(1966-08-07) August 7, 1966 (age 57) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Alternative rock
folk
pop
Occupation(s)
Singer
musician
songwriter
Instrument(s)
Guitar
vocals
Years active
1981–present
Labels
4AD
Throwing Music
Sire
Reprise
Warner Bros.
Fire Records (UK)
Website
kristinhersh.com
Musical artist
Martha Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter known for her solo work and with her rock bands Throwing Muses and 50FootWave.[1] She has released eleven solo albums. Her guitar work and composition style ranges from jaggedly dissonant to traditional folk. Hersh's lyrics have a stream-of-consciousness style, reflecting her personal experiences.[2]
^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Kristin Hersh | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^Richards, John. "Nerves Exposed, Hersh Sings One for the Oddballs". NPR. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
Martha KristinHersh (born August 7, 1966) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter known for her solo work and with her rock bands Throwing Muses...
other projects. The group was originally fronted by two stepsisters, KristinHersh and Tanya Donelly, who both wrote the group's songs. Throwing Muses...
work of rock musician KristinHersh. "KristinHersh Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2023. "KristinHersh". Official Charts Company...
Hips and Makers is the debut solo album by KristinHersh, best known as the primary singer and songwriter of the band Throwing Muses. The album was released...
American alternative rock band, formed in 2003. The band is fronted by KristinHersh, who writes the group's songs with collaborative efforts from the other...
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prominence as a co-founder of the band Throwing Muses with her step-sister KristinHersh. Donelly went on to co-form the alternative rock band The Breeders alongside...
Girl is a memoir published in 2010 by Penguin Books and written by KristinHersh, a guitarist, songwriter, and singer who has performed as a solo artist...
the Vilnius Castle Complex, Vilnius, Lithuania Crooked (album), by KristinHersh "Crocked", a 2006 film directed by Art Camacho "Crooked", a 2008 song...
"Your Ghost" is the first track from American singer KristinHersh's debut solo studio album, Hips and Makers. It features additional backing vocals from...
songs have never been released on CD in the US. All songs written by KristinHersh except "The River" and "Giant" written by Tanya Donelly "Colder" – 3:19...
Maria, Brian Chase, and classical pianist Hélène Grimaud. Musician KristinHersh sees music in colors. Drummer Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead wrote...
KristinHersh, released in 1999. Recorded at New Orleans' Kingsway Studio, the album was produced by Trina Shoemaker. Salon called the album Hersh's "most...
sings a duet with KristinHersh on "Dio". Hersh played a Kramer guitar on many of the songs. The Calgary Herald opined that "KristinHersh's angry and powerful...
Technology (1991) With Neneh Cherry: "Trout" on Homebrew (1992) With KristinHersh: "Your Ghost" on Hips and Makers (1994) "My Gang" on Kerouac: Kicks...
All tracks are written by KristinHersh, except where noted Credits adapted from liner notes. Throwing Muses KristinHersh – guitars, vocals Tanya Donelly...
of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (2004) KristinHersh Hot Hands: A Tribute to Throwing Muses & KristinHersh (2003) hide hide Tribute Spirits (1999) hide...
and a decade prior to that since Throwing Muses, primary songwriter KristinHersh had continuously been writing songs both for this band and her project...
Willow Garden" in 1990 for his album Music Martinis and Misanthropy. KristinHersh recorded it for her 1998 album of traditional songs, Murder, Misery...
My Bloody Valentine, Deftones, Placebo, Manic Street Preachers, and KristinHersh, among others. On 7 July 2018, Cure performed a 40th anniversary concert...
David Gray, Vic Chesnutt, Patty Griffin, Joan Baez, Jonatha Brooke, KristinHersh and Shawn Colvin. She has been reviewed positively in the Utne Reader...
student and singer-songwriter KristinHersh, and attended several early concerts of Hersh's band, Throwing Muses. Hersh later wrote the song "Elizabeth...