7 Dec 2019

Worlds of Music Episode 166 features American singer and songwriter Michael Hurley

From Worlds of Music, 2:00 pm on 7 December 2019
American singer-songwriter Michael Hurley

American singer-songwriter Michael Hurley Photo: Supplied

 

Episode 166 features an interview with American singer and songwriter Michael Hurley. Since recording his debut album for the Folkways label in 1965, Hurley has released over 25 albums, writing songs about his unique and frequently humorous take on the world. Hurley, even today at the age of 78, marvels that he has been able to forge a career out of both his music and his original artwork. Despite flying well below the commercial radar for most of his life, his music has now found an appreciative audience with new artists like Kurt Vile (who Hurley supported on his NZ dates), Devendra Banhart, The Violent Femmes, Lucinda Williams and Cat Power. This interview with Michael Hurley was recorded  at Golden Dawn, a small club in Ponsonby where he was supporting Tiny Ruins.

 

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Music Details

 


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Water Boy
The Don Shirley
Don Shirleys Best
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22 Strings
Arc Music

Michael Hurley
Why Should I have to worry
Michael Hurley
Long Journey
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Coşkun Karademir Quartet 
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Öz
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Aziza Brahim
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Aziza Brahim
Sahari
Glitterbeat


The Alegre All Stars
Guajira en F
n/a
Lost and Found Vol. 3
Craft, Concord

Adrian Raso
Emilja's Waltz
Adrian Raso
Gypsybilly King
Asphalt Tango 

Blind Boys of Alabama & Marc Cohen
Walk In Jerusalem
Sam Hogin and Mark D. Sanders,
Work To Do
Blind Boys of Alabama & Marc Cohen, BMG

Michael Hurley
Why Should I Have to Worry,
M.Hurley
Long Journey
Rounder Records

Michael Hurley
Just A Bum
M.Hurley
First Songs 
Folkways

Michael Hurley
Be Kind to Me
M.Hurley
Armchair Boogie
Raccoon, Warner Brothers

Michael Hurley
Robbing Banks
M.Hurley
Have Moicy
Rounder

Michael Hurley
The Revenant
M.Hurley
Wolfways
Koch Records, Veracity

Michael Hurley
I Cant Help Myself
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Ida Con Shock
Gnomon Song

Michael Hurley
What I'd Give
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Down in Dublin
Blue Navigator

Ezra Collective
The Philosopher
Ezra Collective
Juan Pablo - The Philosopher
Enter The jungle Record

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