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Throwing Muses Play a Rare Noon Concert Songwriter Kristin Hersh makes a welcome return to Shank Hall.

"My stuff has never been shallow, but at first, it kind of fell off an art cliff. I learned that my role is to sculpt and edit—to produce—while keeping my “self” out of the process. Tricky when all the work is autobiographical!", @kristinhersh.bsky.social shepherdexpress.com/music/music-...

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THE KRISTIN HERSH ARCHIVES Kristin Hersh. Interviewed by Steve Holtje for The Big Takeover magazine issue #36, January 1994. Pictures by Andrew Catlin. From Scott Hamilton's collection, sent by Sona Avakian.

Press: @kristinhersh.bsky.social interviewed by Steve Holtje for The Big Takeover magazine, issue #36, January 1994. Pictures by Andrew Catlin. From Scott Hamilton's collection, sent to the archives by Sona Avakian.

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Throwing Muses Play a Rare Noon Concert Songwriter Kristin Hersh makes a welcome return to Shank Hall.

"My stuff has never been shallow, but at first, it kind of fell off an art cliff. I learned that my role is to sculpt and edit—to produce—while keeping my “self” out of the process. Tricky when all the work is autobiographical!", @kristinhersh.bsky.social shepherdexpress.com/music/music-...

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THE KRISTIN HERSH ARCHIVES Kristin Hersh. Interviewed by Steve Holtje for The Big Takeover magazine issue #36, January 1994. Pictures by Andrew Catlin. From Scott Hamilton's collection, sent by Sona Avakian.

Press: @kristinhersh.bsky.social interviewed by Steve Holtje for The Big Takeover magazine, issue #36, January 1994. Pictures by Andrew Catlin. From Scott Hamilton's collection, sent to the archives by Sona Avakian.

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The legendary Throwing Muses heads to Evanston SPACE on Friday, 4/10 for a SOLD OUT show -- but don't worry, we've got your tickets! Chicago's own Desert Liminal starts the show at 8pm.

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Kristin Hersh in front of a microphone and playing guitar with Throwing Muses at the Paradise, Boston, April 4, 2026.

Kristin Hersh in front of a microphone and playing guitar with Throwing Muses at the Paradise, Boston, April 4, 2026.

Had a great time at the @throwingmuses.bsky.social show last night at the Paradise! Huge, snarling, whirling intensity by @kristinhersh.bsky.social and her killer band.

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Throwing Muses playing on stage at the Odeum. There are four band members, including Kristen Hirsch playing guitar at front.

Throwing Muses playing on stage at the Odeum. There are four band members, including Kristen Hirsch playing guitar at front.

Anyway today's fun thing still gets to happen: Throwing Muses at the Greenwich Odeum

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Tonight: @throwingmuses.bsky.social and Poison Joys at the East Greenwich Odeum

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It’s a Wednesday evening miracle, the new pod is up! I had to take a month off to tend to things because yknow life. But, here is part 3, the final installment of my conversation with Dave Narcizo of @throwingmuses.bsky.social now available wherever you enjoy podcasts🎧 campsite.bio/tbws

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Photo of a T-Shirt brought at the Throiwng Muses gig at the Town and Country Club in London, 02/04/1991. Black T-shirt faded to grey with the cover of the 'Counting Backwards single across the middle. In the centre the centre of a roulette wheel with a horses head in the middle. Throwing Muses in capitals in an arc above the wheel, with 'Counting Backwards' in two lines in capitals at the bootom.

Photo of a T-Shirt brought at the Throiwng Muses gig at the Town and Country Club in London, 02/04/1991. Black T-shirt faded to grey with the cover of the 'Counting Backwards single across the middle. In the centre the centre of a roulette wheel with a horses head in the middle. Throwing Muses in capitals in an arc above the wheel, with 'Counting Backwards' in two lines in capitals at the bootom.

Today is 35 years since I first saw @throwingmuses.bsky.social at the Town and Country Club in London with @michaelinthegarden.bsky.social . I've still got the ticket somewhere and the T-shirt I brought. They started with 'Two Step', definitely a gig to remember. @thekharchives.bsky.social

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Throwing Muses: A Homecoming Like You’ve Never Heard Before Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

This extensive interview that Casey Epstein-Gross conducted with @kristinhersh.bsky.social last year around the time @throwingmuses.bsky.social's "Moonlight Concessions" was going to be released is a fascinating read. If you missed it when it was posted, check it out now:

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As @throwingmuses.bsky.social get ready for their American tour dates, @kristinhersh.bsky.social drops a new single today, ‘Sundial’! Listen now:

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Throwing Muses: A Homecoming Like You’ve Never Heard Before Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

This extensive interview that Casey Epstein-Gross conducted with @kristinhersh.bsky.social last year around the time @throwingmuses.bsky.social's "Moonlight Concessions" was going to be released is a fascinating read. If you missed it when it was posted, check it out now:

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Part 2 with Dave Narcizo of @throwingmuses.bsky.social is finally up. I wanted to get this out sooner, but y’know life happens. I ran into some audio issues during editing, but I think I did ok salvaging/repairing where I could. Listen wherever you stream your podcasts: campsite.bio/tbws

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THE KRISTIN HERSH ARCHIVES Throwing Muses. David S. Mordoh interviews Kristin Hersh for Rockdelux magazine, June 1991 issue. Pictures by Andy Catlin.

