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Saturday, April 29th
Michael Hurley is one of the last remaining American
rambling folk
troubadours. Hobo-ing around the country, playing music since
the days
Bob Dylan first set foot in New York City's Gaslight club, Hurley
recorded his first album for Moses Ash's legendary Folkways label
in
1964. This debut album, First Songs, has recently been
reissued on
Locust Music with the new title, Blueberry Wine. Hurley continued
to
release albums for both Warner Brothers and Rounder. His mid-70s
Have
Moicy album was selected among the top 10 for the decade
by Rolling
Stone magazine.
Hurley’s latest albums — Weatherhole and
Sweetkorn — show no sign of artistic decline and
garnered rave reviews. While many of his contemporaries are long
past their prime or have expired, Hurley’s muse is still
intact. Weatherhole and Sweetkorn are jam-packed
with gems, such as "The Rue of Ruby Whores," and "Wildegeeses"
— songs that’ll make you laugh as well as weep.
Hurley’s songwriting talent is something that hasn’t
gone unnoticed
by new a generation of musicians. Hurley shared stages with just
about the complete new free folk contingent, recorded with Ida
and Espers, his songs have been covered by Cat
Power, and rumour has it that his next album will be
released on Devendra Banhart’s Gnomonsong
label.
Whether he's playing a cracked country blues number about space
travel on his fretless banjo, an Appalachian children’s
song like "Shortening Bread" on his fiddle, or plunking
his heartbreakers on his beloved Gibson guitar, on stage Hurley’s
charms never fail to captivate an
audience. On special occasions he might even bring out his masked
alter-ego, Kornbred, a character from Hurley's (aka Doc Snock's)
cartoon world. Besides being America’s most amazing musical
vagrant, Hurley's also a gifted cartoonist and painter.
Saturday, April 29th
Admission: $10
Showtimes: 7:30pm and 10pm
reservations
highly recommended
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