Dean Owens & The Sinners

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 flashes of Latin rock.

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 in Italy (the land of his lion tamer ancestor) with renowned producer Don Antonio, following directly on from his highly acclaimed collaborations with Calexico.  Dean’s songs are both monumental and deeply personal, earworm inducing masterpieces of economic, movie-like songwriting that connect the lush Italian hills, the US desert states and post industrial Scotland, with themes of family, the displaced and the wanderers in the world.

Expect a spellbinding mix of songs and stories from Dean’s 12 album career, and a life on the road, 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)