Dean Owens

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Dean Owens in conversation

March 6, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 1

This week, Keith chats to prolific AUK Award winner Dean Owens about touring, writing and life in general as well as featuring tracks from his Spirit Ridge album. There is also new music from John Andrews […]

Americana UK’s first podcast of 2026 is here!

January 9, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

The first podcast of the year concentrates on tracks from artists who featured in the top positions of the readers’ poll for 2025. That means it’s class all the way from the likes of Jason Isbell, […]

Here are the results of the Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2025

December 23, 2025 Mark Whitfield 14

So here we go again – as is tradition, on our last day of publishing for the year, we can share with you the results of this year’s readers poll in which hundreds of you voted […]

Video: Dean Owens “Wall of Death” – try to escape if you can

November 3, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest single from AUK-favourite Dean Owens rolls and flows, rocking and riding along like the character we follow in Ruth Barrie’s (Waltzer Films) immersive music video. ‘Wall of Death’ uses circus imagery to explore what […]

Preview: Sounds of Scotland at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025

July 22, 2025 Richard Parkinson 2

The Famous Spiegeltent and Scary Biscuits Promotions have announced the music programme for its St Andrew Square Gardens hub for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Sounds Of Scotland showcases a wide range of music created in Scotland, […]

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

July 13, 2026 2

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 […]