Mercury News, California — The new play/concert was adapted from Hersh's memoir of the same name. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The OUPblog recommends Scottish classic literature. Kristin Hersh discusses the new Throwing Muses album with Rolling Stone. 25 online year-end "best books of 2013" lists were added to the master aggregation at Largehearted Boy yesterday, including T... more info

Popdose — In the last few minutes of the commentary track for their new album Purgatory/Paradise, Throwing Muses singer/guitarist Kristin Hersh and drummer David Narcizo trade memories of the L.A. apartment building where they (along with the Pixies, and “th... more info

USA Today Music — The musician discusses why her record is being released through a publisher, not a label. more info

Impose Magazine — Oh, hello, gorgeous. It's been ten years since the last Throwing Muses release (a self-titled album came out in 2003), and today the thoroughly 90s garage rock band announced that they'd be putting out the first new material since that date t... more info

Bradley's Almanac — In keeping with the frequent squirrel appreciation reflected in my blog (and my life), I've decided to file these random "various & sundry" posts under "nutshells" from here on out. Just go with it...Kristin Hersh, the distinctive voice and guitar of... more info

KEXP Seattle — Interview by A.V. Crofts I am sitting across a table from Kristin Hersh at Empire Dine and Dance. In Portland, Maine. She’s here to headline. I’m here because of Twitter. Hersh gets social media. I am one of her nearly 100,000 Twitter followers. ... more info

Guardian Music — From Tori Amos's dad chaperoning her at her first paid gig, to Don Letts DJing with only one deck, a host of stars recall the formative moments that kicked off their careersThe first time I was paid to play live Tori AmosI'd been kicked out of the P... more info

Guardian Music — Parenthood often brings out the worst in musicians. But Ivy Blue Carter's dad has come up with a sweet songGive a musician a baby, and chances they'll deliver a soggy ballad soon enough, like a melodic placenta. Jay-Z's tribute to his and Beyoncé's ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Billy O'Connell Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say. Kristin Hersh more info