The medicine show : an unrivaled true story of redemption and a '74 Fender

"The only time she breaks from her cavernous arena rock is on "This Human Chain," a deft and welcome bit of mellow disco-soul whose presence winds up underscoring how the rest of the album is bold but familiar; it's a record filled with good intentions but pitched squarely at the faithful converted".

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"For three decades the veteran singer-songwriter has been a relatively high-profile, outspoken and fearless performer rallying for progressive causes with seemingly no concern about how it may hamper her commercially. That tradition continues on Medicine Show, her 15th studio release. Etheridge took a well-deserved break from her typically serious approach on 2016's frisky covers album MEmphis Rock And Soul. But she's back in full throttle on her first set of originals since 2014 - not coincidently the first she has written with the current administration in office - and she has plenty on her mind".

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