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 in April of 2010 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 in June at Mooselodge Studios, and the project was finished last month at Mixed Nuts and Kingfisher Studios, both in Calabasas, CA, by John Boylan and Rob Jacobs. The new CD is slated for release in Europe on September 13 (Eliana's 27th birthday), and in the U.S. sometime next year.

Linda Ronstadt has finished her successful Mariachi Tour for 2009. The Canciones de mi Padre Show with Los Camperos de Nati Cano and Ballet Folklorico Los Lupeños de San José closed out their fall run with shows in Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Kansas City, and San Antonio. We are presently working on a new presentation for 2010 and we'll have an announcement about that within the next three or four months.

In the meantime, her latest duet CD, "Adieu False Heart" with Ann Savoy is available on Vanguard Records. Her Verve release, "Hummin' To Myself," co-produced by John Boylan and George Massenburg, is still available everywhere.

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.

Singer/Actress Sara Niemietz garnered rave reviews for her performance in the new 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 has also finished her new independent CD project with producer John Boylan. The five song EP consists of cover material that Sara has done over the past year, and is available right now on both her personal website and her MySpace site.  Sara has already begun work on a new CD of original material, currently in the writing stage. 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 new CD, "Teen Witch, The Musical," available everywhere now and pulling in tons of airplay all over the country.  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.