I *NEED* to listen to more women ...Why do I listen to far more male artists/bands/lead vocals than women ??? I could say, & do think part of it is the fact that it seems there are more men in the spotlight than women. We had Lita Ford as one of the token _female_ hair bands, Pat Benatar (GODDESS), Blondie, Madonna, Cindi Lauper (way underappreciated), Tori Amos, Babes in Toyland ... But for ...
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KRISTIN HERSH – LEARN TO SING LIKE A STAR (2007)There’s a sense of comfort in knowing that even after a four year gap, one can pick up Kristin Hersh’s latest CD, put it in the player and there’s a warm continuation, like she’s never been away. The voice is a little more beat up than usual, there’s none of the ranting and wailing of her Throwing Muses days, but the glistening intensity
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If you aren't into this lady's music, maybe you should be. I've been a fan since ..well Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses. But what is really entertaining is reading her tour diaries. Imagine a fairly well established (80's-00's+) indie rocker, add children, dogs, spouse, and band etc.. put them in a bus and tell about it. Ok it sounds kind of played. But the writing is really interesting. One ti...
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The newest, most exciting development I have found in independently produced music is called CASH Music, which stands for "Coalition of Artists and Stakeholders." This project has been undertaken by one of the great minds of modern rock, Kristin Hersh, as well as artists Xiu Xiu and Donita Sparks.Here is CASH Music's mission statement, from their website:We Love Music.We are a Coalition of Ar...
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Go read the newest Tour Diary from Kristin Hersh et als...We have four days to make Minneapolis. An easy schedule to keep with Super Billy at the wheel unless, of course, the universe tilts on its axis and everything goes all haywire and the Family Bus blows up. Which it does....
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Before hearing Kristin Hersh's solo album, Sunny Border Blue, any one of us could have been a different person. It was at a crowded Ann Arbor Borders appearance in early 2002 that I was first exposed to the dreamlike, sharp yet balanced solo work of this amazing artist. My friend Becca had traveled in from Ohio to see Kristin perform. It was months before I fully understood how nervous and s...
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OMG!Below is an excerpt from my weekly Newbury comics newsletter. Kristin Hersh. Free. But what's with the new look?******************************************************************************Kristin HershMonday, January 22nd at 6 pmNewbury Street, Boston location store location informationKRISTIN HERSH’s prolific career spans twenty years, from founding pioneering post-punk art-rockers Throw.
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The ever talented Kristin Hersh has made another songs available for free download. The former Throwing Muses singer (and damn fine solo artist) is offering this one up:"Flooding"- MP3Kristin Hersh's websiteKristin Hersh's Myspace
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2007 has been a great year for music so far, with a lot of expected greatness and a few surprises (at least for me). First of all, I'm pretty sure that Of Montreal's new one is going to be my party album for quite some time. Start to finish, it's perfect for getting ready, drinking up a storm, playing Circle of Death, dancing madly for no reason...everything a Saturday night entails, really. It...
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"Kristin Hersh":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh played an acoustic solo set, Thursday at Easy Street Records on Mercer in Seattle, which included a few songs from her new release and great versions of couple of favorites of mine, from early solo albums, Ghost and Your Dirty Answer.Easy St. Records, Seattle, Feb. 22, 2007 (posted by +this.nik+, more with other "KH photos on flikr":htt...
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I've always been a big Kristin Hersh fan. Whether it was her work with Throwing Muses, her solo output, or her new band 50FOOTWAVE, I've been into it. She has a knack of converying innocence and vulnerability despite the darkness inherent in much of her work.Hersh's 50FOOTWAVE are releasing a new EP, Power Light . You can hear a full stream of the EP here .Kristin Hersh's websiteKristin ...
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Learn to Sing Like a Star is, without doubt, a Kristin Hersh record that's not entirely divorced from a Throwing Muses record (she has announced that the Muses aren't a dead concern), while also touching on 2001's Sunny Border Blue and her last solo offering, The Grotto, released in 2003. Her first solo offering in nearly four years, Learn to Sing Like a Star is nigh on worthy of rejoicing over...
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Friday 08.18.06, Make-Out Room:Kristin HershJonah MatrangaI listened to Kristin Hersh's Hips and Makers album a whole hell of a lot during my sophomore year at UC Santa Cruz. In a way it prepared me for tragic love long before I really began to experience tragic love. Of course 12 years later I am all too familiar. You can't leave me nowI haven't left you yetSeeing Kristin Hersh play at the ...
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One of my favorite artists as a teenager was Kristin Hersh. I loved both her solo material and her work with Throwing Muses. Over the years I've had the pleasure of seeing her live a couple of times. I'm pleased to be able to bring you this stream from her June 18, 2009 show at The Bell House in Brooklyn:Credit and thanks to goes out to Largeheartedboy for this one.Enjoy!Kristin Hersh's
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