Linda Ronstadt's entire musical catalog has been acquired by Iconic Artists Group, and two new musical projects involving Linda's music will be announced soon. Iconic, formed by Irving Azoff, also handles the catalogs of The Beach Boys and David Crosby. Linda's longtime manager, John Boylan, will be working with Iconic to bring the new projects to the industry this year. In addition, Iconic will be handling Linda's new website, which has just been posted at www.LindaRonstadt.com.

The long-rumored Linda Ronstadt biopic is now up-and-running. Selena Gomez is attached to play Linda; the two recently spent a few hours at Linda's home discussing the project and getting to know each other. The film will be jointly produced by James Keach, award-winning producer of the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk The Line, as well as Linda's Grammy-winning documentary, The Sound of My Voice, together with John Boylan, Linda's manager. Development will continue once the current labor disputes have been settled.

Linda's new book, Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands, is now available at all outlets. Co-written by Linda and Lawrence Downes, with photos by Bill Steen, the book is published by Heyday Publishing in Berkeley and is available as a hardcover, E-book, and audiobook. Her New York Times best-selling memoir, Simple Dreams, has been released as an Audiobook and is available at Audible.com and other audiobook outlets. The book was read by Käthe Mazur, an actress, producer, and voiceover artist who has worked extensively in film, theatre, and television. Specifically chosen by Linda, Käthe is an award-winning narrator who has recorded over 100 audio books, including Linda's new release.

Linda Ronstadt  was chosen as one of the five recipients of the coveted Kennedy Center Honors for 2019! The event was  held on December 7, 2019 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and broadcast a week later on CBS. Other recipients included Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Sesame Street, and Michael Tilson Thomas.

Linda's first-ever live recording, Linda Ronstadt - Live in Hollywood was released and immediately jumped onto the Billboard Album Sales Chart! In addition to CD and vinyl versions, Rhino Entertainment has made all the music available for download and on all the streaming platforms. The 12 songs, including many of Linda's biggest hits, were recorded in 1980 for an HBO Television Special.

Following her final live appearances for the year on the West Coast, including two appearances in Southern California on October 4th, 2018 at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, and on October 6th, 2018 at the celebrated Theatre at Ace Hotel, Linda officially retired from all future personal appearances.

On September 15, 2017, Rhino Entertainment released the 40th Anniversary Edition of Linda's multi-platinum album, "Simple Dreams." It will be made available on CD, vinyl, and Hi-res digital downloads, carefully remastered from the original analog tapes. The original packaging has been preserved, and an extra booklet, containing liner notes by producer Peter Asher, is included. As a special addition in all formats, three bonus tracks have been added - watch this space for details of upcoming new reases in 2018!

The recent deluxe box set of the two albums plus bonus tracks by the Trio (Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris) continues to do well in the U.S., as well as internationally, making the Top Ten on the U.S. Country charts and being certified Gold in Australia!

At the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC, Linda provided the Voice-over narration for the tribute to the Eagles, a group that started life as her backup band in 1971. With President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in attendence, such notable artists as Bob Seger, Ringo Starr, Joanes, Kings of Leon, Steven Vai, and Vince Gill paid musical tribute to the band.

On April 23, 2016, Linda was honored with a special Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The show, which featured Jefferson Airplane and other notable artists, was televised October 14, 2016 on PBS as part of their Great Performances series.

For Cinco de Mayo, Linda's long out-of-print Spanish language CDs were re-released by Rhino Entertainment in their original formats.

The beautifully designed box set containing both albums from the award-winning collaboration by Linda, Emmylou Harris, and Dolly Parton was released on September 9, 2016 and is already appearing on best-selling charts in several countries. In the U.S., it debuts in the Top Ten on the Billboard Country Charts. In addition to the two original albums, Trio and Trio II, the set includes a bonus CD containing 20 previously unreleased gems from the three iconic artists.

The latest Linda Ronstadt solo compilation, released by Rhino Entertainment last year, is still available everywhere. The two disk collection, "Just One Look - Classic Linda Ronstadt," contains thirty of her best performances, including most of her big hit singles, newly remastered in Hi-Resolution digital by John Boylan.

On July 28, 2014, President Barack Obama awarded the National Medal of the Arts to Linda at the White House! Among the other honorees were acclaimed writer Maxine Hong Kingston and Dreamworks pioneer Jeffrey Katzenberg. At the ceremony, the President publicly admitted that like millions of other American males, he had a crush on Linda "back in the day."

This honor came just shy of four months after Linda was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10, 2014. That televised ceremony was held at the Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn, NY, and the induction was masterfully done by longtime friend and founding member of the Eagles, Glenn Frey. A tribute to Linda followed, featuring Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, and Carrie Underwood.

That same week, her very special CD, "Duets" was released by Rhino Entertainment, and debuted on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart at Number 32 with a bullet, Ronstadt's highest chart listing in over a decade. The album was compiled and mastered by John Boylan at Great Eastern Studios in Calabasas, CA.

