Dean Owens

Interview: Dean Owens and Don Antonio on “Spirit Ridge” an album forged via friendship, family and shared connections

January 30, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

AUK award-winning Scots songwriter Dean Owens teams up with Italy’s Don Antonio and finds they actually have a lot in common as they record in a 400 hundred-year-old farmhouse and enjoy some wine along the way. […]

Dean Owens “The Ridge Trilogy”

January 23, 2025 FredArnold 0

A captivating foretaste of Dean Owen’s forthcoming new album “Spirit Ridge“. For someone who claims to have listened to a large number of Americana artists, it’s always pleasing to come across someone you haven’t heard before […]

Here are the results of the Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2024

December 23, 2024 Mark Whitfield 15

Well here they are – as always on our last day of publishing for the year, we can share with you the results of this year’s readers poll in which over 400 of you voted for […]

Video: Dean Owens “Spirit of Us”

December 17, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

An early highlight of 2024, back in January, was Dean Owens’ “After the Rain”. As we head towards the end of the year, we’ve got another great song from the acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter. “Spirit of Us” […]

Video Review of the Year 2024

December 12, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here we are again, hurtling towards another Christmas and another year. Time flies when we’re having fun, so 2024 must have been a good one. An election in the UK gave me some hope. An election […]

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

September 3, 2026 0

Melody and heartfelt ruminations on family, life and love combine to winning effect on a timeless album. My Girl The River sees Kris Wilkinson Hughes collaborating with husband Joe and daughter Rue, and this wonderfully honest […]

Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey Temecula March 2010

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

September 3, 2026 0

Pieta Brown (53) is the daughter of beloved folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown with whom she reunited after a rather bohemian lifestyle following her parents’ separation when she was 2 years old. At the time she was […]

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

September 3, 2026 0

Outstanding one-off album is re-released together with an album of live tracks from the tour that accompanied the album, plus a new song (on vinyl and CD). case/lang/veirs was released in 2016. In keeping with the […]

Interview: Dean Owens and Don Antonio on “Spirit Ridge” an album forged via friendship, family and shared connections

Dean Owens “The Ridge Trilogy”

Here are the results of the Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2024

Video: Dean Owens “Spirit of Us”

Video Review of the Year 2024

My Girl The River “Manifest Good Things”

Classic Clip: Pieta Brown with Bo Ramsey “Bad News” – venue unknown, 2010

Anniversary Cheers: case/lang/veirs celebrates 10 years

Alex Dupree “Talking To The Dog”

Live Review: Thunder and Rain, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 28th August 2026