CONCERT News:
International touring musician and songwriter Joe Jencks returns to Los Alamos for a concert at the Unitarian Church at 4p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Tickets are $20 in advance and at the door. Advance tickets are available at https://tinyurl.com/jj-012824
Jencks will also lead the morning service at the Unitarian Church at 10:30 a.m., with spoken word and musical reflections on making a pragmatic commitment to personal and communal growth, informed by the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jencks sings with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel. A 25-year veteran of the international Folk circuit, an award-winning songwriter and celebrated vocalist based in the Chicago area, he delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove and grit.
Jencks has penned several #1 Folksongs including the ever-relevant Lady of The Harbor. He is a dual US-Irish citizen and has served as a Cultural Ambassador with the U.S. State Department.
In August of 2022, Jencks released his 17th recording, The Coming of the Years, an album that stands firmly in the modern Celtic traditions and is still quintessentially a Joe Jencks record. Centered around songs he wrote while on tour in Ireland over a 12-year period, this album emerges as a synergistic blend of past and present merging with themes of immigration spanning multiple generations.
The album hit the Folk charts at #2, and was received with critical acclaim in the U.S., Canada, and Ireland. Jencks’ 2017 CD Poets, Philosophers, Workers, and Wanderers earned #1 Artist, #1 Album, and #1 Song on the North American Folk DJ Chart as well as spending several weeks at #1 on the SIRIUS XM Americana Chart.
In addition to his work as a touring performer, songwriter and producer, Jencks leads songwriting workshops with diverse communities from Military Veterans to School Children. Jencks is also a grant recipient from the Archives of American Folk Music at The Library of Congress. From Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center to Festivals across the US and Canada, Joe Jencks has become a fan favorite throughout North America and beyond.
“A man with a golden voice who has a great feeling for history, and the role that songs play in documenting that history. The Coming of the Years, by Joe Jencks is a gorgeous record.” ~Luka Bloom
“The spirit of Folk music is people working together. Joe is a fantastic singer who carries on the traditions.” ~Pete Seeger
