[Nac Tracks] August 2015 New Music Playlist
Posted on September 3, 2015 at 9:02 am | No Comments
August ends with a new record: 47 tracks for nearly 3 hours of listening in my monthly new music playlist.
September may crush it, though – just 3 days in and 9 new songs so far, including tracks from Stove, Threading, Ex-Breathers, and more.
Here’s August. Stream away…
[Live MP3] Kristin Hersh does Vic Chesnutt
Posted on August 11, 2015 at 9:36 am | No Comments
Kristin Hersh, from the stage of Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday night, July 27th, 2015…
“I was never very good at therapy, because… I can talk, I just can’t talk out loud.
But I was made to go this year, and it was… it was entertaining.
The therapist said “I can see your work is very important to you, but I feel that it’s rather isolating. So tell me, what is it like at a ‘Kristin Hersh show’?”
“I don’t know, I’ve never been to one.”
“Well, who do reviewers compare you to?”
I said “Everybody who makes anybody sad. Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Mark Linkous, Kurt Cobain, Vic Chesnutt…”
She said “Well, what I want you to do is reach out to all these people and re-form your peer group.”
“I can’t do that…”
“Yes, you can.”
“No, I can’t. They’re dead.”
She said “All of them?”
“Yeah, we’re a fragile group.”
Kristin has a new book about Vic Chesnutt, titled “Don’t Suck, Don’t Die – Giving Up Vic Chesnutt” arriving in October. The discounted hardcover is available for pre-order from University of Texas Press.
Keep up with all things Kristin through her website and on Twitter, and consider becoming one of her Strange Angels, who help directly fan-fund her music-making career.