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Dean Owens- UK’s finest Celtic Troubadour with Stewart Gatsi
October 9 at 8:00 pm-10:30 pm
$20.00
tickets $20 online, $25 at the door
Doors open at 7:30 pm
Two magically unique voices, one great night of music!
Dean Owens
Award-winning Celtic troubadour Dean Owens is one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including authors Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), Ian Rankin (whose iconic character Rebus has Dean’s CDs on playlist!) and BBC legend “Whispering” Bob Harris.
Dean Owens is an adventurous, award-winning, troubadour, and a natural wanderer. His 9 (official) acclaimed solo albums, mostly recorded in the US, have seen him collaborate with some of the most respected musicians and producers around (including Al Perkins, Will Kimbrough, Neilson Hubbard, Grant-Lee Phillips and most recently, Gaby Moreno and Latin rock legends, Calexico).
His most recent album, 2022’s Sinner’s Shrine (recorded in Tucson with members of Calexico) has been pulling superlative-laden reviews from publications throughout Europe, described as an intoxicating, innovative, perfect, “marriage made in heaven” collaboration. 2023’S follow up (with some tracks recorded at the Sinner’s Shrine sessions, some long distance with the Calexico musicians), El Tiradito (The Curse Of Sinner’s Shrine) is a double CD release, including an all instrumental “soundtrack for an imaginary Western”.
There are stories of love and lust, sinners and saints, the displaced, the wanderers and the border ghosts, infused with the dramatic Panavision desert sweep of Calexico, with Joey Burns’ guttural guitar, John Convertino’s masterful drumming and percussion, and sweeping mariachi horns.
Dean is also a consummate live performer, with a searingly soulful voice, a wealth of stories, earworm inducing melodies and great songs; the heart of a rock n roller combined with the spellbinding delivery of folk’s best storytellers, with fun and melancholy intertwined. He can perform solo, duo or with his band The Sinners – a hugely talented, brass infused 4 piece including electric guitar, bass and trumpet. Spirit Ridge, the follow up to Sinner’s Shrine, is due out in late 2024, recorded in Italy with producer Don Antonio and musicians from Sacri Cuori
- 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)
Stewart Gatsi
Stewart Gatsi is an international singer, songwriter, and recording artiste. Stewart has written and released two full length projects. The first, ‘The Telling Truth’ was released in 2010, with the second and most recent ‘Songs On My Bike’ in January 2019.
Born in Harare, Zimbabwe his musical journey and passion for the craft, has taken him on tours to Hong Kong, Singapore,The U.S (Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Nashville), Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
His alternative musical taste, which he terms New Age Alternative blends a kaleidoscope of musical styles, driven by an appreciation for alternative rock, soul, and classical pop. His approach to songwriting is blunt, yet thoughtfully crafted and layered in imagery. His ability to also sing in Shona (Zimbabwe), as well as English, adds an entirely different dimension to what’s already a dynamic, crisp and soulful vocal range.
Stewart Gatsi is the author of Rough Guide To Planet Earth offering a thrillingly suspenseful, and at times humorous glimpse into travel, and living on four different continents, as a person of color.
This is a no-holds-barred memoir, meets suspenseful travel adventure.
The book covers growing up in Zimbabwe, moving to Kansas City, Missouri, cliff-jumping in Cyprus, facing down a charging elephant, in Botswana, shooting a music video on a $20 budget,
touring Cambodia, Hong Kong, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and Zimbabwe as a musician, and much more.