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Linda Marie Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American singer most closely associated with the country rock genre prevalent in the 1970s. Though an occasional songwriter herself, she is better known as an interpreter of other songwriters' works. No other vocalist has had a more diversified career than Linda Ronstadt. Her career began in 1967 with the release of folk-rock group The Stone Poneys' self-titled album. |
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News in english
about Linda Ronstadt
(November / 2009)
Linda Ronstadt makes a case for music education Date: 05 Nov 2009
The Kansas City Star -
She has been a professional musician since she was 14 — a span of nearly 50 years. Linda Ronstadt is best known for the music she made in the 1970s and into the 1980s, but she has amassed a catalog of music that far exceeds her most successful span in 1974-80, when she released six albums, four of which were No. 1 or No. 2 on the Billboard chart.
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Straight from the Arizona Gulag: Linda Ronstadt in SA Date: 06 Nov 2009
San Antonio Current -
The short story: Linda Ronstadt performs her best-selling Canciones de mi padre with Los Angeles’ Los Camperos de Nati Cano, one of the world’s finest mariachis.
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Linda Ronstadt and mariachis nourish the soul Date: 07 Nov 2009
The Kansas City Star -
Listening to songs without understanding their lyrics is like eating in the dark. If you can’t see your food, you focus more on other traits, like its aromas and textures. When you can’t focus on a song’s lyrics, you pay deeper attention to its other qualities, like the discreet lines in vocal harmonies or the interplay between soloists and the rhythm section or the band’s lavish wardrobe.
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