29-08-2021, 13:23
Not exactly sure where to put Dean Owens. First listening for me. I went in blind and thought jeepers - that sounds a bit like Calexico! Which it does, with good reason - they're on it, as is Grant-Lee Phillips, although he's not nearly as much in evidence. I quite like the confluence of roots here, I must say - Dean Owens is from Leith, Scotland, GLP is Muscogee, Joey Burns Québécoise - then there's New York, Nashville, Latin America somewhere and possibly Budapest, all of which makes for a sort of highly evolved mariachi sound. Owens and Joey Burns might have been separated at birth in terms of their vocals - soul brothers. (Another 'sounds like' there that I can't quite pin down - it will come to me ....) It was a chance meeting in 2019 - serendipity. And I like the second song of Mr Owens' that I listened to, with Gaby Moreno, so posting them both. Might have to go to his back catalogue and investigate. I see he's referred to as a singer songwriter with alt leanings ... new album due out sometime - Sinner's Shrine.
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