Mas Canciones

Mas Canciones was released four years after the release of Ronstadt's Double Platinum-certified, first Spanish-language album, Canciones de Mi Padre.[2]

"The reason I did it is selfish," Ronstadt said in an interview. "I had started to make a record in English, but I didn't like it and put it away. I found myself sleeping and dreaming in Spanish, and these songs were driving me crazy. I kept waking up in the middle of the night thinking that the musicians who know this music are old, and if they go I won't have anybody to help me do it. I didn't dare put it off another minute."[2]

The album, according to Ronstadt, "concentrated more on trio and ensemble singing than did its predecessor." For the vocal trios, Ronstandt was joined by her two brothers, Pete and Mike. Pete Ronstadt at the time was the chief of police in Tucson, Arizona, where Mike owned a hardware store. Except for the professional guitar-playing, Ronstadt said, the arrangements are the same as those they sang in the living room when they were growing up.[2]

Mas Canciones won Linda the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B[5]
Chicago Tribune	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

In his Allmusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album a "thoroughly enjoyable collection of Spanish and Mexican songs that is arguably stronger than its predecessor, since Ronstadt sounds more comfortable with the material than ever before."[4]

• Linda Ronstadt – vocals
• Pete Ronstadt – vocals
• Michael J. Ronstadt – vocals
• Leonel Gálvez – guitar
• Gilberto Puente – guitar
• Pedro García – violin
• Flaco Jiménez – accordion
• Angela Koregelos – flute
• Martin Lara – trumpet
• Juan José Almaguer – choir, chorus, violin
• Jesús Guzmán – choir, chorus, violin
• Santiago Maldonado – choir, chorus, harp
• José Martínez – choir, chorus
• Rafael Palomar – choir, chorus, guitar
• Juan Morales – choir, chorus
• Nati Cano – violin
• Víctor "El Pato" Cárdenas – vihuela
• José Martínez, Jr. – violin
• Katie McElrath – flute
• Mario Rodríguez – violin
• Federico Torres – trumpet

Production notes:

• George Massenburg – producer, engineer, mixing
• Rubén Fuentes – producer, arranger, conductor
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Alan Yoshida – mastering
• Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer
• Kevin Scott – assistant engineer
• Craig Silvey – assistant engineer
• M.T. Silvia – assistant engineer
• John Kosh – art direction, design
• Gilbert Ronstadt – artwork, painting
• Rossy Corsly – translation
• Mercedes Dalton – translation
• Linda Ronstadt – translation
• William Coupon – photography