Date(s): 3rd October 2009

Time: 19:00

Venue: Fusion at Sheffield University Union

Up and coming vocalist Rosie Doonan, from Wakefield, supports Jim Moray, who has been described as the saviour of English Folk music as he applies his own twist and reinvents classics from the time when songs were recorded on wax cylinders.

Jim Moray is a 27 year old singer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer who has created startlingly contemporary recordings of England's traditional songs which have been described as the most significant development in folk music in the last 30 years.

Since graduating from Birmingham Conservatoire in summer 2003, Jim Moray has caused a revolution in the folk world with a series of award-winning albums and a developing career as a producer.

In February 2004 Jim received both the Horizon Award as best newcomer and the prestigious Album Of The Year Award for Sweet England at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. He has followed Sweet England with two further album ‘Jim Moray' (2006) and ‘Low Culture' (2008) which went on to win the fRoots Critics' Poll Album of the Year Award, Mojo's Folk Album of the Year and gain him three nominations in the BBC Folk Awards 2009.

‘The best album of the year came from Jim Moray, whose classy and experimental Low Culture made use of anything from African kora to hip-hop.' - The Guardian

‘Those who feel that the folk idiom has nothing to express to the truly modern and young should acquire this album forthwith...This is a genuinely fabulous record.' - The Independent

How Much?: 12 pounds advanced or 8 pounds ith NUS card.

Telephone: 0114 222 8777

Website: Sheffield Union