Dean Owens

Video: Dean Owens “Mother Road”

April 28, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the latest single from Scottish singer-songwriter and AUK-favourite Dean Owens. ‘Mother Road’ is a deeply atmospheric song that places the listener right there on Route 66, both through Owens’ terrific storytelling words and through the […]

Interview: Dean Owens on what his Americana UK awards mean to him

March 1, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

How being force-fed Gram Parson and The Jayhawks opened up the world of americana. Dean Owens has long been a favourite of Americana UK and our readership, and he ended a successful 2022 by being voted […]

Live review: Dean Owens & The Sinners + Kirsten Adamson @Celtic Connections, Oran Mor, Glasgow, 26th January 2023

January 31, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

This sold out show at Oran Mor was essentially two album release shows for the price of one (the subject of a running gag throughout the night) as Dean Owens (winner of our UK Artist Of […]

Preview: Celtic Connections 2023 kicks off this week celebrating its 30th year

January 16, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Celtic Connections, Glasgow’s annual folk and roots music festival, opens its doors this Thursday, 19th January, for three weeks of concerts and events. It’s the first full-fledged festival since pandemic restrictions were ended. The festival moved […]

The Americana UK Readers’ Poll 2022 – here are the results!

December 23, 2022 Mark Whitfield 5

It’s our last day of publishing for the year and as is our wont, we can reveal the winners of this year’s AUK readers’ vote. Hundreds of you voted – in fact we had more votes […]

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 […]