Revisiting Michael Hurley’s Armchair Boogie, a freak-folk masterpiece
On Michael Hurley, the werewolf in the easy chair The recently deceased “Godfather of freak folk” established his left-field aesthetic with Armchair Boogie, an album equal parts mournful and serene. By Raphael Helfand Michael Hurley. Photo by Sarah Taft. It’s Saturday, March 29, and an 83-year-old man with a deep-crimson guitar sits in a…