Learn to Sing Like a Star
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Learn to Sing Like a Star is Kristin Hersh
's seventh solo album and was released in the US on Yep Roc Records
on the 23 January 2007 and on 4AD
for the rest of the world on the 29 January. The album was produced by Kristin herself and mixed in Nashville by two time Grammy winner Trina Shoemaker
. It features her Throwing Muses
bandmate David Narcizo
on drums and with strings by the McCarricks.
band mates Bernard Georges
and Rob Ahlers as well as The McCarricks
. In October 2007 she will do a short tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Kristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also continues to perform as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave...
's seventh solo album and was released in the US on Yep Roc Records
Yep Roc Records
Yep Roc Records is an independent International record label based in Haw River, North Carolina and owned by Redeye Distribution . The label has put out albums by artists like The Go-Betweens, The Fleshtones, Gang of Four, The Reverend Horton Heat, and The Minus 5, as well as the work of important...
on the 23 January 2007 and on 4AD
4AD
4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...
for the rest of the world on the 29 January. The album was produced by Kristin herself and mixed in Nashville by two time Grammy winner Trina Shoemaker
Trina Shoemaker
Trina Shoemaker is a mixer, record producer and sound engineer responsible for producing/engineering and/or mixing records for popular bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Something for Kate, Nanci Griffith and many more....
. It features her Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. The group was originally fronted by two lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, who both wrote the...
bandmate David Narcizo
David Narcizo
David Narcizo, born May 6, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, is primarily known for his work as the longtime drummer for Throwing Muses....
on drums and with strings by the McCarricks.
Touring
In early 2007 Hersh toured throughout Europe and the US to promote the album, first solo in a series of instore performances and then with her 50 Foot Wave50 Foot Wave
50 Foot Wave is an American alternative rock band, formed in 2003. The band is fronted by Kristin Hersh, who writes the group's songs with collaborative efforts from the other group members in composing and arranging the music. The group's name is a reference to both an illustration and the term...
band mates Bernard Georges
Bernard Georges
Bernard Georges is best known for his bass guitar work in Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave.Beginning in 1992, he played bass for Throwing Muses on their album releases and in their concert appearances, having previously worked as roadie for the group...
and Rob Ahlers as well as The McCarricks
The McCarricks
The McCarricks are the husband and wife band of Martin McCarrick on cello and Kimberlee McCarrick on violin. they have collaborated widely, including Kristin Hersh, Sinéad O'Connor, Gary Numan, Marianne Faithful and Patti Smith's Meltdown concerts at the Royal Festival Hall in London.Their solo...
. In October 2007 she will do a short tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Track listing
all songs written by Kristin HershKristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh is an American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also continues to perform as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave...
- In Shock
- Nerve Endings
- DayGlo
- Christian Hearse
- Ice
- Under The Gun
- Piano 1
- Sugarbaby
- Peggy Lee
- Piano 2
- Vertigo
- Winter
- Wild Vanilla
- The Thin Man