The Enduring Mythos of the Godfather of Freak Folk: Smithsonian Folkways Reissues Michael Hurley’s Seminal 1964 Masterpiece First Songs
Executive Overview In the expansive, often over-commercialized landscape of American roots and folk music, true iconoclasts are rare. Rarer still are artists who manage to maintain an uncompromisingly eccentric, fiercely independent artistic vision across a career spanning six decades without ever courting, or succumbing to, the machinery of mainstream fame. Michael Hurley, the undisputed godfather … Read more
