The Godfather of freak folk, Michael Hurley, died on April 3 at the age of 83. His songs often mixed humor, unusual ...

An activist and star of the TV series Silent Witness along with one of the biggest names in folk music have been named in the ...

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 ...

Sometimes called the father of freak-folk, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter lived, worked and died on his own terms.

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“Episode from the Greek War of Independence,” Eugene Delacroix, 1856. In the collection of the National Gallery of Greece. Public Domain Greek folk songs from the 1821 Revolution not only told the ...

I’m just a fan of these four tunes, in particular. Nobody was doing folk music in the 1990s like Jeff Buckley. “Last Goodbye” is still considered his most commercially successful single in ...

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 outsider folk artist and singer-songwriter ... According to his family, he was working on new music up until the end. “I did [want to be a famous musician], but I didn ...