Album Title: Canciones de mi Padre
Primary Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Release Year: 1987
Genre: Mexican Folk / Traditional
Styles: Ranchera, Son Jarocho, Huapango, Corrido
Language: Spanish
Label: WEA
Format: Vinyl, LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Recording Type: Studio
Country of Release: United States
Arranged & Conducted By: Rubén Fuentes
Assistant & Coordinator: Jesús Hernández
Produced By: Peter Asher & Rubén Fuentes
📝 Liner Notes (Transcripción)
English (Original)
“To my father with affection…”
Those long summer evenings of my childhood, when the moon made strange patterns on father’s guitar as he sang enchanting songs to me, are no more. But the imagination hears the romance and wistfulness of their melodies, hears them with a sweetness as subtle as the fragrance of wildflowers dried in herbs.
— L. Ronstadt, 1946
My father’s sister Luisa wrote these words the year I was born. They are the introduction to a book of collected songs from my grandfather’s homeland in Sonora, Mexico.
Many of the songs on this record were passed on through my father to me, and others I have learned through my continuing interest in the great traditions of Mexico. These songs comprise a tradition both of my family and of a country which has made profound contributions to the world of music. They are a living memory of heartfelt experience.
— L. Ronstadt, 1987
Español (Original)
“A mi padre con cariño…”
Aquellos largos atardeceres de mi niñez, cuando la luna dibujaba misteriosas sombras sobre la guitarra de mi padre, mientras él me cantaba encantadoras canciones, ya no existen. Pero la imaginación oye el romance y los anhelos de sus melodías, los escucha con dulzura, una dulzura tan sutil como la fragancia de flores silvestres secadas entre hierbas.
— L. Ronstadt, 1946
Estas palabras, escritas el año en que nací por Luisa, la hermana de mi padre, son la introducción a un libro de canciones escogidas de la tierra de mi abuelo, el estado mexicano de Sonora.
Muchas de las canciones en este disco llegaron a mí a través de mi padre, y otras las aprendí gracias a mi continuo interés por las grandes tradiciones vocales de México. Ellas resumen la tradición de mi familia y la de un país que ha hecho profundas contribuciones al mundo de la música. Son canciones que constituyen una memoria viviente de una experiencia muy sentida en el alma.
— L. Ronstadt, 1987
Collection Note:
From the personal collection of Amalia Renteria. Album cover art and liner notes are presented for educational, research, and archival purposes. No audio recordings are hosted.
A landmark album reclaiming Mexican traditional song within a mainstream U.S. recording context. The record is deeply personal—positioned as an offering to Ronstadt’s father and ancestral memory, particularly Sonoran musical traditions passed through family lineage.