Dean Owens

Dean Owens “The Hopeless Ghosts (Featuring Grant-Lee Phillips)”

September 1, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Dean Owens releases a new video from his third and final ‘Desert Trilogy EP (Ghosts)’. ‘The Hopeless Ghosts’ is the latest chapter in Owens’ remarkable transatlantic collaboration with the undisputed masters of desert-noir, Calexico. To cap […]

Dean Owens, Soundhouse Spotlight Sessions at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 19th April 2021

April 29, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

As the possibility of live gigs returning gets tantalisingly closer, reviewers here at AUK are still stuck on the couch watching live streams beamed in from all over. Tonight’s entertainment came from Edinburgh, from The Traverse […]

Dean Owens (feat. Joey Burns, John Convertino, Jacob Valenzuela) “New Mexico”

February 11, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Beginning on 5th March, Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens will release a series of EPs as a prelude to his next full-length album, ‘Sinner’s Shrine’, recorded with musicians from Calexico. The EPs will include a song […]

Festival Review: Celtic Connections,15th January-2nd February 2021

February 9, 2021 Paul Kerr 3

As we waltzed oh so carefully into 2021, Celtic Connections, Scotland’s annual winter celebration of worldwide roots music, was the first major festival to accept the inevitable and move to a digital platform. In 2020, around […]

Interview: Dean Owens on hooking up with Calexico and beating the lockdown blues

January 26, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

Edinburgh’s Dean Owens kicks off the New Year with a Celtic Connections showcase followed by an ambitious schedule of releases recorded with Tucson’s Calexico At the beginning of 2020, the year looked promising for Dean Owens. […]