Home → Linda Ronstadt → Silk Purse
Silk Purse
Rock · 1970 · 9 tracks

Silk Purse

Linda Ronstadt

A muddy, soulful Nashville excursion. Ronstadt trades California sheen for pedal steel and sawdust, delivering her most grounded country-rock performance.

Find on Amazon

It's Linda Ronstadt before the glitz, singing her heart out in a Nashville basement.

A dusty, soulful yearning that feels both lonesome and deeply comforted by tradition.

Silk Purse · vs · Linda Ronstadt
Hand Played+4.0σ

The production is built around hand played than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Lovesick Blues
2:04
02
Are My Thoughts With You?
2:53
03
Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
2:28
04
Nobody’s
2:57
05
Louise
3:26
07
Mental Revenge
2:43
08
I’m Leavin’ It All Up to You
2:21
09
He Darked the Sun
2:40
10
Life Is Like a Mountain Railway
3:24
Moments Worth Waiting For
The high lonesome yodel that breaks through the opening of Lovesick Blues.
The stark, heartbreaking narrative delivery on Louise that feels like a short film.
The communal, gospel-tinged vocal harmonies closing out Life Is Like a Mountain Railway.
Sits BesideSee all
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
1971

Shares country rock, americana, folk rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, live_recording, stripped_back (production style)

Hand Sown… Home Grown
Hand Sown… Home Grown
Linda Ronstadt
1969

Shares country rock, americana, folk rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, stripped_back, live_recording (production style)

American Stars ’n Bars
American Stars ’n Bars
Neil Young
1977

Shares country rock, folk rock, americana (subgenres); analog_warmth, live_recording, dry_intimate (production style)

Sad Clowns & Hillbillies
Sad Clowns & Hillbillies
John Mellencamp
2017

Shares americana, country rock, folk rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, hand_played, stripped_back (production style)

Nashville and More
Nashville and More
Elvis Costello

Shares americana, country rock, honky-tonk (subgenres); analog_warmth, stripped_back, live_recording (production style)

Road
Road
Johnny Rivers
1974

Shares country rock, americana, folk rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, stripped_back, dry_intimate (production style)

Changing Horses
Changing Horses
Ben Kweller
2009

Shares americana, country rock, folk rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, stripped_back, live_recording (production style)

Dear Children
Dear Children
The Black Sorrows
1987

Shares americana, folk rock, country rock (subgenres); analog_warmth, stripped_back, live_recording (production style)

National Ransom
National Ransom
Elvis Costello
2010

Shares country rock, americana, bluegrass (subgenres); analog_warmth, stripped_back, live_recording (production style)

Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business
Wanda Jackson
2012

Shares analog_warmth, stripped_back, live_recording (production style); americana, honky-tonk, country rock (subgenres)

Reviews
AllMusic
Read review

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →