dean owens .
uk artist of the year ,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025, americana uk readers poll,(and uk album of the year 2022).
dean owens recent musical travels have taken him all around the globe,with sold out tours and standing ovations in the usa ,australia ,and the netherlands .
he’s delighted to return to kingsmead house concerts,for a special and rare intimate solo show.
armed with a searingly soulful voice and a hatful of stories and earworm ,including songs old and new ,with maybe a bit of morricone inspired whistling in the mix too.
deans solo gigs are always special,with the chance to do a deep dive into his back catalog- currently 12 studio albums ( with a new one due in 2027).
his stories about the songs and his travels are almost as entertaining as the songs themselves, which are masterpieces of economic,film songwriting,exploring themes of family,the displaced,and the wandererers of the world..
deans most recent album’ spirit ridge’,was recorded in 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 border world that somehow connects the lush Italian hills ,and the us desert states and post industrial Scotland .