Folk music pioneer Michael Hurley, known as the "Godfather of freak folk," has died. He was 83. The singer's family shared news of his death on Thursday in a statement posted by Hurley's record ...

Michael Hurley, the beloved eccentric folk singer whose music became a touchstone for a generation of singer-songwriters, has died at 83. The singer’s death was announced in a statement from his ...

By Richard Sandomir Michael Hurley, a singer and songwriter whose music — an idiosyncratic kind of folk mixed with a variety of other styles — made him a revered elder to younger artists like ...

Michael Hurley did not want to end his week in Knoxville ... but his trip there over the last weekend in March for the sprawling music festival Big Ears had proven especially frustrating.

Michael Hurley, the outsider folk artist and singer-songwriter who came up in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and continued making music into the present day, has died at home in ...

Michael Hurley, the eccentric singer and songwriter who pioneered the “freak-folk” movement and inspired generations of artists, has died. He was 83. “It is with a resounding sadness that ...

Michael Hurley, a unique guitarist and songwriter ... Asked by The Guardian in a 2021 interview why he thinks people are drawn to his music, Hurley said, “They respond to the irregularity ...

Michael Hurley, the eccentric singer and songwriter who pioneered the "freak-folk" movement and inspired generations of artists, has died. He was 83. "It is with a resounding sadness that the ...

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