Douglas Oates, known professionally as Jim Moray, was born on 20 August 1981 in
Macclesfield, Cheshire, and is an English folk singer‑songwriter‑producer who
played guitar, keyboard, melodeon and drums. While studying classical
composition at the Birmingham Conservatory, he released the home‑recorded
I Am Jim Moray EP released in 2001 and performed at Glastonbury and the
Cambridge Folk Festival in 2002, which brought him to the attention of the folk
press. His debut album Sweet England (June 2003), recorded in his bedroom and
issued on his Niblick Is a Giraffe label, earned a BBC...