Press: David S. Mordoh interviews @kristinhersh.bsky.social for Spanish magazine @rockdelux.bsky.social, June 1991 issue. Pictures by Andy Catlin.

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1991 Posts on thekristinhersharchives tagged as 1991

If you want to dive in all sorts of things that have been posted in The Kristin Hersh Archives through the years from @throwingmuses.bsky.social's "The Real Ramona" era, since it's the album's 35th anniversary this month, you can follow this link: thekristinhersharchives.tumblr.com/tagged/1991

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I wrote about Throwing Muses’ 1991 album ‘The Real Ramona,’ which became a backbone for ’90s “alternative” as it came to be known.

I also took a dive into the origins of the band, particularly into a bike crash Kristin Hersh experienced at 16 and how it influenced her unconventional songwriting.

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Watch Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh play for Best Fit's secret sessions at End of the Road Festival As part of her pop-up show for Best Fit at End of the Road Festival back in September last year, the legendary Kristin Hersh rolled out her take on "The Cuckoo", a classic English folk song from her…

"This is the only lullaby my dad ever sang to me that's not about a guy getting drunk and killing his girlfriend" Watch Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh play "The Cuckoo" for Best Fit's secret sessions at @endoftheroadfestival.com.

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Fly YouTube video by Kristin Hersh - Topic

I only recently found out that one of my favourite singers, @kristinhersh.bsky.social covered my favourite Nick Drake song, "Fly" for a compilation in 2014. This is so beautiful and so real. It makes me cry.

youtu.be/pAQcvt0Lpow?...

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Volunteers needed to distribute flyers for @throwingmuses.bsky.social US Tour

Need people around CA as well as Milwaukee & Evanston/Chicago, any help appreciated

To join our grassroots campaign, email volunteers@elratdesigns.co.uk

Support the art you love 🖤

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KristinHersh.com/tour

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Printing up the back of these @throwingmuses.bsky.social tour flyers. Still looking for volunteers in California, as well as Milwaukee + Evanston/Chicago area to drop these places.

Don't miss your chances to see @kristinhersh.bsky.social with band

Tickets from
Kristinhersh.com/tour

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🔊 The Kristin Hersh Archives is searching again. Do you know from which magazine (from 1999) this clipping might be? Do you have it and could you send over a good quality scan that we can share and archive? Spread the word, please!

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Throwing Muses’ ‘The Real Ramona’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary The band’s fourth studio affair stands as one of a handful of seminal albums to form the backbone of ’90s “alternative,” as the college rock/modern rock genre came to be known.

Throwing Muses released their fourth studio album ‘The Real Ramona’ (1991) 35 years ago this week | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @theerikawolf.bsky.social here: album.ink/TMRealRamona

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Not usual at all to have @throwingmuses.bsky.social's Dave Narcizo as a guest in a podcast, so you should definitely check this out!

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Not usual at all to have @throwingmuses.bsky.social's Dave Narcizo as a guest in a podcast, so you should definitely check this out!

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THE KRISTIN HERSH ARCHIVES Kristin Hersh. Brett Milano reviews Strange Angels (Rykodisc/4AD) for Stereo Review, March 1998 issue. Photo by John Patrick Salsbury.

Press: Brett Milano reviews @kristinhersh.bsky.social's "Strange Angels" for Stereo Review, March 1998 issue. Photo by John Patrick Salsbury. The album celebrates its 28th anniversary this month.

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THE KRISTIN HERSH ARCHIVES Kristin Hersh. Brett Milano reviews Strange Angels (Rykodisc/4AD) for Stereo Review, March 1998 issue. Photo by John Patrick Salsbury.

Press: Brett Milano reviews @kristinhersh.bsky.social's "Strange Angels" for Stereo Review, March 1998 issue. Photo by John Patrick Salsbury. The album celebrates its 28th anniversary this month.

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THE KRISTIN HERSH ARCHIVES Throwing Muses. 4AD's press kit from January 1989 informing of the band's forthcoming British tour dates and the release of the single Dizzy.

Memorabilia: 4AD’s press kit from January 1989 informing of @throwingmuses.bsky.social's then forthcoming British tour dates and the release of the single "Dizzy".

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