During an interview with Michael Schulman of The New Yorker, Ronstadt revealed she grew tired of being a rock star. She decided she wanted to sing an album of songs from the Great American Songbook.

During an interview with Rolling Stone, Ronstadt discussed a car ride she took with Glenn Frey of The Eagles. “Glenn Frey is the best single source of material for singers,” she said. “He’s got stacks ...

Linda Ronstadt’s biggest hit singles during her incredible run of success in the 1970s tended to be covers of well-known tracks. On her albums, however, she devoted a lot of space to songs from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Congress is ...