Kristin Hersh
Gemma Cairney joins Throwing Muses frontwoman Kristin Hersh at the snake house to explore her love of snakes and reptiles.
After founding her in铿倁ential art-punk band Throwing Muses, at age 14, Kristin Hersh went on to spend the next 25 years confounding expectations and breaking rules - both her own and others. In addition to Throwing Muses, Kristin performs with her other band 50FOOTWAVE and as a solo artist.She has just released her tenth studio album, Possible Dust Clouds.
Kristin鈥檚 writing career has also flourished with the highly acclaimed Paradoxical Undressing and the award winning Don鈥檛 Suck, Don鈥檛 Die, a personal account of her long friendship with the late Vic Chesnutt, as well as the enchanting books which now accompany each of her record releases.
In this programme Gemma joins Kristin at the London Zoo snake house where Kristin chats about her love of snakes and the reptiles her and her children have grown up with including her pet water monitor, and how they have infiltrated her creative output.
She also opens up about female mental health, (she was formerly diagnosed as bi-polar) and music being her therapy, the song she couldn鈥檛 perform, as well as the impact her music has on her fans.
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Throwing Muses
Shimmer
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Throwing Muses
Snakeface
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Pixies
Bone Machine
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Throwing Muses
Mania
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Kristin Hersh
The Letter
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50 Foot Wave
Bath White
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Al Wilson
The Snake
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Kristin Hersh
Echo
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Kristin Hersh
Trouble
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Violent Femmes
Blister In The Sun
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Kristin Hersh
LAX
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Thomas Dolby
I Scare Myself
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Kristin Hersh
Loud Mouth
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Apr 2019 13:00大象传媒 Radio 6 Music
- Mon 17 Aug 2020 04:00大象传媒 Radio 6 Music
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The Leisure Society with Gemma Cairney
Gemma Cairney interviews cultural icons about their pastimes, hobbies and loves.
