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The fact that her label didn't want her to do the Canciones de Mi Padre album, but Linda did it anyway and won a Grammy with renditions of songs like this. Good for her.
And still to this day top selling non English album in US history
@@mic1240 wow! Didn't know that. Cool!
She made 35 million then it was like blank off I’m gonna sing whatever I want
I learned to love all types of music simply because Linda sang them! This was one of my favorite albums! Pot Una Mor and Tu Solo Tu were 2 of my favorites on this CD
She told them yea ok
In Mexico we don’t all sing like that 😅. It is really difficult, but we are raised listening all these singers, and after a few beers we can all sing almost like Linda Rondstad 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
We do. Maybe you don't.
What gets me is that she makes it look so EASY. Its like she not even pushing her voice to the edge.
This shows that Linda Ronstadt was one of the greatest singers of all time. She could sing any kind of music and make it sound great and do so flawlessly.
Ms. Linda grew up in Arizona listening to this music and rock as well. Just like I did. She was always amazing in whatever she did.
Linda's paternal family is Mexican, she was born in Tuscon AZ. Not fluent but was exposed to Spanish language and Mexican music at a young age. Linda could sing anything from lullabies to operettas. Sadly she can no longer sing due to illness.
She is quoted as saying she grew up thinking that English was for speaking and Spanish was for singing. She could speak very minimal Spanish and learned this album mostly phonetically. This is still the best selling non-English language album in US history and her versions are now considered the standard of how Mariachi should be sung.
Her mother was of German, English, and Dutch ancestry and her father was Mexican-German.
@@richdiddens4059 I've read that one of the few critiques of Ms. Ronstadt's Spanish for this album was that it was too accurate...they said a native Mexican singing the same song would use more colloquial pronunciations of many of the words.
@@sewing1243 she's not native Mexican, so 'critics' just like to be abrasive for no reason
oh wow!!! I'm from Tucson, AZ
My Mexico is rich not only in art, history, culture, touristic places, food, tequila... but also in music and our mariachis represent history, sorrow, happiness, dance, day to day situations.... mariachi is also life and most certainly is our pride.
🇲🇽 ¡¡¡ VIVA MÉXICO!!!🇲🇽
From what I understand, in vocal terms Mariachi is serious heavy lifting, even more so maybe than opera. It's not just something you just walk up and do, it's very disciplined and taxing, and you either have the talent and ability or you don't. This is why Linda is high grandmaster GOAT class beyond even many of the best known singers out there. She's practically in a class by herself.
The impostation of the voice is similar to an light opera tenor
Agreed. There are very few mariachi singers that can really pull off a lot of other genres as well just like opera singers.
She is in a class totally by herself.
If you liked that...La Charreada Live will absolutely blow your mind. It's a ten out of ten. Thanks for the great reactions.
The world was in love with her for decades before we heard her sing this!
I second this song!
My favorite Linda song of all the Mexican songs that she has recorded when she does a pie at the end I damn near fell off my chair
Linda was raised with a Latino father and is obviously fluent. Not to mention the greatest and most versatile singer of all time, male or female...
Yes, she is an “Olympics” singer. Multiple Grammies, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Kennedy Award, American Mexican Music Award, multiple gold and platinum awards. I’m almost 70 and she has captured my soul with her abilities to sing anything!
The incomparable Linda is just a couple months younger than I. Born in 1946, we are 77.
Exactly - a vocal decathlete.
From the album “Canciones de Mi Padre’ the biggest selling non-English language album in American record history. “These canciones were a big part of Ronstadt's family tradition and musical roots. The title Canciones de Mi Padre refers to a booklet that the University of Arizona published in 1946 for Ronstadt's deceased aunt, Luisa Espinel, who had been an international singer in the 1920s. The songs come from Sonora and Ronstadt included her favorites on the album. Also, Ronstadt has credited the late Mexican singer Lola Beltrán as an influence in her own singing style, and she recalls how a frequent guest to the Ronstadt home, Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero, father of Chicano music, would often serenade her as child with these songs.”- wIKi
Wow!
The Guerrero connection tickles my fancy.
I was a big fan of “Lalo” Guerrero since my childhood days, as ‘Pancho Claus’ was a staple in my home every Christmas.
