Dean Owens

Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, 25th-28th July 2024

August 12, 2024 Mark Howson 3

While all AUK content is free to access, subscribers who donate a small amount each month to support the site are sent a Spotify/Apple Music playlist each month featuring the best songs from albums we’ve reviewed […]

Live Review: Dean Owens and The Sinners Green Note, London – 25th July 2024

August 9, 2024 David Chalfen 1

Amongst the numerous plaudits Dean Owens has gathered, he has been voted British Americana Artist of the Year for the last three years on this very website so this review will if nothing else be reassuring […]

Video: Dean Owens “My Beloved Hills”

July 25, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Dean Owens continues his rich vein of form with his latest single ‘My Beloved Hills’. The single is from the forthcoming album ‘Spirit Ridge’, which is due February 2025. This is set to be the official […]

Live Review: Roots In The Round – Dean Owens, Kirsten Adamson and Matt Joe Gow, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 11th July 2024

July 16, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

A few years back (2017 in fact) Dean Owens adopted the Nashville tradition of a “singers in the round” night for a tour featuring him, Robert Vincent and The Worry Dolls (reviewed here). He’s revitalised the […]

Video: Dean Owens “After the Rain” (Feat. Joey Burns, Martin Wenk, Kevin McGuire)

January 24, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Back in 2021, when the impact of the pandemic was still truly felt around the world. The entire Celtic Connections festival moved online and Dean Owens was commissioned to pull together a 30-minute performance alongside Calexico’s […]

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 […]

Live Review: Cambridge Folk Festival, 25th-28th July 2024

Live Review: Dean Owens and The Sinners Green Note, London – 25th July 2024

Video: Dean Owens “My Beloved Hills”

Live Review: Roots In The Round – Dean Owens, Kirsten Adamson and Matt Joe Gow, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 11th July 2024

Video: Dean Owens “After the Rain” (Feat. Joey Burns, Martin Wenk, Kevin McGuire)

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