Greenwich Entertainment, 9/12/19; Crystal Quintero, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Since bursting onto the music scene in 1967, Chicana Linda Ronstadt has been an icon of the American music scene. She has remained relevant more than half a century. Her extraordinary vocal range and ambition created unforgettable songs that spanned genres between rock, pop, country, folk, folklorico, American standards, classic Mexican ballads, and soul music. As the most popular American female recording artist of the 1970s -- with songs like “You’re No Good,” “When Will I Be Loved,” and “Blue Bayou” -- Ronstadt filled arenas and produced an astounding 11 platinum-selling albums. She was the first artist to top the pop, country, and R&B charts simultaneously. She has won 10 Grammy Awards and been nominated 26 times. She has attained a level of stardom the Tucson, Arizona native never could have imagined.
In LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, she herself is our guide through her early years of singing Mexican canciones ("songs") with her family, her folk music days with the Stone Poneys, and her reign as the “rock queen” of the ‘70s and early ’80s. She was a pioneer for women in the male-dominated American music industry, a passionate advocate for human rights, and had a high-profile romance with California Governor Jerry Brown [of Dead Kennedys' fame]. Ultimately, her singing-voice was stilled by an illness that forced her into retirement. But her music and influence remain as timeless as ever.
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| In theaters September 2019! |
The documentary contains moving performance footage and appearances by friends and collaborators including Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, and Jackson Browne. LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE celebrates an artist whose desire to share the Mexican-infused music she loved growing up has made generations of fans fall in love with her and the sound of her voice. Release date: Sept. 6, 2019. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT, founded in 2017, is an independent film distribution company specializing in distinctive, theatrical-quality narrative and documentary features. The company recently released Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi’s Academy Award-winning documentary Free Solo, which grossed over $17M at the U.S. box office, and Andrew Slater’s Echo in the Canyon, which opened to the highest per-theater-average of any documentary in 2019. Other recent releases include Isabel Coixet’s The Bookshop, Matt Tyrnauer’s Scotty & the Secret History of Hollywood, and Madeleine Olnek’s Wild Nights with Emily [Dickinson] starring Molly Shannon. Greenwich is led by an experienced management team that has overseen more than 150 theatrical releases generating over $100 million in the U.S. while garnering eight Oscar nominations.
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