AUTUMN NEWS

DEAN OWENS – AUTUMN NEWS
NEWS***The Felsons Acoustic Duo show!!***NEWS

Hi there.
Autumn, my favourite season is here. Though what happened to the summer??
I’m just back from Sweden where I was playing a few shows. I had a fab trip and worked with some great people. I was travelling with Swedish singer/songwriter Annika Fehling. Annika runs a travelling show called The Living Room and we played a couple of gigs in the Stockholm area and also on the lovely island of Gotland in the ancient city of Visby.
It was great to finally make it to Sweden and I hope a return trip will be on the cards in the not too distant future.

Here’s a quick reminder about what’s coming up on the gig front including news of my first hometown show in Leith for a couple of years –
I’m doing a fundraising show in Wales on the 24th October at the Trelawnyd Memorial Hall, Flintshire (near Rhyl). It’s a double header with Folk artist Bella Hardy. For more information go to www.myspace.com/therecordjournal or for tickets go to http://www.gonorthwales.co.uk/shopping/thedms-shop.aspx?dms=72&shop=13&prod=2775
My hometown show in Leith is going to be a Felsons acoustic duo gig on October 29th at The Sapphire Music Club @ The Guilty Lily in Leith, Edinburgh. Calais Brown and I will be performing songs from both The Felsons albums and my solo records. We’ll also be playing songs from the new Felsons mini album Good To Be Back. It’ll be great to play in Leith again. The Guilty Lily is just round the corner from where I grew up. The Sapphire Club is hosted by singer/songwriter Lorna Brooks. For more information go to www.thesapphire.co.uk I hope to see all you fellow Leithers out there at the gig! : )

Thanks to everyone who came out to my shows in Bury and Durham last month. They were fab.
Remember if you would like to purchase a copy of the new mini album by The Felsons – Good To Be Back, just drop me a line and I’ll give you the details. They are £5 each plus p&p. If you want to check out a couple of tracks go to www.myspace.com/thefelsons
Also there are still Limited Edition LP copies of Whisky Hearts available. These come in red vinyl with a gatefold sleeve, plus you also get a copy of the cd.
I’m thinking about shows for 2010 now, both solo and with The Felsons, so if you’ve any ideas of places I may not have heard of in your town or a place near you that I should be looking at playing then please let me know. Thanks.
I’ve got plenty of songs for the next album now so hopefully I’ll get into the studio soon to record them.
That’s it for now.
Here’s to some lovely Autumn days : )

Cheers, Dean

Festival shows

DEAN OWENS - FESTIVAL NEWS

Hi there.
I just wanted to remind you of my summer festival news

I will be appearing with The Felsons at the end of July with a show in Perth at the Southern Fried Festival on Friday 31st July at the Perth Theatre. There is a great line up of artists at this year’s festival including Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, Booker T, Mary Gauthier and many others. Go to www.horsecross.co.uk or call 01738 621031 for tickets. This may be the only show by The Felsons this year.



The following afternoon [Saturday 1st August] my fellow Felson - Calais Brown and I will be hosting a songwriting/guitar workshop at 12pm at Norie Miller Studio 1, Perth Concert Hall. If you are interested in songwriting and would like to be a part of this workshop visit www.horsecross.co.uk for more information.

Available for the first time at our Southern Fried show will be a new Felsons mini-album - Good To Be Back. This will have six new acoustic tracks performed by the three of us and recorded by Calais at his Sound Station studio. If you would be interested in getting hold of a copy of this cd please drop me a line.

There is no Felsons website at the moment (will be a link on mine sorted out soon), but there is a new Myspace page at – www.myspace.com/thefelsons Two of the new tracks from the mini album will be up there shortly.

I have two Edinburgh International Festival shows booked at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Brides Theatre on the 17th and 18th of August. These are early shows starting at 6.30pm sharp. I will be doing the first show on the 17th solo and playing songs from my three solo albums, plus trying out some new songs and then on the 18th Calais Brown will be joining me for a “Songs Of The Felsons” show. For this show we will only be playing Felsons material. It should be a fun night.

For details visit www.acousticmusiccentre.co.uk or call - 0131 346 1405

Remember that in September I will be at The Met in Bury on Saturday the 12th - www.themet.biz and The Gala Theatre in Durham on the 13th - www.galadurham.co.uk
The black and white pics in this newsletter were taken by Catriona McKay during the soundcheck for my show with The Chris Stout Theory at The Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow last month. A great show it was too.
Just before this show I stopped in at the Elba Recording Studio to record a wee podcast for them. You can hear the podcast at - www.myspace.com/elbastudios

Well that’s it for now. I’ll keep you updated throughout the summer as things happen.
Enjoy the sun while it shines.
Dean

Marching On

Hi everyone.

It's been a pretty quiet summer on the live front due to me having some problems with my voice. Not much fun, but I'm working through it.

Writing a lot at the moment. Getting material ready for the next album. I'm doing a few solo shows in October. You can get details in the gigs section. It'll be fun going out totally solo again.

That's all for now. I'll write more very soon.

Cheers.

Dean

January 2009 News!!

Happy New Year to you.

Hope you had a great festive season.

January means its Celtic Connections time again - lots of great shows going on in Glasgow this month at the festival. I hope to get over there to see a few and I?m really looking forward to my show with Kathy Mattea at The City Halls in Glasgow on the 24^th Jan (this Saturday).

