Tom Jenkins will perform an intimate gig at Workington’s Lounge 41.
Tom Jenkins ended 2025 as the BBC Radio Wales Artist of Year in recognition of his critically acclaimed fourth album When The Coal Dust Settle, a concept album on working class Wales and the oppression of mining communities, inspired by his family of coal miners and hill farmers.
As word of this album spread, it would gain praise in the US and he was the first ever Welsh artist to open for Willie Nelson at his ranch in Texas.
Jenkins cut his teeth as traveling shepherd/sheep shearer, and rancher, writing his debut album in the New Zealand outback.
Misery In Comfort was released in 2019 gaining him instant recognition from Oscar and Grammy winning singer song-writer, Ryan Bingham, who invited him on his tour of Ireland and the UK before the album came out.
Now with four albums under his belt in five years, his back catalogue holds a broad mix of sounds, somewhere between alternative, Indie-folk with a splash of country, collaborating with the likes of the late Phil Campbell of Motörhead and Marc Ford of The Black Crowes in various album projects.
The variation in sound has led to tours and support Slots with the likes of Bastille, Megan Moroney, Frank Turner, Cardinal Black, Katherine Priddy and Kids In Glasshouses.
Now he will appear at Lounge 41 in Workington on Friday May 1 in a solo gig, with support.
The gig starts at 7pm and tickets, at £5.50 are available from https://wegottickets.com/event/692296/
