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Jinx Lennon begins his Walk Lightly tour this month to promote the new album Walk Lightly When The Jug Is Full
One of Dundalk's most iconic underground artists, Jinx Lennon, starts his WALK LIGHTLY tour this month, to promote the new album WALK LIGHTLY WHEN THE JUG IS FULL.
The name of the new album comes from an old Kerry saying. The new album is a full on assault course through the world of celtic open tuned guitar, with punk folk attitude, especially with the lyrics which deal with teenage pregnancies, the incel community, police brutality, noisy terraced house living, and features instrumentals for the first time, Jinx said.
It was recorded with Chris Barry in Aiflionn studios Drumcondra and features David Keenan; Sean Fitzgerald, from Dublin band The Deadlians; Armagh Rhymers singer, Annie June Callaghan; and Chris Barry on bass.
Jinx sings songs about the times we live in Ireland, social issues and the struggle to retain sanity and integrity in the 21st century .
The show aims to be an uplifting experience for the audience, because it's honest, sometimes scary, funny and personal.
Jinx switches from sample beats to acoustic guitar, bass and bass drum during the set, and has a tape machine dialogue going on between songs that acts as a barrier to “ego inflation”' onstage called THE CONTRARIAN ELECT.
Jinx has been writing and recording music since 1980. The former music bands include Novena Babes, Silver Seeds, Zen Emeralds, Sneaky Pete And The Ostrich, and has performed throughout Ireland, the UK, Europe and America.
He has 13 acclaimed album releases and has supported The Fall and toured with John Cooper Clarke. His life as an artist was documented by RTE 1 as part of the Arts/Lives series in 2007.
An RTE radio theatre production based Jinx music '”Know Your Station” by playwright Mikel Murfi appeared on the same station in 2008.
In 2012 Maccana Teoranta made a radio documentary “Respect Yourself’’ about his work which featured Christy Moore .
Playwright/actor Liz Fitzgibbon featured Jinx Lennon songs like “Bruised Banana”, in her play “Kicking All The Boxes”, which appeared in the Dublin Fringe Festival 2018 and Vault Festival London 2019.
“Forgive the Cnts” was featured in Conor O'Toole's movie “Bicycle Thieves: Pumped Up” in 2021.
Last year, Jinx was featured as part of the TG4 documentary series Cumasc:Seisiuin Sa Black Gate co-writing songs with the Mary Wallopers for the featured episode.
Also in 2022, Jinx appeared on the Tommy Tiernan show and performed the song “Pushing the Patients Round” from “Liferafts for Latchicos” and performed the piece “United Island” on RTE Radio One “The County Measure’’ series.
The new album is out on April 14, to coincide with the first date on the nationwide tour, The Duncairn Centre in Belfast. You can pre order it on LP, CD, or download at jinxlennon1.bandcamp.com or local record shop Classified Records from 14 April.
Get the tickets for the Spirit Store show from www.spiritstore.ie
The Walk Lightly Tour tour dates:
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