Veteran alt-rocker, Kristin Hersh, will be taking a break from her bands Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave with the release of her sixth solo album, Learn To Sing Like A Star, on January 23rd. Hersh has been mostly busy recording and touring with her current-band, 50 Foot Wave, in the four-year interim between 2003's The Grotto and Star. Hersh self-produced the record's 14 tracks and Muses bandmate David Narcizo lent a hand on drums. 4AD (Hersh's longtime label-home) is talking the record up big, calling it

Yep Roc Records will release the album in the U.S. and 4AD will do the honors for the rest of the world. A single, "In Shock", including 3 b-sides will precede the album in early January. Hersh will join her bandmates in Throwing Muses (sans Tanya Donelly) for a one-off show at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall on December 16th, following on January 11th with a London solo show, where she will play Learn To Sing Like A Star in it's entirety.

Track-Listing:

Upcoming Shows:

KRISTIN HERSH
02 Dec 06 Portland, OR - Mission Theater

11 Jan 07 London, England - Arts Theatre,
6-7 Great Newport Street, Soho

THROWING MUSES
16 Dec 06 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
with 50FootWave

Recommended Viewing:
a 1994 Television Performance of Hersh's classic "Your Ghost"


and a recent rocked-out version by her band, 50 Foot Wave


Further Perusal:
Throwing Music