Kristin Hersh
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Early life
Born in Atlanta as Martha Kristin Hersh, she was raised in Newport, Rhode Island. She learned guitar at age nine from her father, and started writing songs soon after. As a teenager, she formed Throwing Muses in the early 1980s with stepsister Tanya Donelly and other high school friends.
Hersh has listed among her early musical influences The Raincoats, Talking Heads, Violent Femmes, Meat Puppets, Dead Kennedys, Hüsker Dü, Velvet Underground, R.E.M., and X. She has said her parents’ albums by Patti Smith, the Carter Family, Stevie Wonder, Robert Johnson, Talking Heads, The Clash, Steve Miller, The Beatles, Philip Glass, and traditional music influenced her when she was growing up.
Throwing Muses and early solo work
Hersh began singing and writing most of Throwing Muses’ songs in changing tempos, with Donelly also singing and writing some of the songs. Early in the band’s career, Hersh became friends with Betty Hutton while both were students at Salve Regina University. Hutton attended several Throwing Muses concerts.
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Mississippi Kite
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Coals
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Crooked
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Hips and Makers
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Crooked
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Sunny Border Blue
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Learn to Sing Like a Star
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Kristin HershFriday 17 May 2013
Milwaukee WI, United States
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EmiliaQue
Kristin ♥ :)
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blossomtoe
Oh my word, her new songs (works in progress) are phenomenal. Particularly love Hemingway's Tell: http://www.kristinhersh.com/Releases/spark/
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Tschutschu78
klasse! :o)
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Violetdusk
I think her best stuff is actually with her band "Throwing Muses", but love her solo stuff as well.
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HannahIndia
Wish people would listen to more than just "Your Ghost", she's a very talented lady
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M3Event
Kristin Hersh discusses fan funding and Creative Commons in a new M3 interview - http://m3event.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/interview-throwing-muses/
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smarshal
Spain really is incredible... Every time I hear it afresh my skin creeps.
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IanOhs
no, you're not crazy. there's plenty better. like the good call below.
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naty86
"like you" is her best song
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TheFructose
Am I crazy, or is Your Ghost nowhere near her best song?
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emcxmc
Happy Birthday, Kristin.
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Amazinfantasy
kristin was kool i guess it was last year at some museum here reading ratgirl n singin n quippin very special
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jeremologyy
i love Kristin Hersh, and just recorded a rendition of SRB. kinda shoddy and a few flubbed notes, but i got there. :-) http://soundcloud.com/heirloommusic/srb-kristin-hersh-cover
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motionpicture
If anyone has a spare ticket for her show in Bristol on Wednesday, please let me know!
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Otherness
Happy birthday, K ♥ Thank you for the music!
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the_red_shoes
The book is beautiful, and the album and free stuff you get with it even better. Everyone should buy it.
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0mgz0rz
The book itself is beautiful. The mini-essays that go with each song, and the song lyrics themselves set out on the page, it almost feels as if Kristin is there talking you through the album.
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Otherness
"Crooked" is incredible. You can stream it in its entirety here: http://kristinhersh.cashmusic.org/crooked/ If you like it, be sure to buy the "Crooked" book! It comes with a download code for the album (lossy or lossless), two EPs, audio commentary and pages from Kristin's upcoming book (although they're not on the site yet) — and all for ~€13.
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cannibalroses
Saw her by chance at Latitude. Her voice is absolutely incredible.
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nalfsen
Just voted for a different photo, and now it's the default! Yay!
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