The Medicine Show (album)

The Medicine Show is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge. The album was released on April 12, 2019, by Concord Records and her own MLE Music.

Recording and release

The Medicine Show follows a 2016 collection of soul covers MEmphis Rock and Soul that connected with Etheridge's roots as a music fan. While promoting that release, she became concerned about the political climate of the United States and felt compelled to write new music that reflected the historic times after the 2016 United States presidential election.

Critical reception

The Medicine Show received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 66, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 4 reviews.

Track listing

Credits

Musicians

• Melissa Etheridge – lead vocals and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, co-producer
• John Shanks – acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, producer
• Chris Chaney – bass (tracks 1–10)
• Paul Lamalfa – bass guitar (tracks 11–13), synthesizer, engineer
• Max Hart – keyboards (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7–9)
• Victor Indrizzo – drums, percussion

Production

• Melissa Etheridge, John Shanks – production
• Keith Gretlein – engineer
• Joe LaPorta – mastering
• Michael H. Brauer – mixing

Charts

References