Michael Hurley was a cult hero who never set foot near the mainstream. After Hurley's death in April, a cast of local ...

Michael Hurley did not want to end his week in Knoxville. The idiosyncratic songwriter and cartoonist had been coming to the East Tennessee city for decades, but his trip there over the last ...

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 ...

The late musician, known as the "Godfather of Freak Folk" was influential to a generation of singer-songwriters including Will Oldham and Lucinda Williams Michael Hurley, a folk musician ...

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 recording the album Armchair Boogie at home in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1971. Photo courtesy of Michele Bessett and Bob Iwasciewicz Michael Hurley, an underground folk icon who ...

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, a unique guitarist and songwriter known as the ‘Godfather of freak folk,’ died last week at the age of 83. His death was confirmed in a statement sent to Rolling Stone from his ...

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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 ...