Linda was the 1st hippie. In her 1st band she wore the long dresses with bare feet. She was loved by all the male musicians. ❤
I saw Linda in Neil Young’s “After The Gold Rush” 1970 concert in Dallas,Texas. She was the Opening Act and her band was named “ Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poney’s”. She sang “Different Drum”. So Glad I Saw her. Still one of my Favorite Singers.
Hi Britt. You and Linda are a winning combination. Everyone who saw you be introduced to Linda through her Trio harmonies knew you wouldn’t be able to know how her solo singing could not take a backseat to anyone.
She does have Mexican heritage on her father’s side and grew up with such music in her Arizona home, but is not known to speak Spanish conversationally. She has commented that as a child she thought English was used for talking, while Spanish was some magical language used for singing. The album from which this came was a tribute to her father and that heritage, and was a great success despite her record label’s reservations. But despite not being fluent, anyone who does know Spanish will tell you that her pronunciation and knowledge of what she’s singing about are first rate. And the song is about what was written at the beginning, and consistent with this very emotional style, where our heroine has so tired of searching for love that she is now content to simply die singing as do the cicadas. So great reaction and you’ll never be disappointed with Linda who always puts everything into whatever she does.
Linda's farther was Mexican, so she grew up with Mexican culture around her and the language was often spoken at home. She did this album in honour of her father. In English, the album is called "Songs of my father."
Linda is Mexican. She was raised in Arizona and speaks about her Mexican heritage growing up listening to Mexican music smelling the aroma of the tortillas and the Mexican food that was made every day in her upbringing. This really shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone although she was a rock singer in the 60s and 70s and did a lot of orchestra music in the 80s. She came back to her roots and began to sing mariachi music. This really shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
Linda is a one off gift from the gods.
She is of Mexican/German heritage on her father’s side and spent her childhood in Arizona on the Mexican border, often crossing over for visits and parties with relatives and friends. She worked very hard to learn this music to a professional level as an adult after having heard much of it as a child. She is stunningly talented and spun gold out of everything she touched in the music world. She’s also a wonderful person. Thanks for doing this. Please continue to do more of Linda’s music. 🌺✌️
this is just another example why Linda Rondstadt is considered one of the best and most versatile singers in history (at least modern history)
Find her documentary, “The Sound of My Voice”. I bawled through half of it. She is truly an amazing being. She has sung all types of genres, -even performed in Pirates of the Penzance. She’s been married to music and her art is her children -though she did date the Gov of CA back in the day!
Linda is one of America’s greatest VOCALISTS period 👍🏼😃
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I have to say. One of the worlds greatest.
My words exactly.
I’ve owned every album, 8 track , cassette and CD Linda has sung on 10 times over! Her bluesy music was the best but everything she’s ever sung has had a powerful impact on me!
The pride of Tucson, Arizona. ¡Viva, Linda!
It absolutely breaks my heart that she has lost that incredible voice, due to Parkinson’s disease. Such a cruel turn, but we’ll have her entire body of work. Her album “Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind” came out in a very hard time in my life, and I needed that voice, even as it still tears me apart, every time I listen to it.
Me too! ❤
Her Cry Like a Rainstorm is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard.
Linda's father's heritage is Mexican and she grew up listening to mariachi and Spanish language music and it is a part of her life and one reason why she wanted to record the songs she listened to as a kid.
This is a good example for why Linda has always been my favorite female singer. No one can come close to her talent.
I beg to difer, have a listen to Selena's, "Torro Relajo".
And Christina Aguilera's "Cuando Me Dé La Gana", or "La Reina".
These three ladies have demonstrated their powerful voices at the dame level.
She was raised on this type of music her dad was half Mexican and she was raised to appreciate her latino backround she does not speak Spanish although I'm sure she understands some of it in addition to the two Mexican albums she did she also did a Cuban big orchestra style album Frenesi it will knock you out I'm a Linda Ronstadt FANATIC!!!!
Linda’s dad was Mexican and her mom was German. She was born and grew up in Arizona.
Ronstadt has released 24 studio albums and 15 compilation or greatest hits albums. She charted 38 US Billboard Hot 100 singles. Twenty-one of those singles reached the top 40, ten reached the top 10, and one reached number one.
Do you remember which one was number one?
@@voicecoachpepe I think her huge number one was, “You’re No Good”.
