Linda Ronstadt

Depending on how seriously one takes Linda Ronstadt these days, Canciones de Mi Padre
("Songs of My Father") is either a deeply felt homage to her family's Mexican heritage or the
party-gag album of the year. For this confusion the blame must rest largely with Ronstadt
herself, who's spent the Eighties flitting from one musical style to another – fake New
Wave, operetta, big-band pop standards – without staking a claim to any of them... More >