Jim Moray, of course, is the singer who burst on to the folk scene back in 2003 with his debut album, Sweet England winning the BBC2 Horizon award for most prestigious album of the year and winning him the accolade of best newcomer.
He has a great voice he's a good pianist and electric guitarist and he has had the bravery to shake up traditional ballads and a few equally gloomy songs of his own with unlikely pop influences.
On stage at the ICA came a skinny young man in his early 20s clutching an electric guitar and dressed in the standard rock musician's outfit of leather jacket jeans and red sneakers.