Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is a prolific American singer/songwriter who performs solo acoustic concerts; she also has performed as lead singer and guitarist for alternative rock group Throwing Muses and currently leads the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave. Her best-known songs are "Your Ghost" and "Bright Yellow Gun", which received national commercial airplay in the mid-1990s.
?Learn To Sing Like A Star?, her 7th solo record, sees Hersh playing all instruments except Drums and Strings. Several of the songs reference New Orleans post Katrina and as a former inhabitant of the city, Hersh brings in a personal intimacy for the misfortunes of the many displaced people involved in the tragedy, with lines like ?This place makes me feel like I?m dead, haunting it.? For all the lonely creative imagery that stems from her voice, she still manages to employ cathartic Guitar interplay for the highlights of the album, the commanding opener ?In Shock?, the impending crescendo that builds through every moment of ?Sugar Baby?, and the passionately powerful ?Day Glow?. She even manages to sound positively grunge era on ?Under The Gun?, the discordant Guitar turbulence hails early 90?s vintage, and yet retains a positive originality.