Welcome to the website of Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens

UK Artist Of The Year (Americana UK Readers Poll 2023)

UK Artist Of The Year / UK Album Of The Year (Americana UK Readers Poll 2022)

UK Artist Of The Year (Americana UK Readers Poll 2021)

UK Song of the Year Award winner (AMA UK Awards 2019)

  • Dean Owens (in teal suit, hat and yellow shirt, on stage, being presented with Americanafest UK Song of the Year Award 2019 by Graham Gouldman (10CC)
  • 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
  • one of my favourite artists… very special Bob Harris (BBC)
  • varied, vibrant and thoroughly fascinating… American Songwriter
  • one of the most interesting and innovative artists in Americana… Lonesome Highway
  • visionary and rewarding… Folk Radio UK
  • Edinburgh’s finest… Edinburgh Evening News
  • One of the very finest songwriters on the scene today, making some beautiful, beautiful art – Ralph McLean (BBC Radio Ulster)