Jim Moray is the new poster boy for the avant-trad.

This year's winner of BBC Radio 2's Folk Award for Best Album for his debut Sweet England, he takes traditional folk songs and reworks them as befits a man in his early 20s.

Try to imagine staples of the British folk oeuvre, such as Early One Morning, but ditch the acoustic guitar and replace with electric guitars, a drum machine and beeping noises and you should get the idea.

The evening led to an above-average beard count for the Komedia, who were pleased by the appearance of Elle Osbourne, Moray's support act, who hails from Brighton.

Singing both unaccompanied and with her violin, her honest and direct voice did justice to 500-year-old lyrics.

Osbourne provided a considerable contrast to Moray, who blasted on to stage with a loud band, bringing along a drummer, guitarist and a double bassist.

Those years at music school have paid off, as Moray played keyboards, guitars and laptop fiddling.

Halfway through his set, he went it alone. This was Moray at his most folky but he kept it fresh with sampling and effects twists.

He then got his band back and slipped in a few of his own songs. Lyrically, these were up against stiff competition and inevitably lost out. However, the electronic accompaniments blended in well with the rockiness to create an individual sound that made them interesting.

At times, Moray appeared rather too pleased with his own cleverness and made us awkwardly clap for a third encore.

But I can forgive him. His love of folk and modern music was apparent and he was largely successful in melding the two - the sheer variety of music throughout the evening was impressive.