Michael Hurley
Sign in to saveAmerican folk singer-songwriter, cartoonist and painter
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- Leave No Trace — Musician at Party2018
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Michael Hurley (born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on December 20, 1941, † April 1, 2025) was an American folk singer and guitarist who was essential to the New York Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to playing a wide variety of instruments (including the fiddle), Hurley is also a cartoonist and a painter. Hurley's music has been described as "outsider folk". Hurley's debut album, First Songs, was recorded <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Hurley"
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Hurley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bucks County
- Place of death
- Portland
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- banjo
- Image
- Michael Hurley 2006.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-12-20
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- date of death
- 2025-04-01
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- name in native language
- Michael Hurley
- influenced by
- Lead Belly
- Commons category
- Michael Hurley (musician)
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