Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50FOOTWAVE)

Kristin Hersh was born in Atlanta and grew up in Newport, Rhode Island. Kristen began playing guitar at age 9 and by the time she was 14 she'd talked her friend Tanya Donelly into starting a band. They called themselves "Throwing Muses." Unbeknownst to them at the time, the band would go on to enjoy a long career and international success. After the band broke up Kristin wrote many solo albums, started the rock band 50FOOTWAVE, and wrote two memoirs. Kristin is also the mother of four sons. In this episode we discuss her mental health misdiagnosis, having a baby and a new record at age 19, her son's kidnapping and both homeschooling and unschooling her kids out on the road. I spoke with Kristin over Skype from her recording studio in Rhode Island in January of 2018.

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Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50FOOTWAVE) is an episode from Midnight Lightning by Laura Veirs.

This episode is 38:40 long.

This episode was published on Apr 4, 2018.

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