Five minutes with … MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Her raspy voice propelled her to rock stardom in the ’80s and Melissa Etheridge has remained at the top of the charts ever since. But music has given the 60-year-old singer much more than fame.
It provided a lifeline for the star when she lost what was dearest to her. Etheridge’s 21-year-old son Beckett died of a drug overdose in May 2020.
“Because it happened during the pandemic I put my nose to the grindstone and really had to throw myself into creating
