Michael Hurley

0	LONDON: Upset the Rhythm @ Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
P	Tuesday 19th June, 2018
N	7:30pm

LONDON: Upset the Rhythm @ Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

Tuesday 19th June, 2018

7:30pm

Event information

Upset The Rhythm presents…

MICHAEL HURLEY
HUGH METCALFE
RUSSELL WALKER
Tuesday 19 June
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
7.30pm | £8 |

MICHAEL HURLEY (a.k.a. Doc Snock) is a quiet legend, a wry conspirator in the stand-up of life. “The world is his front porch\" and, come June 19th, the American alt-folk icon’s vista will include Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. The 76 year-old Hurley has been making music for nigh on 50 years. Having broken ground as part of the Greenwich Village folk movement of the ‘60s, he continues to perform his uniquely crafted - and vast - catalogue of tunes, performing odes to aliens, tea and women for spellbound audiences at home in the US and abroad.Hurley\'s music sounds old, like it has always existed, and simultaneously singular, like something you\'ve never heard anyone else play quite like that before. This timeless quality ensures that Hurley\'s audience constantly renews itself. From the the beatniks in the NYC Village where he started in the early 60s, to the hippies in Vermont, to the Americana fans, indie rockers and freak folkers from the last two decades, Michael\'s music never fails to find fresh new ears. Pressed for a description, Hurley has called it \"jazz-hyped blues and country and western music\".

Hurley\'s early records were released on Folkways, Warner Brothers/Raccoon, and Rounder, while in recent years stalwart independent labels like Gnomonsong and Mississippi have been carrying the torch. The great news is that there is no stopping Michael Hurley. An album with brand new recordings, Bad Mr. Mike, was released on the Mississippi label in 2016, plus another LP with archival 70s material came out on Feeding Tube Records in 2017. Besides being a truly unique musician, Hurley is also a cartoonist and watercolor artist of note - the instantly recognisable results of which grace his album covers.
http://www.snockonews.net/

HUGH METCALFE is a musician and filmmaker from London and Suffolk, England. He is best known as the promoter of The Klinker in London, a free-improv club which he has run in various venues since at least 1982. He plays guitar, violin, hi-hat and gas mask. He performs in several bands including Bicycle Clip Sex, The Small Faeces, The Cross-Dressed Quartet and Fuck Off Batman. He has also performed with noted sound poet Bob Cobbing, saxophonist Lol Coxhill and dancer Jennifer Pike in Birdyak. Metcalfe\'s experimental film work began in 1978 and uses 8mm film methods to produce silent films, often used later as a springboard for free musical improvisation, either by Metcalfe himself or other musicians.
http://www.klinkerclub.com/about/

RUSSELL WALKER, known as the uncanny lyricist/vocalist for The Pheromoans, Bomber Jackets etc, treats us to an exceedingly rare solo live appearance. Walker released his solo album proper in 2016 through Vitrine, contributed to a recent compilation on Kye and has a spoken album due out on Chocolate Monk next month called ‘Half Time 1916’. Walker also published his latest book ‘When New Towns Act Tough’ in 2016, well worth tracking down on Larching Books!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnVtAsspaKM