In a star-studded event billed as 'Rock to Win', well-known artists are stepping up for gay rights this week at the Democratic National Committee Convention. The Human Rights Campaign, the largest gay rights group in the U.S., aims to use music to further equality for the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender community. In addition to Grammy-winning songwriter Melissa Etheridge, AIDS awareness...
The Awakening will serve as Melissa Etheridge's return after a three year layoff. Between now and her last album Lucky in 2004, Etheridge has defeated breast cancer, which provides alot of inspiration and material for the new offering. "When I was on chemotherapy, I listened to all my albums back to back," she told Billboard earlier this year. "It was therapy for me. I realized what I had been ...
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...
with lyricsEverybody's got a hungerNo matter where they areEverybody clings to their own fearEverybody hides some scarPrecious painEmpty and cold but it keeps me aliveI gave it my soul so that I could surviveKeeping me safe in these chainsPrecious painEverybody's got a reasonTo abandon their planHow can I think of tomorrowWith my sorrow in handPrecious painEmpty and cold but it keeps me aliveI ...
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...
with lyricsEverybody's got a hungerNo matter where they areEverybody clings to their own fearEverybody hides some scarPrecious painEmpty and cold but it keeps me aliveI gave it my soul so that I could surviveKeeping me safe in these chainsPrecious painEverybody's got a reasonTo abandon their planHow can I think of tomorrowWith my sorrow in handPrecious painEmpty and cold but it keeps me aliveI ...
The Awakening will serve as Melissa Etheridge's return after a three year layoff. Between now and her last album Lucky in 2004, Etheridge has defeated breast cancer, which provides alot of inspiration and material for the new offering. "When I was on chemotherapy, I listened to all my albums back to back," she told Billboard earlier this year. "It was therapy for me. I realized what I had been ...
I finally got "An Inconvenient Truth" for Christmas, and watched it over my winter break. This video is from the movie, and, although I'm not a very big fan of Melissa Etheridge, I think the song is great for the movie and the music video is very compelling. Give it a watch, especially if you don't know much about global warming and the climate crisis. You just might learn something new. You mi...