Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also has performed as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and currently leads the punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave.
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 began singing and writing most of Throwing Muses' songs in changing tempos, with Donelly also singing and writing some of the songs. The group was signed by the British 4AD Records label in 1986 and, after one album, signed a U.S. deal with Sire/Reprise Records in 1987. They began touring around the U.S. and Europe while recording critically-acclaimed rock albums, with Hersh writing most of the songs.
Solo works discography
* Live at Maxwell's - 1992 - (limited release, live solo bonus disc included only in the first UK edition printing run of Throwing Muses' Red Heaven release on 4AD label)
* Hips and Makers - 1994
* Your Ghost (EP) - 1994
* Strings (EP) - 1994
* The Holy Single (EP) - 1995
* Strange Angels - 1998
* Like You (EP) - 1998
* Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight - 1998
* Sky Motel - 1999
* Echo (EP) - 1999
* A Cleaner Light (EP) - 2000
* Sunny Border Blue - 2001
* Live at Noe Valley Ministry - 2001
* The Grotto - 2003
* Instant Live: Boston, MA 1/28/05 - 2005
* In Shock (EP) - 2007
* Learn to Sing Like a Star - 2007
* Speedbath - 2008 under Creative Commons License
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