Clem Burke, who as the drummer for the rock band Blondie was the group’s “heartbeat,” died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. His ...

Sometimes called the father of freak-folk, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter lived, worked and died on his own terms.

Hurley spent more than a decade gigging around Vermont bars and ski resorts, a relative unknown. But in recent decades, he’s garnered a cult following.

Michael Hurley, the outsider folk artist and singer-songwriter who came up in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and continued making music into the present day, has died at home in Astoria ...

Hurley, a favorite of Cat Power and Lucinda Williams, was 'the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit.' ...

He recorded his debut album, First Songs, for Folkways Records in 1963 and was championed by his friend and fellow singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young, who died last month. When Young’s band the ...

The late musician, known as the "Godfather of Freak Folk" was influential to a generation of singer-songwriters including ...

or “You’re a Dog; Don’t Talk to Me”). He was a childhood friend of future Youngbloods singer Jesse Colin Young, who would champion Hurley’s skewed vision by releasing 1971’s ...

In Saturday Night Live’s latest “Weekend Update” segment, co-anchor Colin Jost pointed out another entry in the show’s long list of terrible hosts. “Actor Russell Brand was charged in ...

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar expressed deep sorrow over the passing of veteran actor and director Manoj Kumar. Remembering him ...

Keith Pompey: The Sixers signed Colin Castleton to a 10-day contract. The 6-foot-10 center has appeared in a combined 20 games this season, with four starts, for the Memphis Grizzlies and Toronto ...