An Evening with Kristin Hersh

‘One of indie rock’s most fascinating figures’ (The Guardian) Kristin Hersh has released over 20 solo records, with Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE to date. She is the author of an acclaimed memoir — based on her teenage diary — about a particularly eventful year, titled Paradoxical Undressing, which was named #8 on Rolling Stone’s 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs Of All Time.

She later released her albums Crooked (2010), Wyatt at the Coyote Palace (2016) and Throwing Muses’ Purgatory/Paradise (2013) as groundbreaking books of music, artwork, essays and lyrics. NPR Books said of Hersh’s latest work, Don’t Suck, Don’t Die, about her friendship with the late Vic Chesnutt, ‘Not only one of the best books of the year, it’s one of the most beautiful rock memoirs ever written.’

Previously, the juxtaposition of light and dark has been essential to the drama of Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave, but this latest record Clear Pond Road is something of a departure: more inward-looking. Produced and performed by Hersh, the album is quieter yet more outspoken, its inventive musical logic underpinned by the ambience of field recordings.

Currently in the studio working on the next offering from Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh is also preparing for a three-month solo tour to celebrate across the UK and Ireland before heading to Australia and New Zealand.