Steeped in its region of origin’s booming counterculture, Linda Ronstadt’s vastly underrated eponymous third solo album possesses an irresistibly down-home sound, amplified by the presence of her ...

The singing superstar on the disease that stole her voice, celebrating her Mexican heritage and the stories behind her classic songs. Almost a decade ago, Linda Ronstadt was diagnosed with Parkinson’s ...

Ronstadt kicked off her career as a member of the folk rock band The Stone Poneys, recording a total of three albums with the group. Their first hit, "Different Drum," made Ronstadt famous, but she ...

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 ...

Ronstadt had quite the career. Ten of her singles reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The songs in question were “Don’t Know Much,” “Blue Bayou,” “Somewhere Out There,” “It’s So Easy,” “How ...

A good cover sounds like a decent recreation of the original, but a great cover can transform a song into something entirely new, like when Linda Ronstadt covered the Rolling Stones in the late 1970s.

However, there’s one song from that album that Ronstadt can’t stand. She once revealed that she cringes every time it comes on the radio. Overall, she never felt that she did the song justice. Even ...

"It wasn’t a country song, wasn’t a folk song, or a rock song," Ronstadt said of her genre-defying ballad, "but I thought it was a really good song." “I don’t follow social media or streaming services ...