Dean Owens

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. […]

Video: Buffalo Blood “Vanishing World”

November 11, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The sun rises over the wide open vistas of Abiquiu, New Mexico, and with it, the music gently lifts and swells. By the time the voice of Americana UK-favourite Dean Owens sings, “This land we loved […]

Video Premiere: Dean Owens “A Song for the Dark Times”

October 2, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Two weeks before the lockdown, Ian Rankin, famous crime novelist, was performing at Cash Back In Fife, the festival organised by award-winning singer-songwriter Dean Owens. The pair got chatting about Rankin’s new Inspector Rebus novel, ‘A […]

Video Premiere: Dean Owens “To Where the Heart Is”

July 6, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to share the video premiere of the new single from Dean Owens. ‘To Where the Heart Is’ takes the listener on a nostalgic journey, rich with detail and personality. We can all relate […]

Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Dean Owens

April 22, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are all having to find new ways to live and cope in the age of social distancing. There are such barriers to our natural instinct to socialise. but as Dean Owens sings: “Let’s all get […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 3

Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]