Michael Hurley, the beloved eccentric folk singer whose music became a touchstone for a generation of singer-songwriters, has died at 83.

Hurley's idiosyncratic style of music has been described as "outsider folk," a testament to the Pennsylvania native's self-taught musicianship. "I started making up stuff right away," Hurley told ...

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The legendary folk singer Michael Hurley has died at the age of 83. Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1941, he had a ...

Michael Hurley, the beloved eccentric folk singer whose music became ... Hurley had largely retreated from the music industry, though he never stopped making music. In the eighties, he established ...

The ornately decorated fiddle belonged to the dance master who taught Robert Burns. At Carnegie, it will cap “Scotland’s ...

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Sidestepping his perfectionism in acting, Jeff Bridges revels in the freedom of rediscovering an album of his archival recordings showcasing his late-’70s eclectic roots rock.

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Historically speaking, the Newport Folk Festival has been a somewhat purist organization aiming to preserve and market the presence of folk, Americana, and indie music around the world. Hence ...