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Blue Navigator 12 – The World of Michael Hurley
The 12th edition of Blue Navigator fanzine, devoted to the world of Michael Hurley. A deluxe, hardback, 96pp, 210x210mm, full-colour book, with hi-quality reproductions of Hurley art throughout. Articles old and newly commissioned. Boone & Jocko cartoons. The ’80’s remembered in word and song. Rare 1984 Michael Hurley recordings on CD.
**** 4 STARS
Mojo Magazine, March 2025
The twelfth edition of acclaimed fanzine comes as a deluxe hardback book and CD of rare solo tracks.
If you want to know how deep the love is for Pennsylvania folk-singer Michael Hurley, visit bluenavigator.com where you’ll find a fanzine that has been running for 30 years, dedicated solely to news, interviews and esoterica about the artist known to devotees as Snock. Its publication is, however, intermittent, and they’ve only just arrived at issue 12. Luckily for you, it’s a deluxe hardback book which includes numerous articles about Hurley’s 1980s plus this gorgeous acoustic CD, lushly remastered from a 1984 soundtrack for a schools documentary on Long Island clam fishermen (!). An intimate mix of songs and spontaneous instrumentals, it includes Hurley’s gorgeous reworking of John Herald’s Up To My Neck In Muddy Water plus a forlorn song about a sandal-maker (Vinnie) that will make you want to subscribe to Blue Navigator immediately. Andrew Male
