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July 10, 2008

The Tao of Etheridge

Post-cancer, Melissa Etheridge finds strength in music, family, spirituality - and Obama
June 12, 2001

Q&A: How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?

After the breakup of her twelve-year relationship, Melissa Etheridge discusses her new album, her autobiography and how pop music kept her going through the dark times

The Awakening

On her first album since being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, Melissa Etheridge finds both a depth and an ease that eluded her on previous releases. She's never had a problem with passion -- which is still present in boatloads here -- but now she has discovered restraint, fun and the joys of ...

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Melissa Etheridge has, over the course of eight albums, transformed herself from an issues-oriented feminist folkie to a love-song-slinging blues rocker.

On the heavily acoustic Melissa Etheridge, her songs are less about lust than loss, running the gamut from Why don't you want me? to You used to want me, why don't you want me now? (A deluxe 2003 reissue augments the original album with...

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