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Linda Ronstadt

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Together Always: Country Duets for Valentine's Day

    Maybe it's because I'm a Libra, but I believe that everything in life should be as harmonious as possible-love, especially. Duets might be the ultimate musical testament to such a theory. I'm not talking about the resonance that's created when a woman is vacuuming while her man watches television. I ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 12, 2012

    Mexicans at the Olympics, and Self-Hate

    Maybe it's because I'm a Libra, but I believe that everything in life should be as harmonious as possible-love, especially. Duets might be the ultimate musical testament to such a theory. I'm not talking about the resonance that's created when a woman is vacuuming while her man watches television. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Last Night: Aaron Neville at House of Blues

    Photos by Barry Sigman​New Orleans native Aaron Neville took the House of Blues stage last night looking like every publicity still we've seen of him over the last few decades: Bulging muscles, fitted black shirt, fedora, jewelry, religious tattoos. Last year, Neville (who celebrates his 71s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    No Surprises: Rock Hall Set To Induct Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys

    Photo By Marco TorresGuns N' Roses are Rock Hall bound, but which version of GNR will show up? ​This morning (well, it leaked last night) the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced their 2012 class of inductees. Included on the list are Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs Rush...Again

    Photo by Jeff Balke​A couple years ago, I was sitting on the back porch at the Continental Club talking music with a fairly well known music writer who seemed to believe that anything with a big hook or the slightest inkling of musicianship beyond the garage band aesthetic was utter garbage. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    The Simpsons' Top 11 Musical Guests

    ​When The Simpsons completes its last (contracted) season in 2014, it will have set staggering new broadcast records for longest running sitcom (over 550 episodes) and longest running prime time scripted TV series (25 seasons). These are all American records, of course, because the Japanese co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Father Figures: 100 Famous Musicians' Paternal Professions

    If you're a Texan of a certain age, this week you've probably spent some time mourning the death of Jerry Haynes, the children's TV host better known as Mr. Peppermint. Haynes' show on WFAA-TV in Dallas, Peppermint Place, ran from the '60s to the '90s and was widely syndicated across the state, incl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    G N' R, The Cure & Chili Peppers Could Be Hall Of Famers Next Year

    Oh, this will be a fun induction ceremony...​This morning, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced the list of nominees for its Class of 2012: The Small Faces & The Faces, Freddie King, The Cure, Guns 'N Roses, Heart, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Spinners, War, Joan Jett and the Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Last Night: Emmylou Harris At Verizon Wireless Theater

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Emmylou Harris & the Red Dirt Boys Verizon Wireless Theater June 22, 2011 The song about the Italian painter wasn't in the set, and at the end it seemed like it was the only song not in the set, but watching Emmylou Harris and her Red Dirt Boys paint the curtained-off V ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 11, 2010

    Why the Tears?

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Emmylou Harris & the Red Dirt Boys Verizon Wireless Theater June 22, 2011 The song about the Italian painter wasn't in the set, and at the end it seemed like it was the only song not in the set, but watching Emmylou Harris and her Red Dirt Boys paint the curtained-off V ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Ten Country Covers That Top The Pop Originals

    ​Our copy must still be in the mail, but Rocks Off figures we have heard enough songs from Jamey Johnson's new album The Guitar Song on Sirius/XM's Outlaw Country to know that we like it a whole lot. But none that we've heard so far are our favorite new Johnson song. It's close. No flies on G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Before Ray & Dave, Noel & Liam, There Was Don & Phil...

    The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Eagle Vision, 120 minutes, $11.98. ​Long before the professional pairings of the Robinsons, Gallaghers, Davies or even the Righteous, (and just after the Burnettes), there was the early rock and roll fraternal act of the Everl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    He Said She Said: Songs That Make Us Feel Like a Natural Woman

    ​ Despite what Shania Twain may think, feelin' like a woman isn't always about going totally crazy in men's shirts and short skirts. The life of a modern woman is often more about balancing work and social obligations, maybe even with motherhood, while still trying to look good (if you even care a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Inquiring Minds: Talking Christmas Music With Aaron Neville

    ​Even for a stone-cold atheist (which Rocks Off is not), listening to Aaron Neville sing "O Holy Night" has to be one of the true pleasures of the Western world. The best-known voice of New Orleans' No. 1 soul-funk family dynasty thanks to songs like "Tell It Like It Is" and Linda Ronstadt duet "D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Get Lit: Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved by Chris O'Dell with Katherine Ketcham

    ​In one of the most rollicking and enjoyable classic rock memoirs of recent years, Chris O'Dell offers scores of interesting first-hand experiences with a who's who of icons, as well as her own keen observations on their personalities even hardcore fans will find fresh. But just who, you might ask ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    Jackson Browne