Thanks 🙏
Actually was the other way around. Her Father was German and her Mother was of Spanish desant who immigranted to Mexico. Kind of was a insult back in the day if you called anyone from a Spanish Family a Mexican. Just saying learn this from both my parents families . Their was a pecking order among people from Mexico. Gross as it was it was the way.. My Mother actually grew up on a Ranch near Linda and knew her and her brother who actually once was the Mayor of Tucson. This was probably her favorite album because her father and his brother as well as brother in laws used to sings these songs by campfire when my Mother was a child.
@@ericbeltran1158 Her father's mother was Mexican, as well as her father's grandmother. Her mother was of German, English, and Dutch and from Michigan.
Linda is Mexican American (like me). She is actually not fluent in speaking Spanish (like me) but is beyond fluent in singing it (not me). We who are Mexican American stand up a little taller when she sings this music. She brings out our pride of the culture. When Linda was a little girl she said she used to think people spoke in English and sang in Spanish.
Her dad was of Mexican descent with a German Ronstadt ancestor, and she was raised on a large ranch in Tucson, Arizona. When she sings La Charreada, she's even more powerful. And you'll think what she's wearing is cuter. And to go in another direction with Linda, try her singing Poor Wandering One from the opera Pirates Of Penzance.
Linda is the greatest voice I ever heard, I am a native of AZ, and I am soooo proud that she is from my state. I am republican and I know that she probably hates me, but I don’t need to agree with her to love her. She is literally the best ever!!!
Linda is the greatest female vocalist of my lifetime. imo She worked tirelessly on each song, each phrase and each word. You'll like her performance on Broadway in the opera The Pirates of Penzance. ☮💚🎶
Linda released the album Canciones de Mi Padre (Songs of my Father) in 1987 to honor her Mexican heritage. The album immediately became a global smash hit. At 2½ million US sales, it stands as the biggest selling non-English language album in American record history. Linda is unparalleled, she sampled many music genres and was a smashing success in all of them.
Linda could sing the entire phone book and everyone would still be impressed
For another side of this incredible artist checkout her two albums of classic standards. One is called "What's New?" With the legendary Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
"In the 70s & 80s everybody wanted to sing like Linda(Ronstadt)!" --Aretha Franklin
Even Aretha? She probably said gotta show some R-E-S-P-E-C-T
A one of a kind singer. Early in her career, when Linda was one of the top selling acts of the time, her record labels wanted to keep her in that country-rock sort of box. Linda wanted none of that. She recorded and album of torch songs with Nelson Riddle. She did Pirates of Penzance on Broadway, she sang roots music with Dolly Parton and Emmilou Harris. And this music, a tribute to her Mexican father was something close to her heart .... and became the bestelling Mexican American record of all time. Millions of records sold, 14 grammies, Linda found the best success when she followed her heart and excercised her remarkable instrumehnt
Also,"LA Charreada".Most versatile singer EVER!
Linda was the Beyonce of her generation; she was everywhere and a household name. An incredible talent, and an incredible person. Parkinson's may have robbed her of her voice, but not the love of her admirers. Thinking of you Ms. Ronstadt.
I am yet to hear Beyonce sing like this, or to sing opera for that matter.
I feel like you finally “get” why we’re all in love with her voice. Thank you for this reaction. ❤
This woman is a world class singer i love anything she sings
Thanks for the wonderful reaction to “La Cigarra.” Her best singing voice was during her two Mexican song albums, Canciones de Mi Padre & Mas Canciones.
Her pronunciation in Spanish is perfect as is, her interpretation of each & every song. I believe she was too shy to speak in Spanish but that shyness went away, with what came naturally to her, SINGING!
I look forward to Rod Stewart’s, “You’re in my Heart,” reaction.
Btw, I listen to music in many different languages that I don’t understand. For me, it’s about the song itself ( good melody) & the singer’s voice. If those two criteria are there, I don’t mind too much, that I can’t understand it.
Linda did and does what she wants. Her father was Mexican and she grew up in Tucson, I don’t think she speaks fluent Spanish but she knows the songs by heart from hearing them as she grew up. ❤ this is one of my favorite songs from this album -she is so kickass! Check out La Charreada too!
You need to research Linda Ronstadt …. She started singing at a very young age. She had an very very successful singing career. She is my absolute favorite singer ever! Love you so much Linda Ronstadt! ❤
Linda is an amazing vocalist. Love watching these reactions! It's just like I felt when I first heard it back in the 1970s.
