# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kristin-hersh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:19.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kristin-hersh"
name: "Kristin Hersh"
slug: "kristin-hersh"
description: "Martha Kristin Hersh is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter known for her solo work and with her rock bands Throwing Muses and 50FootWave. She has released eleven solo albums. Her guitar work and composition style ranges from jaggedly dissonant to traditional folk. Hersh's lyrics have a stream-of-consciousness style, reflecting her personal experiences."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kristin_Hersh_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.52820133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kristinhersh"
    handle:    "kristinhersh"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kristinhersh/"
    handle:    "kristinhersh"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/strangeangels"
    handle:    "strangeangels"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0380903/"
    handle:    "nm0380903"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6ZWUhhSv3IahZyW5keNSxK"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.throwingmusic.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كريستين هيرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريستين هيرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kristin Hersh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh"
    title: "Kristin Hersh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kristin Hersh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh"
    title: "Kristin Hersh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "クリスティン・ハーシュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Hersh"
    title: "Christina Hersh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh"
    title: "Kristin Hersh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh"
    title: "Kristin Hersh"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh"
    title: "Kristin Hersh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Херш, Кристин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kristin Hersh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0b461f11-c7af-4ddb-a30e-5cb0aabb3e7f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435330"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3585481"
    title: "Kristin Hersh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump