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World Cafe

Kristin Hersh On World Cafe

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April 12, 2017 • In this session, the Throwing Muses frontwoman and author shares a few of her many compelling stories, including the tale of rescuing her kids from a burning tour bus.

Kristin Hersh On World Cafe

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Review: Kristin Hersh, 'Wyatt At The Coyote Palace'

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Review: Kristin Hersh, 'Wyatt At The Coyote Palace'

October 27, 2016 • In an album named for her teenage son, the singer-songwriter and punk mystic reflects upon some of her life's most perception-altering junctures.

EL VY's Song Against Trump, New Conor Oberst, Kristin Hersh, More

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EL VY's Song Against Trump, New Conor Oberst, Kristin Hersh, More

October 18, 2016 • This week's show features an anti-Trump song from El Vy, new music from Conor Oberst, Kristin Hersh, and many more.

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Memories Of A Maybe Angel In 'Don't Suck, Don't Die'

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Book Reviews

Memories Of A Maybe Angel In 'Don't Suck, Don't Die'

September 28, 2015 • Musicians Kristin Hersh and Vic Chesnutt were friends and tour buddies for years before his death from an overdose in 2009; Don't Suck is Hersh's haunting memoir of her lost friend and his pain.

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Song Of The Day

Nerves Exposed, Hersh Sings One for the Oddballs

February 13, 2007 • Kristin Hersh's lyrics often read like stream-of-consciousness poetry, with the words painting the pictures in her head. "Under the Gun" uses the life of a sad character to illustrate the way everyone tries to get by. Hersh specializes in building to a crushing chorus, and the song delivers just that.

Music Interviews

Kristin Hersh

March 10, 2001 • Host Lisa Simeone talks with singer and songwriter Kristin Hersh about her new album, her busy family life, and what it was like being in a rock band, Throwing Muses, at age fourteen. Kristen Hersh's new album is called Sunny Border Blue.

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World Cafe

World Cafe Looks Back: '90s Alternative

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February 27, 2012 • Get nostalgic with World Cafe's roundup of archival interviews, featuring '90s modern-rock stars Liz Phair, Belly, Matthew Sweet and more.

World Cafe Looks Back: '90s Alternative

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World Cafe

Kristin Hersh: Accessible and Off-Kilter

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February 21, 2007 • Kristin Hersh helped define the sound of late-'80s and early-'90s college rock as the lead singer and songwriter for Throwing Muses. Striking out on her own, however, she embraces everything from hushed acoustic balladry and folk to full-on rock, all balanced by her natural pop instincts.

Kristin Hersh in Studio on World Cafe - 02/21/2007

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