{"product_id":"rise","title":"Rise","description":"\u003cp\u003eRise is Melissa Etheridge’s seventeenth studio album and her first collection of entirely new songs in seven years, released March 27, 2026 on her MLE Music imprint in partnership with Sun Records. Co‑produced with Shooter Jennings and recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, the 11‑track record leans into a warm, classic‑rock and Americana sound—crunchy guitars, Hammond organ, and live‑band dynamics—while remaining unmistakably anchored in Etheridge’s raspy voice and confessional songwriting. Thematically, she has described the album as being about “rising up after devastation,” reflecting on the LA wildfires, the 2020 death of her son Beckett, aging, and the enduring work of love and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tracklist runs from the rootsy opener “Bein’ Alive” and the Tom Petty‑inspired rocker “Matches” through the title track “Rise,” written in the wake of the fires and framed as a mantra about getting back up after being knocked down. Songs like “Don’t You Want a Woman,” which also ties into her partnership with the NWSL club Kansas City Current, and “To Be a Woman” speak directly to female desire, strength, and self‑definition, while “Davina” and “Tomboy” sketch more specific character portraits. Emotional centerpiece “Call You” addresses Beckett’s opioid‑related death head‑on, pairing grief with gratitude, and is followed by “More Love,” a song she first performed at her daughter Bailey’s 2025 wedding, which closes the album on a note of tentative but genuine hope. Critics characterize Rise as one of Etheridge’s most personal and confident late‑career statements, balancing pain and joy, electric rockers and intimate ballads, and reaffirming her identity as a heart‑on‑sleeve rock singer‑songwriter with plenty still to say.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":53328325050682,"sku":"37777","price":15.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-04-16_at_4.40.11_PM.jpeg?v=1780041650","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/rise","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}