Michael Hurley, the influential folk singer-songwriter, known as the Godfather of freak folk, has died at the age of 83, with news of his death confirmed on April 3, 2025. Known for his eccentric ...

Michael Hurley, a folk musician, cartoonist and painter, has died. He was 83. Hurley's publicist confirmed the news of his death to PEOPLE on Friday, April 4 and shared a statement on behalf of his ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns/Getty Images Michael Hurley ...

Thought he spent time around the folk revival scene of the 1960s, Michael Hurley quickly cut a unique path for his career, with an extremely independent approach to recording and releasing music.

Michael Hurley, the influential folk singer-songwriter, known as the Godfather of freak folk, has died at the age of 83, with news of his death confirmed on April 3, 2025. Known for his eccentric ...

The late musician, known as the "Godfather of Freak Folk" was influential to a generation of singer-songwriters including Will Oldham and Lucinda Williams Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She ...

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 label, ...

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 weekend ...