Here's my new hero Michael Hurley covering Blind Willie McTell's "Dying Crapshooter Blues."If you're not familiar with Hurley one thing you should know is that Christgau called his 1976 album Have Moicy the greatest folk album of the rock age.I've reviewed his new album Ancestral Swamp for PopMatters, but it hasn't quite run yet. More later.He's touring pretty soon, too -- Hurley not McTell wh...
I put up one of the covers from this 20th album by folk-blues master Michael Hurley a couple of Sundays ago. (http://mog.com/jenny/blog_post/119508) Here's the review, which ran last Friday in PopMatters.Michael HurleyThe Ancestral Swamp(Gnomonsong)US release date: 18 September 2007UK release date: 17 September 2007by Jennifer KellyMP3 of "Knockando"http://www.gnomonsong.com/mp3s/Michael_Hurl...
Here's my new hero Michael Hurley covering Blind Willie McTell's "Dying Crapshooter Blues."If you're not familiar with Hurley one thing you should know is that Christgau called his 1976 album Have Moicy the greatest folk album of the rock age.I've reviewed his new album Ancestral Swamp for PopMatters, but it hasn't quite run yet. More later.He's touring pretty soon, too -- Hurley not McTell wh...
I put up one of the covers from this 20th album by folk-blues master Michael Hurley a couple of Sundays ago. (http://mog.com/jenny/blog_post/119508) Here's the review, which ran last Friday in PopMatters.Michael HurleyThe Ancestral Swamp(Gnomonsong)US release date: 18 September 2007UK release date: 17 September 2007by Jennifer KellyMP3 of "Knockando"http://www.gnomonsong.com/mp3s/Michael_Hurl...
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