The hurdy-gurdy “is very suited to Breton music,” she said. Rousseau performed at the Wiscasset Art Walk in June and will continue to do so for the 2024 season — July 25, Aug. 29 and Sept. 26.

“Hurdy Gurdy Man” became Donovan’s final top 5 hit in the United States. It reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 , staying on the chart for 12 weeks. The tune appeared on the album The ...

If Slipknot were to ever add a tenth member, we hope it's a hurdy-gurdy player. YouTuber Michalina Malisz has repurposed five of the band's riffs on the hand crank folk instrument and it actually ...

The album is called “Cicada: Music for Solo Hurdy Gurdy.” The album includes some traditional hurdy-gurdy songs and some songs that Micholic composed. It is available on all streaming platforms.

Donovan is well-known as one of the most influential folk-rock musicians of all time, but his 1968 album, The Hurdy Gurdy Man, might have played a pivotal role in one of the greatest heavy rock ...

In 1971, if you’d have told British guitar star Ritchie Blackmore that in 40 years he’d be playing Renaissance fair music on a hurdy-gurdy in castle courtyards throughout Europe he would never ...

Su Nimon, owner of Journey Art Gallery in downtown Canton, has fond memories of McCoy’s hurdy-gurdy performance there. “I was so intrigued by the instrument, it was like a Rube Goldberg kind ...