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To celebrate the release of Gallants, Jim Moray is sharing a live performance of “The Nightingale,” recorded at The Arch — a 140-year-old former church in Southport — with his full live band. The recording is taken from a complete live session premiering at 8pm on Sunday May 3rd on YouTube, free to watch with a pay-what-you-want donation ticket available.

Jim Moray — folk music’s errant prince — returns with Gallants, his eighth solo album. Traditional ballads are teased into stunning new shapes, the self-penned Three Gallants fits seamlessly among them, and the imposing Omie Wise drips with pathos and tenderness. A stunning closer backed by Maddie Morris and the Trans Choir seals an uncompromising, deeply immersive collection.

Jim Moray returns on 3 April 2026 with Gallants. Listen now to the lead single, “Flora (The Lily Of The West).” The album marks a bold new chapter in Moray’s ongoing exploration of traditional song, blending expert musicianship, thoughtful production, and a deep respect for the source material. Featuring diverse collaborators and cinematic arrangements, it reaffirms his place as a defining folk innovator.

On Beflean, Jim Moray has cherry-picked some of his finest work from across his twenty-year discography…it simultaneously represents both a celebration of past success and an exciting new departure, leaving us to wonder what creative ventures he has up his sleeve for us next.

Don’t miss Towersey Festival’s Festiv-All this weekend featuring McGoldrick, McCusker & Doyle, Gigspanner Big Band, Jim Moray, Manière des Bohémiens, Edwina Hayes and more.

Jim Moray is to stream an exclusive concert from St. George’s, Bristol this Thursday evening, 20th August 2020. Watch a preview from the show – Horkstow Grange

Last night, Jim Moray was due to be at the Royal Albert Hall for the Sea Shambles. Due to lockdown, a re-jigged online event went ahead in its place. Watch him performing ‘Jim Jones In Botany Bay’.

Jim Moray is on tour from this Friday including dates in Bristol, Birmingham & more. Watch him performing Bold Lovell with Tom Moore, filmed in the historic library room of Ullet Road Unitarian Church in Liverpool.

The Outlander may seem like the slightest and the straightest of Jim Moray albums, but in truth, it is the most condensed and representative document of the artist that we have, and that alone – besides all the great songs, of course – makes it a treasure.

A coffee with the ever-engaging Jim Moray resulted in a chat about his new album The Outlander, a project germinated from a vintage guitar that has resulted in a distilling of ideas.

Jim Moray has announced his seventh studio album – The Outlander. To celebrate we have an exclusive video to share of him performing Australia. He will be previewing all the songs on tour starting tomorrow at London’s Kings Place.

What Sam Carter and Jim Moray have created with Harmonograph is fittingly detailed, truly collaborative, varied and often beautiful. It is the work of two modern masters in perfect harmony. In the world of folk and roots music, collaborations don’t get much bigger and better than this.

February 2nd sees the return of folk-rock group False Lights featuring Sam Carter and Jim Moray with their new album Harmonograph. Watch their new video for William Glenn, also our Song of the Day.

The London Folk Festival returns to Camden’s Cecil Sharp House for a day-long celebration of folk music featuring Jim Moray, Lady Maisery, The Askew Sisters, The Rheingans Sisters, The Andy May Trio, Said The Maiden, Moore Moss Rutter, Rosie Hood, Emily Mae Winters and more.

Chris Foster has the uncanny ability to make everything he does appear easy, assembling or arranging songs like an artisan builds a drystone wall. And like drystone walls, Hadelin is sure to stand the test of time. The album features Jim Moray, Jackie Oates, John Kirkpatrick, Jim Causley & more.

Watch the latest video from Jim Moray for ‘Sounds Of Earth,’ one of the original songs featured on his new album ‘Upcetera.’ Don’t miss him and his band in session tomorrow on The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2.

Jim Moray announces upcoming tour dates and a number of dates on which Upcetera, his latest critically acclaimed album, will be performed live with strings, woodwind and a full electric band.

Jon Boden compiles The Ultimate Guide To English Folk, a lavish two-disc primer designed to appeal to experienced folkies and newbies alike. It is not the first such collection, but it is probably the most wide-ranging, lovingly compiled and inventively sequenced. One of the most important messages to take from this compilation is that while folk music in England is something of an extended family, it is by no means …