Ronstadt's iconic mariachi album featured songs the vocalist grew up listening to with her family in Tucson.

But 30 years later, “Canciones” remains a classic. It’s an education, as songs span genres from huapangos to sones huastecos, corridos to rancheras, feminine confessions to macho boasts.

And Linda Ronstadt was the constant in our house, especially that album, "Canciones De Mi Padre." But that specific song, "La Calandria" - there is a line that says, ¿mi prieta linda qué voy a ...

For Tucsonans, “Canciones de mi Padre” is the essential Ronstadt. It conveys the ranchera songs transported to this slice of desert by its original settlers, including Ronstadt’s own family.

Linda Ronstadt never meant to set records or make history with "Canciones de mi Padre." She just wanted to relive her family sing-alongs growing up in Tucson.

This is what it sounds like when stones cry. On Thursday, Linda Ronstadt brought her evening of traditional Mexican music, "Canciones de Mi Padre" -- she won a Grammy two decades ago for her album ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Linda Ronstad’s “Las Canciones de mi Padre” - a watershed moment in Mexican American music history.