Dean Owens

BEST UK ACT 2021-24/BEST UK ALBUM 2022: Americana UK Readers Poll UK SONG OF THE YEAR: AMA-UK 2019 12 official albums, several side projects, a Best of, and fans including Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh, BBC’s Bob Harris. 2025: Spirit Ridge, recorded in Italy with Don Antonio. 2024: The Ridge Trilogy EPs . 2023: Pictures, recorded with Neilson Hubbard + Will Kimbrough. 2 albums (Sinner's Shrine and El Tiradito) recorded with desert noir/Latin rock icons CALEXICO in Tucson. Tales of love and lust, sinners, saints, the displaced, the wanderers and the border ghosts. And a Morricone inspired instrumental side. While never losing his unique Scottish identity, Dean has had a lifelong love affair with USA since his early days as frontman of alt-country band The Felsons, recording most of his albums there. Side projects include Buffalo Blood- “a US/UK Americana supergroup”- Paul Sexton (BBC) - recorded on location in the New Mexico desert with Neilson Hubbard, Audrey Spillman and Joshua Britt THE PULSE OF ALL OUR LIVES- Irvine Welsh-From the sleeve notes for The Man From Leith OWENS SINGS WITH A DARK MAJESTY THAT MATCHES THE GIGANTIC EMOTIONAL PULL OF HIS SONGS **** Mojo MORE INTOXICATING THAN THE MOST TREACHEROUS OF MEZCALS **** Rolling Stone SCOTTISH, AMERICANA IN A UNIQUE BLEND– No Depression ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND INNOVATIVE ARTISTS IN AMERICANA- Lonesome Highway TERRIFIC- Bob Harris VARIED, VIBRANT, THOROUGHLY FASCINATING- American Songwriter PERFECT- RnR