Melissa Etheridge: Another Award
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On Wednesday, Melissa Etheridge will receive the ASCAP Founders Award during the performing rights group's 24th annual Pop Music Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. 
Al Gore used Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up" for his environmental documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". The end result was an Oscar(Best Original Song for a Motion Picture).Gore has also courted Etheridge for his "Live Earth, or Save Our Selves: A Campaign for a Climate in Crisis". The event is planned for 7/07/07 and is a seven-continent concert.To read an interview where Etheridge discusses her bout with breast cancer, winning the Oscar, her new album and opinion on the current state of music, "Click here":CH[CH]http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003571652
Al Gore used Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up" for his environmental documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". The end result was an Oscar(Best Original Song for a Motion Picture).Gore has also courted Etheridge for his "Live Earth, or Save Our Selves: A Campaign for a Climate in Crisis". The event is planned for 7/07/07 and is a seven-continent concert.To read an interview where Etheridge discusses her bout with breast cancer, winning the Oscar, her new album and opinion on the current state of music, "Click here":CH[CH]http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003571652
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