Artist: MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Album: THIS IS M.E. VINYL (CD+LP)

Year: 2014
Media type: CD

Melissa Etheridge is without a doubt among the most charismatic and successful American musicians of all time. Her career already counts two Grammy Awards and 17 nominations, an Academy Award (for ‘I Need to Wake Up’ from the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth) and a star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame. 19 January 2015 (Germany: 16 January 2015) will see the arrival of her latest studio recording This Is M.E. on SPV Recordings.

For this vibrant collection, she teamed up with some of the most creative, inventive figures on the music scene: Jerrod Bettis (Adele, One Republic, Eric Hutchinson, Gavin DeGraw), Jon Levine (Nelly Furtado, K’Naan, Selena Gomez), Jerry Wonda (Grammy Award-winning producer of the Fugees, Mary J. Blige, Akon) and RoccStar (Usher, Chris Brown). “I haven’t been this excited about making music and creating in ages,” Etheridge says. “Song after song was a great experience.”

On This Is M.E., Etheridge inspires her audience again with indelible melodies, powerful lyrics and her incomparable voice. In addition, her song ‘Who Are You Waiting For’ has turned into one of the most personal and emotional recordings of her career to date, written for and debuted at her wedding earlier this year to Linda Wallem. “I sat down at the piano, started writing about how we were friends for years and years, and as we got closer it was ‘Who are you waiting for? I’m right here!’” She sent a demo version to Levine. “He went crazy over it, said, ‘You gotta warn me before playing something like that!’”

Along with her collaboration with Jerrod Bettis, Jerry Wonda, Jon Levine and the young hip-hop artist RoccStar, This Is M.E. also includes her cooperation with cellist Neyla Pekarek of the folk band The Lumineers, whom Etheridge first heard of through her daughter and who now features on a number of the album’s songs.

TRACKLIST CD:

1. I Won`t Be Alone Tonight 4:28
2. Take My Number 3:55
3. A Little Hard Hearted 3:49
4. Do It Again 2:59
5. Monster 3:29
6. Ain`t That Bad 3:12
7. All The Way Home 4:14
8. Like A Preacher 4:05
9. Stranger Road 3:25
10. A Little Bit Of Me 3:26
11. Who Are You Waiting For 4:07

LP, Side 1:

1. I Won`t Be Alone Tonight 4:28
2. Take My Number 3:55
3. A Little Hard Hearted 3:49
4. Do It Again 2:59
5. Monster 3:29
6. Ain`t That Bad 3:12

LP, Side 2:

1. All The Way Home 4:14
2. Like A Preacher 4:05
3. Stranger Road 3:25
4. A Little Bit Of Me 3:26
5. Who Are You Waiting For 4:07

6. Soul Brothers 2:52 (bonus track)