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 essentially an early music video. The song — Karla Bonoff’s sad-sack ballad of epic proportions, “Lose Again” — builds in gale-force winds with each verse and chorus. The band appears to be instrument-synching with the track, but Ronstadt, standing behind a microphone,...
- 9/6/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
“Linda could literally sing anything,” Dolly Parton says of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Linda Ronstadt in the forthcoming documentary, The Sound of My Voice. Featuring new and archival interview footage with Ronstadt and several of her musical collaborators and longtime friends, the film is a stirring reminder of Ronstadt’s vocal prowess across musical genres, made all the more poignant by the singer’s battle with Parkinson’s disease and her subsequent retirement from performing in 2009.
The Sound of My Voice touches on many facets of Ronstadt’s life: her Mexican ancestry,...
The Sound of My Voice touches on many facets of Ronstadt’s life: her Mexican ancestry,...
- 8/22/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Birthday Shoutouts! Wilson Cruz (above) is 38, the faboo Karla Bonoff is 59 (Karla wrote songs for the likes of Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, and had her own 80's classic with "Personally", which is #25 on the Official Snicks Top 100 Of The 80's), and Missing Persons co-founder Terry Bozio is 61. Lady Gaga has listed Terry's ex-wife Dale as an influence. Um, yeah ... I can see it.
Just a reminder that we will be on a limited schedule this week. Ed will have a Meme in the morning, and I'll have Briefs at night, and we may have a couple of posts during the day.Oscar ballots are in the mail! I know it's a longshot, but I'm hoping Meryl gets a nomination. That performance has been completely overlooked.Huffington Post has picked their Best Gay Viral Videos Of The Year. I'm pretty sure we covered them all, except that Tim Tebow vid,...
Just a reminder that we will be on a limited schedule this week. Ed will have a Meme in the morning, and I'll have Briefs at night, and we may have a couple of posts during the day.Oscar ballots are in the mail! I know it's a longshot, but I'm hoping Meryl gets a nomination. That performance has been completely overlooked.Huffington Post has picked their Best Gay Viral Videos Of The Year. I'm pretty sure we covered them all, except that Tim Tebow vid,...
- 12/27/2011
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Chicago – One of the easiest ways for a creatively starved studio to manufacture a box office hit is to bank on the nostalgia of a beloved cult classic. A remake will not only attract old fans but inspire new moviegoers to rent the deluxe edition of the original, now carrying the self important label of, “The Film That Defined a Generation.”
But will viewers raised on the kinetic rhythms of “Step Up” embrace Herbert Ross’ 1984 anti-musical? I doubt it. For all of its preachy monologues about the importance of dancing as a mode of self-expression, there’s not much actual hoofing in the picture. Long stretches of the picture focus instead on the broadly dramatized conflict between the puritanical book-burning adults of Bomont, Georgia, and the rebellious top-tapping kids led by a mysterious outsider from (gasp!) Chicago.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
The plot reads like “Picnic” fused with a cheesy Avalon/Funicello beach picture,...
But will viewers raised on the kinetic rhythms of “Step Up” embrace Herbert Ross’ 1984 anti-musical? I doubt it. For all of its preachy monologues about the importance of dancing as a mode of self-expression, there’s not much actual hoofing in the picture. Long stretches of the picture focus instead on the broadly dramatized conflict between the puritanical book-burning adults of Bomont, Georgia, and the rebellious top-tapping kids led by a mysterious outsider from (gasp!) Chicago.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
The plot reads like “Picnic” fused with a cheesy Avalon/Funicello beach picture,...
- 10/13/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Los Angeles (AP) — Kenny Edwards, an original member of the Stone Poneys country-rock band and longtime collaborator with singer-songwriters Linda Ronstadt and Karla Bonoff, has died in California at age 64. A statement on his website says he died Wednesday. The Los Angeles Times reports Edwards was hospitalized earlier this month in Denver after collapsing while on tour with Bonoff. He was airlifted to a hospital near his home in Santa Barbara where he died. After the Stone Poneys disbanded after their 1967 breakthrough hit "Different Drum," Edwards formed the folk-rock band Bryndle with singer-songwriter Wendy Waldman, Bonoff and Andrew...
- 8/23/2010
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
Stone Poneys star Kenny Edwards has died at the age of 64. The country musician passed away on Wednesday, August 18 just weeks after he was hospitalized in Denver, Colorado. The guitarist/singer, who battled cancer and a blood disorder in recent years, collapsed while on tour with his long time collaborator Karla Bonoff and was air-lifted to a hospital near his home in Santa Barbara, California prior to his death, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Edwards shot to fame after founding the Stone Poneys in the 1960s, the group which launched Linda Ronstadt's career, but the band disbanded shortly after the release of its breakthrough hit, "Different Drum". He went on to form the folk-rock band Bryndle with Bonoff and later worked as a singer/songwriter and guitarist for numerous acts including Stevie Nicks and Don Henley, before releasing his debut solo album in 2002.
Ronstadt has paid tribute to her former bandmate,...
Edwards shot to fame after founding the Stone Poneys in the 1960s, the group which launched Linda Ronstadt's career, but the band disbanded shortly after the release of its breakthrough hit, "Different Drum". He went on to form the folk-rock band Bryndle with Bonoff and later worked as a singer/songwriter and guitarist for numerous acts including Stevie Nicks and Don Henley, before releasing his debut solo album in 2002.
Ronstadt has paid tribute to her former bandmate,...
- 8/21/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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