Singer songwriter John Blek announces Cork tour dates

Cork folk singer and songwriter John Blek has announced he will play a number of gigs on home turf as part of his Irish tour.

He will play Prim’s Bookshop in Kinsale on Sunday, February 8, and Coughlan’s in Cork City on Sunday, February 15. Following a tour of the UK and Europe, he will return to Cork on Sunday, March 29 at De Barra’s in Clonakilty.

Mr Blek has this week released his latest single Better, the third from from his forthcoming studio album The Midnight Ache, which is set for release on January 26.

Not only did he self-record and produce the majority of the album, he went so far as to build the recording studio himself.

A labour of love but labour all the same. Speaking about the album he said “it took me by surprise.”

“I was slowly writing and using the songs to try to get to know the new studio space. Sonically feeling my way around and seeing what I could achieve when all of a sudden I realised I was looking at a new record.”

Tickets are available at johnblek.com/tour.