{"id":861,"date":"2010-08-13T16:22:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T23:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=861"},"modified":"2010-08-13T16:22:57","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T23:22:57","slug":"jim-moray-a-beginner%e2%80%99s-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/jim-moray-a-beginner%e2%80%99s-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Moray + (A Beginner\u2019s Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/A-Beginners-Guide-M3-Review-May2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-862\" title=\"A-Beginners-Guide-M3-Review-May2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/A-Beginners-Guide-M3-Review-May2010.jpg\" alt=\"A Beginner\u2019s Guide\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/A-Beginners-Guide-M3-Review-May2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/A-Beginners-Guide-M3-Review-May2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>J<\/strong><strong>im Moray<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(A Beginner\u2019s Guide)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimmoray.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">jimmoray.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With material drawn from his three English-only releases, <em>(A Beginner\u2019s Guide)<\/em> allows American critics to finally ponder the question that\u2019s confounded their overseas counterparts: Is Moray folk, fusion or a fresh amalgam? Based on the evidence here, the answer leans towards the third option. Although his songs originate from traditional sources, the undercurrent of digital beats and electronica makes this music feel daringly new and original. Moray\u2019s stated goal is to take folk to a younger audience and free it from the precious constraints of high-minded reverence, and he\u2019s stirred up many purists in the process. No matter. The open-minded will find this an irresistible invitation to hear all that Moray has to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Moray (A Beginner\u2019s Guide) jimmoray.co.uk With material drawn from his three English-only releases, (A Beginner\u2019s Guide) allows American critics to finally ponder the question that\u2019s confounded their overseas counterparts: Is Moray folk, fusion or a fresh amalgam? Based on the evidence here, the answer leans towards the third option. Although his songs originate from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[477,196,10159,475,476,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}