The Sound of My Voice: Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice traces the musical life of the singer from childhood through global success and beyond. This is a biography that favors artistic experience and reputation over personal details. Recently several documentaries have explored the music scene in California as it evolved in the late 1960s. What is different about this film is the emphasis almost exclusively on performance. Archival concert footage provides ample evidence of the power of Ronstadt’s singing. She made courageous decisions in her career. Over four decades she moved from folk music into pop stardom and onto Broadway. She then recorded standards of the American songbook with Nelson Riddle, only to come back to her Mexican roots. The Sound of My Voice is a legacy film. Ronstadt’s singing appears effortless, powerful, and pitch-perfect. Testimonials by female artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Karla Bonoff, Emmy Lou Harris, Dolly Parton speak as evidence to her peerless talent. That her voice is now mostly stilled by Parkinson’s brings a bittersweet tone to the film.
Ronstadt’s girl-next-door attractiveness and effortless performance style . . .
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