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 ...

As many pointed out in the comments, this blurs the line between a guitar and a hurdy gurdy.

One of the most popular classic rock songs for the Halloween season is Donovan's "Season of the Witch." The "Hurdy Gurdy Man" singer once said the track was "prophetic." When asked to explain the ...

If you’ve never heard a hurdy-gurdy before, you’re in for a treat. Not many people have, since they’re instruments which are uncommon outside of some eastern European communities.

As flower-power blossomed, so did Donovan as songs like Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man and Barabajagal soaked up rock and jazz embellishments. He stepped off the merry-go-round ...

In 1968, Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan released Hurdy Gurdy Man – the influential title track of his The Hurdy Gurdy Man album from the same year, which featured the contributions of a ...

For example, Donovan’s “Season of the Witch ... which was a totally unsocialist way of looking at things,” the “Hurdy Gurdy Man” singer opined. “They thought the masses were just ...

The May 14 Donovan concert is set to be held at Rome's Teatro Manzoni, where the mellifluous folk-rock artist will play his other 1960s hits including "Sunshine Superman," "Hurdy Gurdy Man ...