Michael Hurley
Issue 499
September 2025
Essay
“An absolutely pure statement”: Michael Hurley’s final album reviewed
August 2025
In The Wire 499, Byron Coley reviews the final studio album by the late US troubadour Michael Hurley
Essay
“An exercise in possibilities”: Ryan Meehan remembers Michael Hurley
April 2025
Following Michael Hurley’s death on 1 April, Ryan Meehan tracks the outsider folk singer and cartoonist’s journeys across America and remembers the restless bohemian spirit that powered them
Issue 289
March 2008
Tracks
Wire only Michael Hurley track
Enjoy a special remix of Michael Hurley's "Uncle Smoochface" for The Wire