1. Jim Moray was born on Douglas Oates; 20 August 1981 and is an English folk singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.
17 Facts About Jim Moray
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Jim Moray was nominated twice in the Best Traditional Song category for Early One Morning and Lord Bateman.
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On this album Jim Moray makes use of African kora, the melodeon and mandolin and mbira thumb-piano.
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Jim Moray received three nominations in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Best Album, Folk Singer of the Year and Best Traditional Track, winning the latter category.
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In February 2023 Jim Moray entered Abbey Road Studios to re-record songs from across his career to celebrate 21 years of recording and performing.
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Jim Moray has spoken of receiving abuse online because he wants folk music to become more mainstream.
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Jim Moray produced and mixed the track "The Cuckoo's Nest" for the Oysterband Big Session in 2004.
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Jim Moray subsequently produced and mixed her third album Hyperboreans which was released in September 2009 and nominated for three BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and MOJO magazine's top folk albums of 2009.
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Jim Moray produced and mixed the debut album Roodumdah by Kent-based folk-rock band Wheeler Street in autumn 2008.
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Jim Moray co-produced and mixed her EP Never So Red in late 2023.
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Jim Moray produced, mixed and performed on Blair Dunlop's fifth studio album Out Of The Rain in 2024.
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In 2012 Jim Moray toured with an expanded "Skulk Ensemble" to play the Skulk album live, with added brass, bass and his sister Jackie Oates on backing vocals.
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In November 2013 Jim Moray staged a 10th Anniversary Performance of his first album Sweet England at the Union Chapel in Islington, London featuring a string section and special guests including Bella Hardy, Jackie Oates, Keston Cobblers Club and Maz O'Connor.
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In 2017 Jim Moray assembled a 10-piece band featuring strings, woodwind and an electric rhythm section to play the music from his Upcetera album on tour.
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Jim Moray performed as Orpheus in Anais Mitchell's folk opera, Hadestown in January 2011 at the Union Chapel in London.
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In 2012 Jim Moray wrote and performed music for the Bristol Old Vic produced show The Islanders, a collaboration with Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos, and writer and performer Amy Mason.
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In May and June 2024 Jim Moray supported Richard Thompson on his band tour supporting the release of the album Ship to Shore.