Melissa Etheridge
"Fearless Love Tour 2010"
Sunday, August 15, 2010 | 7:30pm
Slosburg Hall | Orpheum Theater
Tickets: $38, $58, $78, $103
Easily one of the greatest all-time female rock icons is Melissa Etheridge. Her hits— “Bring Me Some Water,” “Ain’t It Heavy,” “I’m the Only One,” “Come to My Window,” “I Want to Come Over,” “Angels Would Fall,” “I Run for Life” and “I Need to Wake Up” among them—have rewarded her with five Platinum albums, a pair of Grammys®, an Oscar®, an ASCAP Songwriter of the Year honor and the ASCAP Founders Award.
She is also a mother and a cancer survivor, an outspoken cultural, political and human rights activist, a thought-provoker and a longtime truth-seeker.
Her new album Fearless Love embodies much of what Melissa Etheridge fans have come to anticipate from her —giant, soaring melodies, her bold, expressive voice, plenty of musical, lyrical and emotional drama—and it also embraces a freshness, with the appearance of mandolin and more piano. Fearless Love offers pounding rockers and whisper-light ballads, and nods to her musical muses are tastefully sprinkled to and fro.
Fearless Love pulls no punches - again, very typical of Melissa Etheridge - as it expands the musical and topical boundaries that she has never stopped redrawing.