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

a longtime board member and donor to the American Folk Art Museum, who passed away last year in her 80s after more than three decades of collecting Outsider Art. “It’s an exciting occasion for ...

Michael Hurley, the outsider folk artist and singer-songwriter who came up in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s ...

One of the brightest lights in Portland’s music constellation has gone out. It was announced this past Thursday that Michael ...

Folk or outsider art is produced by self-taught artists, those who have not studied in a formal setting. They simply create with materials available to them or sought out by them, driven by their ...

Michael Hurley, the singer-songwriter who emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and became an influential outsider artist, has died. He was 83. In addition to releasing over ...

Folk music legend Michael Hurley has died, aged 83. Hurley was a pioneer of the outsider folk and freak folk movements in the 1960s. His death was confirmed by his family. In a statement to ...

Known as a pioneer of “outsider folk,” Hurley cut his teeth performing at New York City coffeehouses before releasing his debut album, “First Songs,” in 1964. He followed that up with ...

Known as a pioneer of “outsider folk,” Hurley cut his teeth performing at New York City coffeehouses before releasing his debut album, “First Songs,” in 1964. He followed that up with “Armchair Boogie ...