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Kristin Hersh
By All Music Guide
After the release of Throwing Muses fifth album, Red Heaven, Kristin Hersh, the bands lead singer/songwriter, took a break from the group and issued her first solo album, the acoustic Hips and Makers, in early 1994. Thanks to the airplay the single Your Ghost -- a duet with R.E.M.s Michael Stipe -- received, the album sold more copies than any of the Muses releases. Later that year, Hersh also released the Strings EP, which featured versions of selected songs from the album recorded with a string quartet, and did a solo tour. Despite her success as a solo artist, she kept the Muses going as well, releasing their next record, University, in February 1995. Throwing Muses and Hersh as a solo artist moved from Sire to Rykodisc, forming the boutique label Throwing Music in 1996; the labels first release was the final Muses album, Limbo, which appeared that summer. Before the Muses hit the road in support of Limbo, Hersh began work on her second solo album, wrapping it up in early 1997. At the completion of the Limbo tour, Hersh disbanded Throwing Muses, claiming that it was no longer economically feasible to continue with the band. The acoustic-based Strange Angels, her first post-Muses album, was released by Rykodisc in February 1998. That year, she also released Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight, a collection of lullabies and Appalachian folk songs, as a Throwing Music exclusive. In 1999, Hersh and Throwing Music returned to her original label, 4AD, for Sky Motel, 2001s Sunny Border Blue, and 2003s The Grotto. Hersh also established the Works in Progress series, a subscription service of exclusive rarities, through Throwing Musics website, www.throwingmusic.com.Hersh also released another Throwing Muses album in 2003, then collaborated with Muses bassist Bernard Georges in 50 Foot Wave, a more rock-oriented expression of her sound, for 2004s self-titled EP, 2005s Golden Ocean, and 2006s digitally released Free Music EP. In 2007, Hersh released another solo album, the intense Learn to Sing Like a Star.
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