Jim Moray + Amelia Coburn / Gullivers, Manchester / Sat 18 Jan

Schedule

Sat, 18 Jan, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Gullivers NQ | Manchester, EN

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Should you care to look back over the past two decades of British folk music, one musician in particular stands out for having a singular, idiosyncratic vision that has rarely wavered in style and substance. Jim Moray may have garnered initial attention for his digitally-driven approach to traditional music, but reflecting on his seven albums and numerous production credits it’s clear that imagination and invention are the real cornerstones of his work. The cinematic vision of albums such as Skulk (2012), Upcetera (2016), and his game-changing debut Sweet England (2003) show just how far the old songs can be taken. His arrangements of traditional songs such as Gilderoy, Horkstow Grange and Fair Margaret and Sweet William are regarded as amongst the classics of the folk genre, while his treatment of the ballad Lord Douglas has become a must-learn for fingerstyle guitarists.
As Moray embarks on his third decade as a professional musician, he can count career-defining performances at Glastonbury, the Royal Albert Hall, and WOMAD, and has caught the attention of those in the know along the way. ‘I love this singer of old ballads,’ enthused none other than Iggy Pop, no stranger to songs of love, life and loss. Twenty years in the business also means that his influence is being felt among a younger generation of folk musicians, especially those who explore the wider canon and ways in which traditional music can be stretched. Frankie Archer recently spoke about how Moray’s work on Low Culture (2008) blew her mind: ‘It showed me for the first time what UK folk music could be.’
Never satisfied with staying still, he 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.
‘A landmark artist for our times’ – Mojo magazine
‘The most significant musician since Bob Dylan to decide that the folk idiom is the perfect vehicle for his musical adventures and experiments’ – Sydney Morning Herald
Special guest is Amelia Coburn. Amelia Coburn is darkness and light. From tales of vengeful widows and moonlit stream-of-consciousness to songs filled with whimsical romance, she has a knack for making the unusual sound timeless. Her work is populated with the characters she meets in the dark shadows of literature, film noir and travels in unfamiliar lands. Amelia threads Tin Pan Alley melodies through European folk music and torchlit jazz with a blur of psychedelia and baroque pop. Musical heroes and heroines include Serge Gainsbourg, Scott Walker, Joni Mitchell, Neil Hannon, Rufus Wainwright, Liza Minelli and David Bowie. From early musical epiphanies pilfering songs from her dad’s record collection which have infused her original work with a playful, punkish spirit that remains highly melodic and distinctive, in no small part, due to her unique, cut-glass delivery which betrays a love of the golden age of musicals and can pierce and melt even the most well-armoured heart.
A finalist in the BBC Folk Awards, Amelia’s live performances are captivating, dynamic and leave audiences stunned and walking away with a major new musical crush. Her natural, North Eastern stage presence disarms and beguiles in equal measure. It is art without artifice: The wild, theatrical characterisations of Jacques Brel pinned to the unforgettable melodic ability of McCartney. Her debut studio album Between the Moon and the Milkman, produced by Bill Ryder-Jones, is out now.
Price: £16 adv
Info/tickets: https://www.heymanchester.com/jim-moray#info
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Gullivers NQ, Kongs Nq, 101 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW, United Kingdom,Manchester, United Kingdom

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