Sport Murphy

b. Mike Murphy, 19 November 1959, Fort Hood, Texas, USA. New York singer-songwriter Murphy fronted alt rock band the Skels from the late 80s through the early 90s. After their disintegration, he left the raucous rocking behind and worked for a while on a performance project centered around American music of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. In the wake of this experience, drawing on his love for Scott Walker and Brian Wilson, Murphy reinvented himself as a singer-songwriter with the elegant melodic bent those influences imply. His self-released solo debut, Willoughb...