Linda Ronstadt, who was one of the most successful female rockers of the 1970s and pioneered the role of women in that genre, was honored Monday with the highest US arts prize.
US President Barack Obama bestowed the National Medal of Arts on the multiple Grammy winner, now 68 and suffering from Parkinson’s.
“The arts and humanities aren’t just there to be consumed when we have a moment ... we need them,” Obama said at the White House awards ceremony.
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Known for hits such as It’s So Easy and You’re No Good, Ronstadt has taken home 11 Grammys and worked with a wide range of artists from Emmylou Harris to Dolly Parton, The Eagles, James Taylor, Neil Young and Elvis Costello.
Her massive success in the 1970s, as a rare woman in the boys’ club of rock, was uncharted waters at the time and she is credited with inspiring women to rock for decades.
Indeed, Ronstadt — whose work has veered from pop to country, to rock and roll, big band, jazz, opera, Broadway standards and traditional Mexican music — was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
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The White House said Ronstadt “defied expectations to conquer American radio waves and help pave the way for generations of women artists.”
Many Americans familiar with her huge body of work in English may not know her family is part Mexican, that she grew up listening to Mexican music, and went on to record in Spanish. She also holds a Latin Grammy for Lifetime Achievement.
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琳達‧朗絲黛是七零年代最受歡迎的搖滾天后之一，也是打破搖滾樂壇男性掛帥的先驅。她週一獲頒美國最高文藝獎項的殊榮。
美國總統巴拉克‧歐巴馬頒發國家文藝獎獎章給這位榮獲多座葛萊美獎的得主。現年六十八歲的朗絲黛罹患巴金森氏症。
歐巴馬在白宮頒獎典禮上表示：「藝術與人文並非僅止於供我們在閒暇時消費的對象…我們是需要它們的。」
曾贏得十一次葛萊美獎的朗斯黛，以演唱《It’s So Easy》與《You’re No Good》等膾炙人口歌曲著稱。她也與各路歌手合作，從愛米羅‧哈瑞絲到桃莉‧巴頓、老鷹合唱團、詹姆士‧泰勒、尼爾‧楊與埃爾維斯‧科斯特洛等都有。
在七零年代，她以萬綠叢中一點紅之姿從搖滾樂壇崛起並獲得卓越成功，這在當時是前所未見的。而後的數十年，她也因為激勵女性投身搖滾樂壇功不可沒。
朗絲黛於二０一三年被引入搖滾名人堂，可說是實至名歸。她的作品涵蓋流行、鄉村、搖滾、大樂團、爵士、歌劇、百老匯與傳統墨西哥音樂等樂風。
白宮表示，朗絲黛「一反社會期待、征服廣播無線電波，並且為後輩女性歌手的演藝生涯鋪路」。
許多熟悉她演唱大量英文作品的美國民眾，可能不知道她是半個墨西哥人。她從小聽墨西哥音樂長大，進而以西班牙文演唱錄音。她也榮獲拉丁葛萊美終身成就獎。
（法新社／翻譯：林亞蒂）
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