Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris in 1975 Ronstadt ... an album of traditional Mexican Mariachi music that remains the bestselling non-English language album in the history of American music.

Ronstadt “revive[d] the mariachi tradition for both old and new ... and the other tracks create remain the same. So gracias, Linda, for showing the world mexicanidad at its best.

Ulloa credits Linda Ronstadt for raising the profile of mariachi women, a gauntlet picked up by the poly-stylistic Lila Downs ...