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"deeply thoughtful and moving album of dirt caked desert noir..." **** Mojo
"more intoxicatng than the most treacherous of mezcals..." **** Rolling Stone (France)
"beguiling desert noir... as deep and wide as the Grand Canyon" 8/10 - Uncut Magazine
"a mystical musical adventure... a dreamy dramatic affair" **** Record Collector Magazine
"a glorious transatlantic collaboration with border rockers Calexico" **** Scotsman
" a magnificent release" - Rocking Magpie
" extraordinarily great..." - Blabber n Smoke
"adventurous, atmospheric, thoughtful and downright exceptional...." - FATEA

Long awaited, much anticipated release by Dean Owens, recorded at WaveLab Studios (Tucson AZ) with musicians from iconic desert noir/Latin rockers, Calexico.

Sinner’s Shrine is the latest stop on a lifetime’s journey - from the post industrial heartlands of Scotland to the untrammelled wide-open vistas of the American Southwest – as Dean surrenders to the intoxicating sounds of the US desert states, an area which has long captured his heart.

Themes of love and lust, sinners and saints, the displaced, the wanderers and the border ghosts run through the album (Owens’ 8th (official) solo release) like the desert sands.

Joey Burns (Calexico): “There’s something to be said for chance meetings of musicians when they travel, and the story behind Sinner’s Shrine goes deep into the heart of what happens when there is openness in both sides to share and connect. One of the standout moments for me working on this album was finding out how well Dean’s and my vocal blended. It reminded me that the world is small and that our link through music, regardless of our background, highlights the fact that we are all more closely related and that these bonds are still good medicine for these times”

Dean: “To see Sinner’s Shrine finally getting its release into the world is a very special moment for me. Working with the guys from Calexico on this record in Tucson was a magical time, a time before lockdown and the pandemic. We recorded it out in the land of the Sonoran Desert and it almost feels like it’s been buried in the sand for the past eighteen months or so. It’s time now to brush away that sand and share with everyone”.

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Award winning Scottish singer songwriter, one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and BBC's "Whispering" Bob Harris.

His latest album, Sinner's Shrine, was recorded with musicians from Calexico.

8 official solo albums (+ 3 unofficial ones, 1 collaboration, 1 Best of.. and 3 with The Felsons)

IRVINE WELSH: Dean's music is the pulse of all our lives

1. deanowens.com