UK Artist Of The Year 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025
– Americana UK Readers’ Poll
A glorious, brass infused, driving sound with electric guitar, trumpet and double bass, with Dean’s searingly soulful voice upfront.
A thrilling, unique blend of Scottish roots and rocky Americana, with added desert noir.
Dean’s fans include authors Irvine Welsh and Ian Rankin (whose fictional detective Rebus has Dean’s songs on his playlists), and BBC legend “Whispering” Bob Harris.
His latest album Spirit Ridge was recorded at Crinale, Italy (the land of his lion tamer ancestor) with renowned producer Don Antonio. Following directly on from his highly acclaimed collaborations with Calexico, the songs on Spirit Ridge are both monumental and deeply personal, rooted in a half imagined hinterland connecting the lush Italian hills, the US desert states and post industrial Scotland.
Expect a joyous mix of songs and stories from Dean’s 12 album career, and a life on the road.
Earworm inducing melodies and great songs; the heart of a rock’n’roller combined with the spellbinding delivery of folk’s best storytellers, with humour and melancholy intertwined.
Owens sings with a dark majesty that matches the gigantic emotional pull of his songs... **** Mojo
more intoxicating than the most treacherous of mezcals
**** Rolling Stone
a wild and swampy romp... Had the audience transfixed...
Americana UK
Dean’s songs are the pulse of all our lives... Irvine Welsh
UK’s finest... Bob Harris (BBC)
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