Linda Ronstadt

Jackson Browne, Orpheum Theatre, 2/13/13

Jackson Browne @ The Orpheum Theatre|2/13/13Back in 1975 Olivia Newton John lyrically asked the question "Have you ever been mellow?" Such a question would never be posed to Jackson Browne. The singer/songwriter has to be the mellowest rock star on the planet.

We Found a 36-Year-Old KDKB Local Compilation -- Here's What We Thought Of It

Doing some crate digging at Tracks in Wax, I uncovered a rather strange relic: an album showcasing local music. The cover was a faded license plate with the words Arizona Sounds Vol. 1, sponsored by KDKB 93.3 FM. It was printed in 1977. As a Phoenix native, I've always had an interest in this spraw ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week in Phoenix

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it. Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest -- our top five must-see shows this week.

Kronos Quartet, Coming to Phoenix MIM, Discusses Philip Glass

Meet Mexican Summer's Jess Rotter, Whose Art You've Probably Already Enjoyed

By Michael Alan Goldberg Jess Rotter truly racked up the frequent flyer miles this year. The long-time in-house publicist and marketing wiz for Brooklyn-based indie record label Mexican Summer practically lived in airplanes, repeatedly jetting out west and back to handle her duties repping Best Coa ... More >>

CéU at the Musical Instrument Museum, 6/19/12

CéU Musical Instrument Museum Tuesday, June 19, 2012 It's easy to see international artist CéU's mass appeal. Her music can evoke images of a smoky lounge full of Mad Men types sipping scotch, or she can put you on some sandy beach with a caipirinha in one hand and a bikini-clad babe on your arm. ... More >>

Musical Instrument Museum Debuts "I Am AZ Music" Exhibit

On Saturday, February 18, the Musical Instrument Museum debuted its "I Am AZ Music" exhibit, featuring over 40 installations that examine the scope and history of music in Arizona in celebration of the State's centennial. Reggae artist Walt Richardson performed, as well as psychedelic soul band What ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Winter Sports and Embracing Your Heritage

Red Hot Chili Peppers to Drop New Album I'm With You August 30

​The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back with their 10th studio album, which is also the first album they will have released in the last five years, according to Spin.The band's upcoming album, titled I'm With You, is officially scheduled to drop on August 30, per an announcement on the Red Hot Chili P ... More >>

Locals Only: The Best Albums and EPs From Valley Bands in 2010

Ask a Mexican: On Robbing From the Old, Giving to the Underpaid, and Crying Manly Tears

Linda Ronstadt Returns, Joe Arpaio Hunts Hispanics, and ACLU Announces Plans to Sue Over SB 1070

EarlyOnsetofNightOne way of combating Sheriff Joe's anti-brown sweeps, and SB1070 to bootTomorrow will be a big day in Sand Land, with Latina pop icon Shakira meeting with Mayor Phil Gordon over their opposition to Arizona's new racial profiling law. Normally, that alone would make for a huge news d ... More >>

April 28 In Blogs: Linda Ronstadt, Merle Haggard, Salsa, and iPhones

​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Linda Ronstadt Returns, Joe Arpaio Hunts Hispanics, and ACLU Announces Plans to Sue O ... More >>

She & Him - Volume Two

She & Him - Volume Two​You may not know it by looking out at the gray, rainy Phoenix skies this week, but spring is upon us. The weather currently doesn't want to cooperate, but She & Him will more than happily oblige your springtime needs. The duo's sophomore effort, Volume Two, is a perf ... More >>

Linda Ronstadt, Zack de la Rocha, and Little Joe Blast Joe Arpaio, Raise Dolo for Macehualli/Tonatierra

From left, Zack de la Rocha, Little Joe, and Linda Ronstadt outside El Portal FridayI'm on my way down to Phoenix's Falcon Park, where one of the largest anti-Arpaio marches in history is now gathering, but I would be remiss if I didn't post a short note about the fundraiser at Maricopa County Super ... More >>

E.J. Montini, Take a Powder; Richard Ruelas, Take His Place, Please

from Ernesto YerenaErnesto Yerena: The agit-prop Delacroix of the anti-Joe, pro-immigration reform movementIf the editors over at Phoenix's daily fishwrap had half a brain, they'd relegate their star columnist E.J. "Milksop" Montini to checking typos in the classifieds, and make Richard Ruelas his r ... More >>

MCSO Shackling Pregnant Moms, and Singer Linda Ronstadt Plans to March Against Arpaio

Linda Ronstadt Calls Joe Arpaio "a Sadistic Man," Will Participate in Anti-Arpaio Human Rights March Saturday, January 16

Tucson native Linda Ronstadt joins the fight against Joe this January 16In a conversation this morning via phone, Tucson native and rock legend Linda Ronstadt denounced Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of tyranny in Maricopa County and promised to march alongside thousands of activists planning to converg ... More >>

December 29 In Blogs: Linda Ronstadt, Vic Chestnutt, Eddie V's, and Tiger Woods

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Linda Ronstadt Calls Joe Arpaio "a Sadistic Man," Will Participate in Anti-Arpaio Human R ... More >>

AZ Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Hosts Benefit

​Grab a Stetson and your autograph pad: The AZ Music & Entertainment Hall Of Fame is holding a benefit concert on September 6 at Handlebar J in Scottsdale, a great little honky-tonky type bar just north Shea and Scottsdale Roads. Heard of the institution we lovingly know by it's overly-compl ... More >>

Arizona Premiere Living's List of Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians Kinda Blows

We recently ran across this list of the "Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians" from Arizona Premiere Living. Some of the choices are obvious: Meat Puppets, Jimmy Eat World, Jordin Sparks, Gin Blossoms, Alice Cooper, and Linda Ronstadt almost always make the "top" lists of Arizona musicians.

J.D. Souther

Americans recording Mexican songs: the bueno, the bad and the muy ugly

Props to Our Peeps: The Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards on Sept. 23

Charles Goyette Says No to 9/11 Conference

Organ-icky

Tea for none

Deep Impact

Revisiting the moment porn went mainstream

Split Splash

Modified gets emotional

The Time Warp, Again

Robrt Pela tracks the cult classic that won't go away

Letters

Letters from the week of June 24, 2004

As Heard on KCDX

John Hiatt and the Goners

Beneath This Gruff Exterior (New West)

Various Artist

It'll Come to You: The Songs of John Hiatt (Vanguard)

Neil Diamond

Jazz Singer is comin' to America West

Merry-achi

Music fest is a fine way to say Feliz Navidad

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Blow in the Wind (Fat Wreck Chords)

Lame Time, Last Year

Reeking havoc, Phoenix style, in the 12 months the millennium forgot

Candy Cane Mutiny

Consumers fight back! You have the power to make the ultimate Christmas album yourself. Use it!

The Superfine Dandelion

The Superfine Dandelion

Neil Young

Silver & Gold
(Reprise)

Flashes 04-27-2000

Joni Mitchell

Both Sides Now
(Reprise)

Various artists

The I-10 Chronicles
(Back Porch)

Jonesing for Joan

Trashman laments the decline of the American record store, and gets his Joan Jett fix

Recordings

Recordings

Recordings

History in the Faking

Pic Hits for the week

Recordings

NO OFFENSE

AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. AMERICAN WEST ARENA DOESN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES---LIKE BEING NOTICED.