If you fancy coming along check out the Celtic Connections website for ticket details - www.celticconnections.com/whatson/event/79235

Once again I'll have the fantastic Kim Edgar and Stuart Nisbet with me on piano and guitar.

Navigator Records release Raining In Glasgow today. Really pleased to see this track getting out there. The photo above, by photographer Hugo Morris, is the front cover.

Whisky Hearts has also just received another nice review from Spiral Earth. Check out this link - http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/NEWS/Review-story.asp?nid=2207

The new Irvine Welsh mocumentary Good Arrows can be seen on ITV on Jan 30th. He?s used my song Whisky Hearts in the film and I?m off down to London this week to a screening. Looking forward to it. Even if my song only ends up being on there for a couple of seconds it?ll be good to hear it on the big screen.

In February I'll be playing a solo show in Darvel (nr Kilmarnock, Ayrshire) at the Darvel Lesser Town Hall. Its on Friday the 6^th and is part of the Acoustic Nights & Electric Evenings series. Info available at - www.darvelmusicfestival.org

On into March and my UK Spring Tour. I?m very much looking forward to getting back out on the road again and visiting places I haven?t been to in a while. I hope there will be a gig on my schedule somewhere near you that you can make it along to.

Here?s a list of the dates so far, but there are still a few more to come so keep an eye on my website for more. Kim Edgar will be opening pretty much all of the following dates with me. If you haven?t heard Kim then check out her Myspace site - www.myspace.com/kimedgar

TOUR DATES

MARCH

15^TH EDINBURGH ? VOODOO ROOMS

www.thevoodoorooms.com
www.myspace.com/thevoodoorooms

for more details or call

0131 556 7060. Email: info@thevoodoorooms.com

16TH ? PERTH - PERTH CONCERT HALL

BOX OFFICE: 0845 612 6324

EMAIL: INFO@HORSECROSS.CO.UK

WEBSITE: WWW.HORSECROSS.CO.UK

19TH ? DIDCOT (OXFORDSHIRE) CORNERSTONE ARTS CENTRE

BOX OFFICE01235 515144 

20TH - EAST SUSSEX ? TRADING BOUNDARIES

WWW.TRADINGBOUNDARIES.COM

TEL: 01825 790200

OR E-MAIL - SHOWROOM@TRADINGBOUNDARIES.COM

29^TH ? WORCESTER - THE MARRS BARR (WITH AMY WADGE)

PHONE: (01905) 613336    

30TH ? MAIDSTONE - ZEBRA BAR (PART OF MAVERICK @ THE ZEBRA) WITH DIANA JONES

CALL 01622 744481

31ST ? LONDON - ELECTROACOUSTIC CLUB AT THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB

TICKETS FROM TICKETWEB - TICKETWEB (0870 600 100) , WE GOT TICKETS AND SEETICKETS

APRIL

2ND ? NOTTINGHAM - THE MAZE

TICKETS FROM WWW.GIGANTIC.COM, WWW.SEETICKETS.COM OR THE MAZE BOX OFFICE - TEL: 0115 947 5650

3RD ? DARLINGTON ? THE FORUM

CALL 01325 363135

5TH ? INVERNESS ? NORTHERN ROOTS FESTIVAL

VISIT - www.northern-roots-festival.com FOR DETAILS

11^TH ? BANCHORY -WOODEND BARN

TEL: 01330 825431

19^TH ? WORCESTER ? THE MARRS BAR

PHONE: (01905) 613336 

That?s about it for now. If I?m not playing a place near you and you?d like me to be then drop me a line if you?ve any suggestions of venues in your area.

Good luck for 2009

Cheers

Dean

SEASONAL GREETINGS

Hi there.

I would just like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Thank you for your continued support and I hope to see you somewhere in 2009.

It?s been a pretty good year for me and my music. I was delighted to sign to Navigator Records earlier in the year and have been very pleased with how Whisky Hearts has been received and for all the great reviews it?s had. It even made the end of the year top ten at www.spiralearth.com 

I?ve been lucky enough to play some fantastic shows this year around the country. I especially enjoyed my shows at The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh and opening for both Eddi Reader and Joan As Police Woman.

I?ve heard some great records too this year ? Fleet Foxes, Gramercy Arms, Joan As Police Woman, Sun Kil Moon and possibly my favourite of all - the re-issue of an old album from the sixties by Rodriquez called Cold Fact. A great record.

I know it?s been a very tough year for so many who have been hit by job losses and the credit crunch. Seems the rich can still get away with pretty much anything while the poor have to pay for their mistakes.

On a positive note it looks like the US may have got the right guy this time in Barack Obama. Though time will tell.

So on we go into to 2009.

I?m really looking forward to hearing my song Whisky Hearts in Irvine Welsh?s new film Good Arrows and to my Celtic Connections show in Glasgow, both in January. Also in January Navigator will be releasing Raining In Glasgow as a single.

In February I'll be at the Darvel Lesser Town Hall in Darvel near Kilmarnock on the 6^th. This is a solo show as part of the Acoustic Nights & Electric Evenings series. Info available at - www.darvelmusicfestival.org

Then in March I will be starting my UK tour which should take me through to the end of April with possibly a few shows in France too.

Details of towns and venues will be up on my website and Myspace very soon.

As always, if you?ve any suggestions of venues near you that I may have not thought of then please drop me a line and I'll pass the information onto my agent.

Well that?s it for another year.

Merry Christmas and all the best for 2009

Cheers

Dean