jim moray

Despite performing solo without the many guest musicians featured on Upcetera, Jim Moray proves that just with his guitar, piano, and unaccompanied, he can still deliver an emotional punch – a raw and profoundly moving performance.

Read our in-depth interview with Jim Moray as he talks about his past challenges and new album ‘Upcetera’… “Throughout our conversation, he repeatedly makes it clear that in his own mind, his previous career as a solo artist is now closed. ‘Upcetera’ is something different; a fresh start…a ‘New Chapter.’”

Moray is a performer of consummate talent, a musician who plays a whole range of instruments on this album, and a singer of rare emotional depth. That he manages to do all this while forging a bright new path for folk music is admirable. That he has done so over six albums and still seems to be hitting his peak while never doing the same thing twice is remarkable.

We have a special video premiere today from singer, musician and producer Jim Moray. Fair Margaret And Sweet William is the opening track from his forthcoming new album Upcetera which is out on September 30th. Watch it here.

Jim Moray announces new album Upcetera, described as being like “learning to do it all again from scratch”. Plus, don’t miss Jim’s fantastic new Low Culture Podcast which so far has featured interviews with Jon Boden and Lynched.

We talk to Joe Broughton who leads The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, he provides an insight into how the Ensemble works, from selecting tunes to fitting on stage…this year they number a relatively manageable 65 members.

Jim Moray and Sam Carter of False Lights provide FRUK with a great Show and Tell video interview in which they share their influences with us which range from Sam’s love of Sacred Harp singing to their shared love for Nic Jones and Radiohead. It’s a fascinating insight into what makes them tick. Watch it here.

So who are False Lights, how were they formed? We have the answers in an exclusive video feature today in which Sam Carter and Jim Moray talk about the formation of False Lights, the other musicians in the band, and how they could have been called “Sam and Jim’s Special Relationship”. How can you possibly not want to find out…

We catch up with False Lights in Birmingham on the last date of their tour to mark the release of their remarkable debut album ‘Salvor’. Sam Cater and Jim Moray had plenty to say about their new project.

Linking two outstanding talents in Jim Moray and Sam Carter, with Sam Nadel, Tom Moore, Nick Cooke and Jon Thorne, False Lights took Folk East 2014 by storm. Salvor is the reason why.

With the great success of The Elizabethan Session those all-star sessions are revived and brought north to Celtic Connections for a final performance at The Mitchell Theatre.

In ‘Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour’ Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker have produced a work of beauty and depth which deserves to be acknowledged as a classic in the canon of contemporary UK folk music.

Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker are set to release their most audacious release to date. Josienne talks exclusively to FRUK about their new album ‘Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour’.

Our Song of the Day is from False Lights, the new project from Jim Moray and Sam Carter. Listen to ‘Polly On The Shore’ from thir debut EP.

Today False Lights, the new project from Jim Moray & Sam Carter, premièred their epic new video for ‘Crossing the Bar’ at the Folk East press launch and revealed the band line-up. Watch it here.

On Saturday 7th of June 2014 bring your fiddle, your clogs or just yourself for Gateshead’s world-record attempt at a 24 Hour-Folk-Session. Join The Demon Barbers. The Unthanks, Jim Moray & more.

Get your first glimpse of ‘False Lights’, the new project from Sam Carter and Jim Moray as they unveil their new video for ‘Skewball’.

Our Song of the Day is Maz O’Connor’s Derby Day which was commissioned by Broadstairs Folk Week for a concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of suffragette Emily Wilding-Davison.