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Performer: Linda Ronstadt
Artist: Flaco Jimenez
Engineer: George Massenburg; Nathaniel Kunkel
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Linda Ronstadt, Mike Ronstadt, Pete Ronstadt (vocals); Gilberto Puente, Raul Puente, Leonel Galves (guitar); Nati Cano, Jose "Pepe" Martinez (violin); Katie McElrath, Angela Koregalos (flute); Martin Lara (trumpet); Flaco Jiminez (accordion). Producers: George Massenburg, Ruben Fuentes. Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California. Personnel: Linda Ronstadt (vocals); Leonel Galvez, Gilberto Puente, Rafael Palomar (guitar); Santiago Maldonado (harp); V�ctor "El Pato" Cardenas (vihuela); Jos� Mart�nez, Jr., Jes�s Guzm�n, Pedro Garcia, Mario Rodriguez , Juan Jose Almaguer, Nati Cano (violin); Katie McElrath, Angela Koregelos (flute); Flaco Jim�nez (accordion); Martin Lara, Federico Torres (trumpet). Audio Mixer: George Massenburg. Recording information: Skywalker Ranch, Marin County, CA; The Site, Marin County, CA. Photographer: William Coupon. Translators: Rossy Corsly; Linda Ronstadt. Unknown Contributor Role: Greg Sudmeir. Arranger: Rub�n Fuentes. This 1991 followup to 1987's successful CANCIONES DE MI PADRE continues Linda Ronstadt's innovative musical exploration of her roots. Once again, producer and arranger Ruben Fuentes is on hand to provide authentic orchestral accompaniment to classic Mexican songs handpicked by Linda and her brothers, who sing together as a trio on several tracks. The orchestra is also bit smaller this time, which perhaps accounts for Ronstadt's greater confidence in presenting this delightful material. What strikes the listener again is how different Ronstadt sounds performing this material. She swoops and sways and twists her syllables like a native, while manifesting a highly expressive sob never heard when she sings in English.

Linda Ronstadt began as the clear-voiced, country-influenced singer for '60s folk-rockers the Stone Poneys, where she covered tunes by the likes of Mike Nesmith and Tim Buckley. That knack for choosing material served her well in the second half of the '70s, when she became a pop superstar interpreting songs by everyone from Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello to Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Subsequently, she showed her diversity by cutting albums of jazz standards, traditional Mexican music, and pure country

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