The Tucson Music Hall, used for concerts, plays, and ballet, will soon bear the name of Tucson native Linda Ronstadt.
Ronstadt began her musical career as the lead singer of the Stone Poneys, a country-folk trio featuring two friends she met while briefly attending the University of Arizona.
In an interview for a documentary, Ronstadt said one of her early musical experiences was singing in Spanish with father.
“We always, as a family, we always sang in Spanish. Even though I didn’t understand much of what I was singing, it was something that I learned to do. It was kind of like lip-reading, you know? I used to, kind of, chameleon in harmony along with my father,” said Ronstadt.
In a statement released by the city, Ronstadt says her “entire career was informed and nurtured by the music we made as I was growing up here.”
The venue will be formally renamed on May 7 during the International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert.