    ​In one of the most rollicking and enjoyable classic rock memoirs of recent years, Chris O'Dell offers scores of interesting first-hand experiences with a who's who of icons, as well as her own keen observations on their personalities even hardcore fans will find fresh. But just who, you might ask ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    Jackson Browne

    ​In one of the most rollicking and enjoyable classic rock memoirs of recent years, Chris O'Dell offers scores of interesting first-hand experiences with a who's who of icons, as well as her own keen observations on their personalities even hardcore fans will find fresh. But just who, you might ask ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Houston 101: You Knew We Would Have To Do This One -- Liberty Hall

    ​Liberty Hall, by the 1970s, had somewhat survived its time as a church and an American Legion hall to become probably the hippest rock club in the city.Comfortably seedy, the Hall hosted legends like the Velvet Underground, Gram Parsons (with Neil Young and Linda Ronstadt sitting in), the Ramones ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Inquiring Minds: Teen Country Queen Katie Armiger

    Traci GoudieWhat did you do your senior year? Studying? Prom? So did Sugar Land native and eventual Austin High School graduate Katie Armiger, but she also spent it writing, recording and promoting her second album, 2008's Believe. Armiger, who co-wrote ten of Believe's 11 songs and wrote "Gone" and ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2009

    Live at Liberty Hall

    The short but storied past of Houston's legendary live music venue.

  • Music

    April 23, 2009

    Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings

    The short but storied past of Houston's legendary live music venue.

  • Music

    February 19, 2009

    Here Come The Chieftains

    Dublin Calling

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano: “Fiesta Navidad”

    We wish you a Merry Christmas – Latino style

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    The Shredder

    One Show, One Sentence

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Dan Aykroyd on the (Mostly Texan) Blues Brothers Band, Our New House of Blues, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Houston Kinfolk, SNL in Campaign '08 and More

    One Show, One Sentence

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    Americans Recording Mexican Songs

    The Bueno, the Bad and the Muy Ugly

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

    Classic Rock Corner: Mudcrutch, Golliwogs, Mynah Birds, Moving Sidewalks and More

    The Bueno, the Bad and the Muy Ugly

  • Music

    January 10, 2008

    David Olney

    Nashville lifer is nobody's dummy

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Mary Gauthier, Between Daylight and Dark

    CD Review

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Get Lit: A Turtle’s Life

    CD Review

  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    David Olney

    One Tough Town

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    Just Released CDs

    One Tough Town

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2007

    Playbill: Jimmy Lafave

    One Tough Town

  • Music

    January 19, 2006

    Joy Lynn White

    Tuesday, January 24, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999. White also will appear at 6 p.m. Tuesday for an in-store at Cactus Music & Video, 2930 Shepherd, 713-526-9272.

  • Film

    March 10, 2005

    Deep Impact

    A documentary revisits the moment when porn went mainstream

  • Film

    March 3, 2005

    Deep Impact

    A documentary revisits the moment when porn went mainstream

  • Music

    January 13, 2005

    She's Gone (Away from) Country

    But Tift Merritt's latest release, Tambourine, is up for Best Country Album

  • Music

    September 2, 2004

    Wanted: Moore Rumbles

    You'd think talking crap about Dubya would be enough to get your ass kicked at the Tall Texan. You'd be wrong.

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Strings Attached

    Will Linden move on to become a music mecca or fall beneath the weight of a racist past?

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Will Linden move on to become a music mecca or fall beneath the weight of a racist past?

  • Music

    June 12, 2003

    Mauled Eagles

    The hipster’s First Commandment: Thou shalt not dig the Eagles

  • Music

    December 5, 2002

    Barandúa / Sisters Morales

    Nuestras Canciones/Our Songs (Self-released) / Para Gloria (Luna Records)

  • Music

    November 28, 2002

    Rockin' Drama Mama

    Mary McBride makes the transition from aspiring playwright to alt-country songstress

  • Music

    November 15, 2001

    The Good Ol' Days

    The Allen Oldies Band is taking a different route to fame

  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Americana Psychos

    Mixing Nashville craft with gothic content, David Olney is a songwriter's songwriter

  • Music

    December 10, 1998

    Rotation

    Mixing Nashville craft with gothic content, David Olney is a songwriter's songwriter

  • Music

    October 22, 1998

    Rotation

    Mixing Nashville craft with gothic content, David Olney is a songwriter's songwriter

  • Music

    August 6, 1998

    Rotation

    Mixing Nashville craft with gothic content, David Olney is a songwriter's songwriter

  • Music

    October 31, 1996

    Splendid Isolation

    For Warren Zevon, it's all about how he looks in the hat

  • News

    October 20, 1994

    Tea at the di Portanovas'

    What excess comes with riches? A tea party reveals all -- almost

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