{"id":16681,"date":"2019-07-15T13:09:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1809038"},"modified":"2019-07-15T13:09:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:09:04","slug":"we-cant-help-it-if-were-still-in-love-with-linda-ronstadt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/we-cant-help-it-if-were-still-in-love-with-linda-ronstadt\/","title":{"rendered":"We Can\u2019t Help It If We\u2019re Still in Love With Linda Ronstadt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> 34m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Radio is a jealous medium that demands an act declare its format allegiance before it will give it significant airplay. \u201cAre you pop,\u201d it asks, \u201cor are you country?\u201d Whether or not the music is widely appealing is, more often than not, off the point.<\/p>\n

But Linda Ronstadt<\/a>, who turns 73 on Monday (July 15), was able to establish a strong presence in country music in spite of her strong identification as a pop star. In fact, she succeeded in crossing over even as her musical soulmates, the Eagles, whose sound was just as \u201ccountry\u201d as hers, failed.<\/p>\n

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