Linda was a musical marvel. She wasn't actually fluent in Spanish although she's in part of Mexican origin from her father's side. She did have coach during the Spanish recordings to help her with her diction and pronunciation. I invite you to listen to the whole album "Canciones de mi padre" ( The songs of my father } which was her first recording in Spanish. She did record a second one. Both beautiful. Enjoy!!
I’m from Tucson so I grew up with her music her range is amazing she is a legend
Linda Ronstadt has released 24 studio albums and 15 compilation or greatest hits albums. She charted 38 US Billboard Hot 100 singles. Twenty-one of those singles reached the top 40, ten reached the top 10, and one reached number one ("You're No Good").
She was raised in Tuscon, Arizona, where she worked and sang with her Father who loved Latin music.
She said she spoke English and sang in Spanish.
Linda was beloved in Mexico. Like...L.O.V.E.D. There's a saying, "Los Mexicanos nacen donde nos de la gana", "We Mexicans are born wherever the hell we want". She is the epitome of this.
This woman was a massive talent! I was one of the many sad mopes who was smitten by Linda Ronstadt, when she burst onto the musical scene with the Stone Poneys, back in the 1960s.
I was fortunate to see her in concert twice and then on Broadway, as well. Yes, I was indeed smitten!
Linda Ronstadt is the greatest most versatile female vocalist of her generation.
❤Britt, as Dolly said,Linda can sing anything Thanks
She was the top female Rock singer back in the day. She’s also recorded the Great American Songbook as well as opera.
Sublime, soulful vocalist with a tremendous vocal range. She is in complete control of her voice, with an astounding control and richness that disarmed me when I first heard it. Stellar performance
In rock music there is Freddie Mercury ...and then there is everybody else. for the women, there is Linda Ronstadt, and then every body else. At one time she had the #1 song on the C&W charts, and the pop and rock charts. had 5 milti platinum albums in a row, She sings C&W, Patsy Cline's CRAZY, pop, rock, opera, big band with nelson Riddle 3 albums, Mexican....largest selling album in mexican history, she could sing anything...explore all of them....
Any genre of music Linda sang she masters it she's done it all
I first heard Linda on Armed Forces Radio in Viet Nam. I came back home and heard her music for so many years after that. Pairing with Nelson Riddle, Aaron Neville, Emmilou Harris, The Eagles, and so many others. And Finally her concert honoring her Mexican heritage, Songs of my father, Canciones De Mi Padre. There will never be another like her. She is a National treasure.
Thanks for your service.I didn't have to go.I didn't graduate until 1975.
Also, I can’t wait for you to hear her sing opera, Pirates of Penzance and La Bohème
It was genuinely a joyful to watch your reaction. This is how we were back in the 70s.
IMHO the greatest female vocalist of the 20th century.
Linda Ronstadt is one of the best female singers & can sing any genre from ballads to country to rock & even opera. She has Mexican heritage on her dad's side. Growing up she listened to many types of music, including Mexican music, which was sung by her entire family. She does a great job singing in Spanish. I have the album "Canciones de Mi Padre (Spanish for "Songs of My Father"). Sadly she now has progressive supranuclear palsy & can no longer sing a note.
She won a Grammy for this album also! Linda is of German and Mexican dissent....the Mexican culture and singing were in her family in the Tucson AZ area, but she did not speak much Spanish and had to get a coach and generally sing these phonetically correct. By her own admission her self documentary from about 2019. I keep telling young people, this lady is an American treasure, but even some of my generation paid little attention to her when she stopped singing rock, and went Big Band Standards, Mariachi and Operetta, [those people are big musical cowards to me...they are incapable of getting it...this lady is a monster talent, can sing anything, BETTER than most anyone else, with range and pure tone and interpretive phrasing, and did....I'd listen to her over Rod Stewart or Paul McCartney and the rest of the rock stars doing jazz standards any day. she makes them sound like amateurs and they know it].
Best selling Latin album ever
Como decimos en España ¡Viva la madre que la parió!
Her talent is unquestionable. She is brilliant is so many genres. Her versions of "Skylark" and "When You Wish Upon a Star" are amazing.
Some of us have been telling you this for months but hey, better late than never. 😂😂😂 i love the little smile she gives half way through. try 'La Charreada' or
'Por un amor' from the same concert. ❤
I LOVE your reaction! Seeing someone get 'Lindafied' because they don't expect THAT voice puts a smile on my face every single time! To think her record company told her she couldn't do that album but she did anyway and it is to date (as far as I know) the biggest-selling Spanish album in the USA.
