The Ronstadts have been part of the Tucson music scene since her grandfather arrived from Mexico in 1882 and helped found the Club Filarmónico Tucsonense civic band.
And perhaps no place highlights the family’s cultural legacy like the former Tucson Music Hall, rechristened the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in May 2022.
The naming ceremony took place during a mariachi spectacular that featured Jesús “Chuy” Guzmán, who’d recorded with Ms. Ronstadt on the 1987 “Canciones de Mi Padre” — still the best-selling non-English album in U.S. history.
This ode to the borderland classics she’d grown up on was remastered and rereleased last fall, and there may be no better soundtrack for exploring her hometown.
Here are five of her favorite places to visit in Tucson:1.
Persons:
Linda Ronstadt, who’d, Ronstadt, ” —
Organizations:
Tucson Music Hall, Linda Ronstadt Music, Barrio
Locations:
Tucson, Mexico, Chuy, Guzmán