Kristin Hersh

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Songwriter, guitarist and singer, Kristin Hersh joins Rhett from her home in Rhode Island to talk about recording with 50FOOTWAVE, a musical collective she founded in 2004 under the theory that ‘music doesn’t belong in the music industry’. Kristin shares stories from her days as a young artist in the Boston music scene, grappling with the pressures of the industry, and what it means to lose yourself in the work. The two discuss the difference between creating art for art’s sake versus selling your art as a product, and being humbled by the complexity of humanity. Kristin Hersh’s prolific career has seen her heralded queen of the alternative release. Songwriter, guitarist and singer, Kristin Hersh has released over 20 records solo, with Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE. She released her tenth studio album, 'Possible Dust Clouds' in 2018. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Matt Dwyer. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Visit SunsetlakeCBD.com and use the promo code WHEELSOFF for 20% off premium CBD products. Visit GradysColdBrew.com and use the promo code WHEELSOFF for 20% off your first purchase of New Orleans-style coffee & cold brew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	O'SIMUS
0:02.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:08.0	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.0	That's when it got wheels off.
0:13.0	We started on and we ain't gonna stop.
0:16.0	Oh, she made me feel like a good car.
0:19.0	That's when it got wheels off. Can an artist
0:24.6	Can an artist survive in a world hell-bent on commodifying them?
0:31.8	Can an artist thrive in that environment?
0:36.6	Kristen Hirsch describes how she did just that, how she's doing
0:43.1	just that. She's best known for her work with throwing muses. Her solo albums are great.
0:50.5	She right now is at work on another 50-foot wave project, and to hear her describe that is such a joy.
0:58.0	In fact, this entire interview for me is an absolute joy.
1:04.0	The way she approaches her job, our job, the way she approaches music and what it really means.
1:17.4	And I won't try and give you even a nutshell version of where she lands just because I think
1:25.9	she does such a great job. I don't want to do her a disservice.
1:29.0	And I hope that you'll listen to the whole interview and hear her talk about making music, like real music, that isn't a commercial, that is a piece of music.
1:42.0	And you grab it as it flies by and it means something to you.
1:46.5	I just, I loved this talk with Kristen Hirsch.
1:51.7	I feel like I woke up with darkness shrouding my, my psyche and my heart. And now, you know, less than an hour
2:06.1	later, I'm sitting here feeling like I just got to, I don't know, I'm, I know this sounds
2:12.7	like hyperbole, but I just, I feel like I got to glimpse the divine. I do think there's something really brilliant about living a life where you're really
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