Jinx Lennon brings ‘Epstein War Spring’ tour to Dundalk's An Táin tomorrow night
Punk poet Jinx Lennon will take to the stage in An Tain Arts Centre in Dundalk on Saturday, May 2 at 8pm
Jinx Lennon recently began his ''Epstein War Spring tour '' starting at Cyprus Avenue Cork on Saturday 11th April with Cork band Wasps v Humans and is set to close the tour in Mc Chuills in Glasgow on May 17th.
In the middle of the tour there's an appearance in An Táin Arts Centre on Saturday May 2 at 8pm.
Jinx will be accompanied by Castleblayney musician Jamie Bishop who also performs as his own solo act Muckno and is part of the psychedelic country act the Shamrock Showband and Chris Barry, who runs Aiflionn Studios in Drumcondra and has engineered a run of great albums by the likes of Junior Brother,Deadlians,Mary Wallopers and Dave Keenan.
Jinx recorded his last record with Chris ''The Hate Agents Leer at the Last Isle Of Hope'' described by Will Russell of Hot Press as ''mightily comparable to Dylan Thomas' Under Milkwood' with it's epic ambition ,magnificent wordplay and the erudite eye of it's omniscient narrator''.
Jinx was also featured in the award winning movie about the New Wave of Irish folk music ''Celtic Utopia ''which received the Grand Prix Award at Locarno Film Festival.
He also recorded two live songs as part of the music series recorded at Black Gate Galway Cumasc:Seisiuin Sa black Gate on BBC 2.
Special guests at An Táin are Kerry based act News for the Deaf, who are two brothers who play a head scratchingly brilliant bass heavy set of songs on drums and guitar and local man, tattoo artist and musician Gus Cullen formerly of Midweek Crisis who has gone solo with a minimal wave sound with a Dundalk twist .
Tickets for Jinx Lennon at on An Tain May 2 are available from www.antain.ie