Primary Wave Music Signs Rock Icon Melissa Etheridge To Their Talent Management Roster
Grammy and Academy Award winning Melissa Etheridge has signed with the talent management division at Primary Wave Music, one of the largest independent music marketing, talent management, and music publishing companies in the US. As her new day-to-day management team, the rock icon and activist will now have the support of Primary Wave’s significant resources including its in-house teams of marketing, press, Film/TV and advertising licensing. Melissa Etheridge is Primary Wave’s newest addition to their management roster, which ranges from CeeLo Green, Natalie Imbruglia, Flyleaf, and Eric Benet, to Atlantic Record’s triple-threat Trevor Jackson, to the electronic worlds of Audien, and PaperCha$er, and even top music writers/producers like Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers), and Ali Tamposi (Kelly Clarkson; Carrie Underwood). Currently, Melissa is gearing up to release a new box set of unreleased tracks, tentatively titled Unheard Of, plus a new studio album in late 2014, and also plans to hit the music festival circuit next year. Additionally in 2014, Melissa will begin production on a new documentary film, and will continue to record and grow her syndicated Melissa Etheridge Radio Show (Benztown Radio Networks), which is broadcast on stations throughout the US & Canada, and also gives her a platform to support and discuss various topics such as Breast Cancer Awareness, LGBT rights, and environmentalism.
“I am so excited about the prospects for my music now,” explains Melissa Etheridge. “Primary Wave has the creative insight and muscle to make the next half of my career a literal dream come true.”
With a career spanning almost 30 years and 12 albums, the platinum selling artist is known for hits such as “Come To My Window”, “I’m the Only One”, “I Want To Come Over”, “I Run For Life”, and many more. As a proven rock star, Melissa has won two Grammy Awards, an Oscar in the “Best Song” category for her track “I Need to Wake Up” written for the Al Gore documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, and was even honored as ASCAP’s “Songwriter of the Year in 1996 and has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In addition to her prolific music career, Melissa Etheridge has also developed a strong political voice and platform as a prominent activist for LGBT rights, and after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, Melissa has also made numerous appearances to discuss her struggle with cancer and support breast cancer awareness.
“Melissa Etheridge has broken records and pushed the envelope in both her music career and her life; it’s an honor to be working with such a rock legend,” states Larry Mestel, CEO of Primary Wave Music & Co-Manager of Melissa Etheridge.
Source: Primary Wave Music