Linda starred opposite Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury in Pirates of Penzance and if you want to hear her BELT in operatic fashion, I suggest you track down the soundtrack and take a listen. You will be shooketh down into your soul!
I love seeing people encounter Linda's songs for the first time. They bounce along in a happy contented way at the beginning... then ... THAT VOICE... the eyes bug out, the jaws drop, and they are born into a new world ❤
I genuinely love your reactions. I grew up listening to this album because of my mother, and when I tell you I was SHOOK when I found it she was an American artist. My Mexican mariachi music is just beautiful, rich and POWERFUL. LOVED YOUR REACTION
Linda has Mexican roots on her father's side of the family. Her vocals, in both languages, is nothing short of superb. 😊
Best Linda story, she was in the Johnny Cash show. Linda wore skirts an often went what today is called commando. There she was on TV, in a mini skirt with no panties.... joints wife saw it an sent her period to the store to get Linda some panties because, she wasn't going to have that girl sit next to her Johnny not wearing panties....
I dint think I have ever heard anyone that has or had Linda's glorious voice. We probably won't hear anything close to it until we here the angels sing and they'll Potosi have Linda as a voice coach
Linda R, a beautiful woman who made many musical achievements, showing that music has no borders when it is sung from the heart and with good will. Greetings from Mexico City.
Linda Rostandt cantó en español en honor a su padre que tenía raíces mexicanas de ahí su album Canciones a mi padre 🇲🇽
Linda is Spanish for lovely and isn’t it an apt description of Linda Ronstadt. I am so glad that you have gotten to this point with her. When you were introduced to her via The Trio, I thought to myself, wait until she hears her sing in Spanish! I’ve always loved Linda Ronstadt but when I learned that she was Latina and heard her sing in Spanish it was over for good! No me canso de escucharla! Excelente Britt! There are many more just like this one! Just sayin’…
Love your reaction!❤ I know I love Linda Ronstadt. once you think you figured her out she surprises you and you just can't believe she that amazing
Actually, Linda was not fluent in Spanish. She work tirelessly to be able to sing Canciones de mi Padre properly.
How do you know this? What is your source?
You can’t fake a good accent in Spanish or any other language.
@@denisearty Actually it is too rehearsed. Not a natural flow.
First of all, I live in Tucson. In Linda’s own words, “I thought English was for speaking and Spanish was for singing.” She admits her Spanish wasn’t good, partly because speaking Spanish in public, at the
Speaking Spanish in public was stigmatized at the time.
What's New..... live with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Another genre mastered by lovely Linda. Your Ronstadt reactions are great!
She doesn't speak Spanish but she has been singing these songs since she for her family was a child. She's of Mexican Descent, but is from Arizona.
Lots of love from NM… My grandma had these two albums on cassette in her kitchen… brings me way back.. ❤
Marvelous! Yes she is from Mexican and German descent. She’s such an awesome singer!
When you reacted to Linda singing Blue Bayou at the end of the sing she does this wonderfully ending that she once said was all Mexican when asked about it.
English translation:
Don’t sing to me anymore, cicada
Let your singsong end
For your song here in my soul
Stabs me like a dagger
Knowing that when you sing
You are announcing that you are going to your death.
Sailor, sailor
Tell me if it is true that you know,
Because I cannot distinguish,
Whether in the depths of the seas
There is another color blacker
Than the color of my sorrows.
A little dove came flying
That bore a wounded breast
Now almost crying
Said to me very afflicted
Now I am weary of searching for
A mutual love.
Under the shade of a tree
And to the beat of my guitar
I sing this huapango joyfully
Because my life is finished
And I want to die singing
As the cicada dies.
You should hear her in “Pirates of Penzance “. She hits some high notes in that movie.
Linda grew up on a Mexican-American family. She is fluent in Spanish.
Voice from Heaven
Linda could sing anything.
Linda is of Mexican decent. Her father is Mexican. This concert is call " Canciones de Mi Padre" ( My father's Songs).😊
I saw this show in New York and Pittsburgh. She is amazing in any language!
All the songs were transcribed phonetically for her to learn. Growing up her family sang in Spanish but talked in English and grew up on her paternal grandfather's hacienda in Tucson, AZ.. At elementary school the students would be punished for speaking Spanish but as a young girl she thought everyone spoke English but sang Spanish.. This song is from "Cancoines de me Padre" which sold over 2.5 million copies within 24 hours from release, and holds the record of still being the highest selling non-English record. She was strongly discouraged by her record label from doing this album as they told her she would destroy her career.
