HBO’s “The Last of Us” featured a poignant song by Linda Ronstadt at the end of a recent episode, and she looks set to benefit the most from the exposure — in the short term at least.
Wait, who?
That’s right: Ronstadt, the 76-year-old singer, is experiencing a surge in interest after a song from her 1970 album “Silk Purse” featured on the Jan. 29 episode of “The Last of Us.” “Long, Long Time” (also the title of the episode) provided the musical backdrop to one of the episode’s most touching moments.
The moment features Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett as Bill and Frank, respectively, two minor characters from the video game whose story gets filled out to an incredibly