Earlier this week, A24 announced that the highly-anticipated Ronnie Spector biopic, starring Zendaya, will be directed by Barry Jenkins. The film, titled Be My Baby (of course), is based on Spector’s 1990 memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette. …
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John David “J.D.” Souther, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame known for co-penning hits with the Eagles, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt, has died at the age of 78. The singer-songwriter died peacefully at home in New Mexico, according to reps at Solters PR. A cause of death …
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As Donald Trump prepares to return to Arizona for a campaign event on Thursday at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, the legendary singer herself criticized the former president for his “his toxic politics, his hatred of women, immigrants and people of color, his criminality, dishonesty, and ignorance.” Taking to social …
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Good news for Rusties: Neil Young has officially announced the next installment of his Archives series. Vol. III (1976-1987) arrives on Sept. 6 via Reprise Records. The massive anthology spans 11 years and picks up where 2020’s Archives II ended in 1976. This immensely productive period resulted in beloved albums …
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The Selena Gomez-starring Linda Ronstadt biopic has found its director: Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle filmmaker David O. Russell. Variety reports that Russell will helm the film, which Gomez teased — and Rolling Stone confirmed — via social media earlier this week. In that Instagram post, Gomez simply …
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Selena Gomez will portray Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic, Rolling Stone confirms. Fans began to speculate online about the potential casting after Gomez posted an Instagram Story of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir Simple Dreams (in another story, she also announced she’s taking a break from social media). The biopic is …
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W hen Nicolette Larson was growing up in Kansas City, Missouri, she’d ask her friends to drive over bumpy roads so she could show off her Neil Young impression. As the truck moved up and down, she’d break out into a shaky vibrato. Just a few years later, the singer …
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To anyone who doubts that every vote matters, we offer the following proof: Journey are in the Library of Congress. Today, the Library of Congress announces its list of 25 recordings chosen for the National Recording Registry.The genres represented by albums include girl group pop (the Shirelles’ Tonight’s the Night), …
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One of the many reminders of the often discounted greatness of Linda Ronstadt arrives about 30 minutes into Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice. We see the biggest female rock star of the time (1976) in a studio with her band, filming what’s …
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