Jim Moray

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Jim Moray is an English folk musician, singer, and producer known for his innovative approach to traditional folk music. First gaining notice in the early 2000s for his startling reimagining of traditional songs, blending acoustic instrumentation with electronic production, he has established himself as one of the key figures in the English Folk Revival of the last 25 years.

A true polymath, he is known for playing nearly all the instruments on his recordings as well as producing, arranging and mixing. He is also in demand as a producer for both a new generation of forward-looking folk musicians and the older generation of musicians who came before him. Never satisfied with staying still, the artist is still moving after shaking the folk world to its foundations twenty years ago. And in a genre where musicians reach their peak the older they get, there’s a sense that he has only just begun.

Tour support comes from Maz O’Connor. Described by the Observer as ‘a highly individual singer-songwriter’, Maz O’Connor is a truly unique artist. From Cumbria with Irish roots, Maz is known for her haunting, emotive vocals and her poetic lyricism. Her songs are most often short stories inspired by her love of literature, folklore and mythology. She wrote her first song aged four, whilst making a ‘radio show’ with a cassette player and her older brothers, and grew up singing folk songs in her local Cumbrian venues.

Winning a BBC Performing Arts Fund Fellowship in 2014 (once won by Adele) brought Maz to wider attention, and later that year she was nominated for a BBC Folk Award for her first album, This Willowed Light. Maz has since released three further albums, toured the UK, Europe and Canada, played live sessions on BBC Radio 2 and 3, and appeared at major UK festivals, including Glastonbury and WOMAD. Her upcoming album, Love it is a Killing Thing, is a collection of her favourite folk songs re-composed, recorded live to tape. It will be released in 2026.

‘Maz O’Connor’s ace, apart from her remarkable songwriting talent, is her captivating voice’ – Q

This show takes place at the Strines Nightingale – a lovely country pub, formerly called the Sportsman, which re-opened in autumn 2022. Strines is on the Piccadilly-Sheffield train line, and on the 358 bus route from Stockport to Hayfield. This show will run until 10.30pm at the latest.