Britt, This is Linda’s Mexican Ethnicity Side, Coming Out. So Beautiful. Thank You for doing this Video.
The Mariachi music of Mexico performed at this level is passionate opera in musical movements and very similar to 16-17th century European opera.
This was from her Canciones de mi Padre Album. She earned her Mex stamp after this. She has always been Mex
Cicadai comes out of the ground on an annual rotation of 7 years. They mate then they died. Her father was Mexican (Spanish). She is one the few singers in America that had "Perfect Pitch"
So yah Linda = anything; Rock, country, jazz, classic standards, opera, Broadway, and yes the biggest selling Latin album in American history. Linda, just crazy azz talenteed.
This was a beautiful reaction by an extraordinary talent. I had voice lessons while attending University, and I know the difficulty pronouncing a non-speaking language that's unfamiliar, e.g.Italian. Linda was an acclaimed rock singer in her debut years, but as she progressed, her singing talent became much more obvious. Recently I got hurt at work, damaging my hands, and the loss of playing my guitar gave me great depredation. But Imagine her situation, though, the recollection of all she'd been through before that terrible disease silenced her singing. But ever hopeful, I will look for Linda in the next eternal life, happily in Heaven!
Incredible lady with an incredible voice. Another view of Linda is What's New with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Totally different from the two types you have seen. Really enjoy watching your reactions.
Linda started out as a country rock singer. Very powerful, but untrained. She took a gamble and starred in Pirates of Penzance on Broadway . There she received proper voice lessons to get the most out of her voice. She then took another gamble and made this album. Spectacular performance. She was a guest artist at our Holiday Concert. (Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir) in the 90’s. Reportedly she was having fun and just wanted to hang out in the alto section.
Listen to ADIOS Stunning...Written by Jimmy Webb and Arranged by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has incredible harmonies along with her voice....listen to WHAT'S NEW with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. and POOR WANDERING ONE...from Pirates of Penzance she sang coloratura soprano on Broadway for a year. for starters....Desperado...the Eagles whom she assembled and sang with before going solo, recorded it and it was a flop...Linda made it a #1 classic...
I was fortunate to be able to see this concert 3 times in 3 different venues over a 2 year period. I played this CD multiple times a day for years. Not exaggerating! Learned to sing several of these songs phonetically myself. Was even lucky enough to sing one of them at friend's wedding reception with a Mariachi band. A most treasured memory! Linda does not speak or understand Spanish, per sey. She sings phonetically. She had an aunt who was a pretty successful singer of Mexican music. Her father, her brothers & at least one of her nieces (Mindy, who sing's "Y Andale" in this concert with her) can all sing. Very talented family.
Linda, wherever you are right now, thank you so much for ALL of the beautiful, heart wrenching and joyful songs you sang to us. You are one of the great story tellers of all time. Some people can have great voices but not be able to bring life to a song. You had both abilities. Muchas Gracias❤
Hi I just found your channel, the music that she singing is called Ranchera. Linda is Mexican-American from the borderlands of Sonora and I think both Texas or Arizona or New Mexico, I don't remember that history with her. This is music especially composed arranged and sung strictly by women. I'm 70 years old I grew up on this music. I am so glad that you found the music and you enjoy it so much. The style is strictly Mexican and usually accompanies a rodeo where women compete along with the men on the ranches in Mexico and South Texas.
She starts off with the song of the Cicada singing with death in their voice. The rest you can Google. Her father was from Mexico and she spoke Tex-Mex Spanish. Unfortunately, she has Parkinson's now and can no longer sing. But when she did sing she was noted for one of the few who had perfect pitch and needed no adjustments on the panel.
An icon of ALL MUSIC! She could sing the dictionary and make me feel emotional!❤
Have loved Linda since 1978, listening to her in the dorms. Rock and roll and all the rest. ♥
Loved your reaction to this, Britt. Yes, Linda is a great singer on her own right.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Please listen to La Charreada! Yes her father was spanish . In fact the name of this album is Songs Of My Father.
In regards to the “cigarra”, here is another version in a duet, performed in Mexico City… it’s amazing.
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I am from Tucson and Linda is an icon for the city. Many of her family are also singers and participate in local gigs on and off.