anybody ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U2’s classic album “The Joshua Tree,” Linda Ronstadt’s “Heart Like a Wheel” and an early, influential Christian rock album will play on forever, or at least as long as the Library of ...

The year 1974 was a good one for solo female artists. Beyond Dolly Parton releasing Jolene in February, we had Joni Mitchell‘s sixth album, Grace Slick’s debut solo offering, major hits from Carly ...

It’s no secret that, though she was one of few women in a mostly male field, Linda Ronstadt — who turns 79 on July 15, 2025 — more than held her own in the West Coast folk rock scene of the’60s and ...

Like its subject, "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice" hits all the right notes, with this latest documentary foray into musical history offering a brisk exploration of the singer's chart-topping ...

The 1980s were a prime era for supergroups. In many cases, these collectives of top musicians overdid it with bombast, and the music didn’t hold up very well once the initial notoriety of the ...

Recording an album of Mexican folk songs in Spanish was something Linda Ronstadt dreamed of doing from the time she first left home in Tucson for Los Angeles at 18. It just took some time to get to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John David “JD” Souther, a prolific songwriter and musician who helped shape the country-rock sound that took root in Southern California in the 1970s with his collaborations with ...