This followed on the heels of the success of her self-penned autobiography, "Simple Dreams, A Musical Memoir," which was published on September 17, 2013, and which entered the New York Times best-seller list for Non-fiction at Number 9! Linda was signed by Jonathan Karp, head of Simon & Schuster, in a deal worked out with Linda's literary agent, Steve Wasserman, and John Boylan. The paperback edition of the book was released last month, and the e-book is still available everywhere. Linda completed an extensive and successful book tour after making stops in New York, Boston, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, and Linda's native Tucson. She appeared on Diane Sawyer's ABC Nightly News as the Person of the Week, as well as on Good Morning America, Nightline, Rachel Ray, Dan Rather, and numerous radio shows.

In the meantime, her latest solo CD,"Hummin' To Myself," co-produced by John Boylan and George Massenburg, is still available everywhere through Verve Records and on iTunes.

Great Eastern Music is pleased to welcome the newest member of our creative family, Swiss instrumental artist, Eliana Burki. Eliana, who plays Switzerland's national instrument, the alphorn, has been touring all over the world, including Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Her first CD, Heartbeat, recorded in Switzerland with her own band, captures the spirit of this remarkable instrument. Her new CD, Travelin' Root, has just been completed with a new production team headed by John Boylan, together with noted Los Angeles percussionist and educator, Alan Waddington. Tracking was done at Hardstudios, in the beautiful Swiss city of Winterthur. Eliana played with members of her phenomenal road band - Adriano Regazzin on keyboards, Sam Siegenthaler on guitar, along with her new rhythm section, Thomas Reinecke on bass, and Lukas Gasser on drums. In addition, this was the first recording for Eliana's new instrument, the Burkihorn, a Swiss alphorn modified especially for her by famed brass designer Jim Patterson of Patterson Hornworks in Las Cruces, NM. The new instrument sounds identical to the traditional horn, but has the ability to play all the notes in the scale, a major breakthrough for an instrument with centuries of history behind it. Overdubbing was completed at Mooselodge Studios, and the project was mixed and mastered by John Boylan and Rob Jacobs at Mixed Nuts and Kingfisher Studios, both in Calabasas, CA. The new CD had a special, limited-edition release in Switzerland on September 13, (Eliana's 27th birthday), and was recently released in all of Europe on the German label, Edel.

Country singer-songwriter David Jeremiah has inked a new co-publishing agreement with Great Eastern Music, and to help represent his catalog, John Boylan has entered into a joint venture with noted Nashville Production Manager Traci Sterling Bishir. Under the agreement, Ms. Bishir will head up the Nashville office of Great Eastern and work with John Boylan to obtain covers for Jeremiah's songs with the hottest artists in country music. "We're extremely excited to represent a writer of David's caliber," said Boylan.

Citrus College Recording Arts Department is well into its Spring Semester for 2016. Great Eastern's John Boylan is again teaching two courses, plus one more course in the college's music department. The recording courses are REC 145 - Critical Listening for Sound Engineers, and REC 245 - Careers for Sound Engineers in the Music Industry. The music course is MUS 151 - Songwriting Workshop. The recording courses are part of the college's extensive certificate program, and prospective students must apply for admission. The songwriting course is open to anyone. The new class will put on their now-famous Songwriter's Showcase in early June, 2016, featuring performances of songs written by the students during the class.

The long-awaited, limited edition CD of the 1960s cult favorite album, "Playback" by the Appletree Theatre, has finally been released on Spinnaker Records and is available now! Details are at http://www.terenceboylan.com. More info will be posted here shortly.

Michael Flynn is continuing to tour the mid-South with his band, Slow Runner, and you can check out current dates at his website: http://www.slowrunnermusic.com/. The group's newest independent CD, Damage Points, is now available everywhere. The CD features all new songs, and was recorded mostly at Michael's home studio in Charleston, SC. 

Singer/Actress Sara Niemietz garnered rave reviews for her performance in the Jason Robert Brown musical, "13," which finished its sold-out run at the Mark Taper Forum in downtown Los Angeles last year. The Los Angeles Daily News predicted that "We will be hearing much, much more from Sara Niemietz," and complimented her vocal talents by reporting that "Niemietz unleashes a heartbreaking rendition of What It Means To Be A Friend." Sara's five song EP project, "Without A Net," produced by John Boylan is still available. Sara's latest movie, "Akeelah And The Bee" with Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, and KeKe Palmer has been released on DVD and is currently available. In addition, Sara sings lead on three songs in the CD, "Teen Witch, The Musical," available everywhere now.  For more info, check out her exciting website: www.saraniemietz.com and watch this page for updates on the career of this amazing young artist. For examples of the music from the new CD, log onto her MySpace site: http://www.myspace.com/saraniemietz.