Kristin Hersh

Kristin Hersh is a singer/songwriter who founded her influential art-punk band Throwing Muses, at age 14. She now performs solo acoustic concerts in addition to performing with Throwing Muses and the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave. She has written a memoir, titled Rat Girl, which was published in by Penguin Books in 2010 and is co-founder of the non-profit, open-source software project for recording artists, CASH Music.