Kristin Hersh
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"Friend, asshole, angel, mutant," singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt "came along and made us gross and broken people seem...I dunno, cooler, I guess." A quadriplegic who could play only simple chords on his guitar, Chesnutt recorded seventeen critically acclaimed albums before his death in 2009, including “About to Choke”, “North Star Deserter”, and “At the Cut”. In 2006, NPR placed him in the top five of the ten best living songwriters, along...
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"Over a long, hot Christmas in Australia, Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh considers her future as a songwriter. Is it possible to create music and not show off about it? How can artists establish and refine a following without becoming part of the commercial problem? And just how many times is it healthy to watch It’s A Wonderful Life in 3 weeks? In The Future of Songwriting, Hersh chooses to interrogate...