Jim Moray is to stream an exclusive concert from St. George’s, Bristol this Thursday evening, 20th August 2020, at 8.00 pm BST.
Shot with six cameras and mixed in HD sound, the show consists of two full 45-minute sets with a brief interval. It will premiere on Thursday (which also happens to be Jim’s birthday!) but you will be able to rewatch on-demand in perpetuity after the event, or if you are joining from another time zone.
Speaking about the show, Jim said: “I often feel like the time I sing best is during soundchecks – when you are in a great acoustic, before the audience arrives, when the sound of your voice feels like it is naturally the size of the room you are in. I wanted to find a way to record that for my first full online gig. It was filmed with six cameras all around the hall, and the sound was recorded at the highest resolution.”
“I played two 45 minute sets – the same as I would do in a normal night on tour – but I delved into the back catalogue a bit to find songs that needed a fresh airing,” Jim continued. “I played St George’s Steinway Model D piano, my 1959 Harmony Stratotone, my ATKIN GUITARS acoustic and my WW1 pedal harmonium, plus a tiny amount of electronics.”
Watch a preview from the show. Horkstow Grange is one of the songs sung by George Gouldthorpe on the wax cylinders of folk singers recorded by Percy Grainger in Brigg, Lincolnshire in 1908. Jim recorded it on the album Skulk, using the harmonies that Grainger used in his A Lincolnshire Posy suite for wind band, and a vocal harmoniser.
If Jim Moray has become an accepted part of folk music royalty over the last few years, it must be due in no small part to his knack for making extremely accessible music using methods that are unconventional, uncompromising and often experimental.
Thomas Blake (Folk Radio), reviewing The Outlander
Full show premieres at 8pm BST, Thursday the 20th Aug 2020. Tickets from www.jimmoray.co.uk – You can watch it again at any point in perpetuity after the event or if you are in another timezone. The tickets are £10, and you can watch on your device, laptop or desktop computer, or through an internet-connected TV.