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• Edinburgh Fringe 2022

  Aug 2022 – Scary Biscuits showcases some of the best Scottish music talent at Edinburgh Fringe 2022. A genre busting bunch of tunes, songs and performers: award winning singer songwriters, folk, rootsy blues rock, insurgent country, punk, Afrobeats, americana and a hint of mariachi. Adam Holmes, Dean Owens, Countess of Fife, Liz Jones & Broken Windows, Samba Sene & Diwan
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Scary Biscuits at Ed Fringe 2022

• Dean Owens: Sinner’s Shrine – Vinyl Release

  July 2022 – After a year stuck in the global vinyl shortage queue, Dean Owens’ internationally acclaimed Sinner’s Shrine (recorded in Tucson AZ, with musicians from Calexico) is now available on vinyl – a gatefold sleeve, and luscious Tucson blue coloured vinyl! DOWNLOAD Press Release – Dean Owens – Sinner’s Shrine – Vinyl

Dean Owens: Sinner’s Shrine

Long awaited transatlantic collaboration – Dean Owens with desert noir icons Calexico – new album released Feb 2022
DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens – Sinners Shrine (with Calexico)

• Edinburgh Fringe 2021

  Aug 2021 – Live and Online: Adam Holmes, Dean Owens and Joey Burns (Calexico), Shamanic LIVE (Summary of shows at Edinburgh Fringe)
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Scary Biscuits at Ed Fringe 2021

• SHAMANIC LIVE (Online) at Edinburgh Fringe

July 2021 – A “monumental multimedia spectacular” at The Pleasance Online at Edinburgh Fringe. Part of Made In Scotland showcase
DOWNLOAD: Press Release – SHAMANIC at Ed Fringe 2021

• Dean Owens – Edinburgh Fringe Show (with Joey Burns) and New Release

  July 2021 – Dean Owens and Joey Burns (Calexico) present their Celtic Connections show at Edinburgh Fringe; The Hopeless Ghosts (ft Grant-Lee Phillips) and Vol 3 of The Desert trilogy EPs out end Aug; live tour dates
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens and Joey Burns at Ed Fringe
  

• Dean Owens: The Desert Trilogy EPs – Ghosts

July 2021 – Vol 3 of The Desert Trilogy and new single release The Hopeless Ghosts ft Grant-Lee Phillips
DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens – The Desert Trilogy EPs (Ghosts)

• Dean Owens: The Calexico Connection – New Releases and Celtic Connections World Premiere

  January 2021
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens – The Desert Trilogy EPs
  

• Dean Owens – New Single Release – A Song For The Dark Times

  New single, which shares its title with Ian Rankin’s new Rebus novel, inspired by a blackbird. Featuring John Convertino (drums) and AMA-UK Instrumentalist of the Year Thomas Collison on keys and everything else!
  Oct 2020
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens – Rebus crossover (1-10-20)
  https://youtu.be/aWUmPyAEqmQ

• Black Lives Matter – Scottish Mural Trail

  Scotland wide Mural Trail in support of Black Lives Matter, inc street art, digital art, photography, video, text by poets, writers and musicians from Scotland’s BAME creatives
  Jul 2020
  Update – New installations in Edinburgh and Inverness
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release 2 – Scottish BLM Mural Trail – Jul 2020

  

  

  
  

  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Scottish BLM Mural Project – 15 Jun

  

  

  
  

• Dean Owens – New Release – The Man From Leith

  Feb 2020
  New release on Eel Pie Records – The Man From Leith (The Best of Dean Owens) – with intro by Irvine Welsh; out 20 Mar 2020, on CD, vinyl and digital
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – The Man From Leith – Eel Pie Records (2)

  

  

  
  

• Cash Back in Fife (Mar 2020)

  Feb 2020
  Updated press release – The Countess of Fife, and other lineup additions
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Cash Back in Fife (Updated Feb 2020)
  Dec 2019
  New Festival celebrating the legacy of The Man in Black in his ancestral homeland in the Kingdom of Fife, inc Dean Owens & The Celtabilly Allstars, Rab Noakes, Ian Rankin, Martha Healy, Hannah Rose Platt and more
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Cash Back in Fife

  

  

  
  

• Edinburgh Multicultural Festival

  4-6 Oct 2019
  The newest event on Edinburgh’s festival calendar – Music, dance, storytelling, films and audio visual celebration of Edinburgh’s multicultural communities
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Edinburgh Multicutural Festival Oct 2019

  

  

  
  

• The Filthy Tongues – UK Tour and New Single (+ Goodbye Mr Mackenzie News)

  The Filthy Tongues – after a hiatus, during which they played a series of sell out gigs celebrating the 30th anniversary of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie’s Good Deeds and Dirty Rags – return this Autumn with a great new single and a tour of Scotland.
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Filthy Tongues – Autumn Tour and single

  

  
  

• Scary Biscuits shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2019

  Top quality international Dance and Music, including 3 World Premieres, award winning performers, and a Made in Scotland showcase.
  NOTE: A SELECTION OF HI RES PHOTOS FOR ALL SHOWS is available for download via dropbox. PLEASE USE APPROPRIATE PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Summary (all shows) Press Release – Scary Biscuits at Ed Fringe 2019
  
  DANCE – Slanjayvah Danza: 6 Feet 3 Shoes
  World Premiere – A celebration of friendship across borders told through feisty, percussive flamenco, Scottish and contemporary dance
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Slanjayvah Danza – EdFringe
  DANCE – Phil Sanger: For Only An Hour
  A defiant, celebratory pseudo-glamorous, one-man romp through childhood dreams, pop culture and queer art
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Phil Sanger – For Only An Hour – Ed Fringe 19
  MUSIC – Phamie Gow and Phriends
  One of Scotland’s most unique musical talents, with a 10 strong company of special guests from Scotland, Senegal, Cameroon and France
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Phamie Gow and Phriends – Ed Fringe 19
  MUSIC – Christine Bovill Tonight You Belong to Me
  World Premiere. Brand new show from the award winning, 5 star Glaswegian chanteuse – sultry stories and seductive songs from the Roaring 20s Jazz Age
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Christine Bovill – Tonight You Belong to Me
  MUSIC – Soundhouse Organisation presents 3 x 5
  Part of Made In Scotland’s curated showcase programme.
  3 of Scotland’s best 5-piece acoustic bands – Moishe’s Bagel, Kinnaris Quintet and John Goldie & the High Plains – in the extraordinary setting of The Pianodrome
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – 3X5 – Soundhouse- Ed Fringe
  MUSIC – Dean Owens A Hatful of Songs
  Take a leap into the unknown with internationally acclaimed, award winning Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens, his favourite hat, and a bunch of songs from his 9 solo albums.
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens – A Hatful of Songs
  MUSIC – Samba Sene & Diwan
  Exuberant fusion of funky mbalax/Afrobeat grooves, with undercurrents of ska, rock and Senegalese soul.
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Samba Sene and Diwan at Pianodrome

• Dean Owens – UK Song of the Year Award

  Scottish Singer Songwriter Wins National Award
  DOWNLOADS: Press Release – Dean Owens – UK Song of the Year Award
  And USA/UK touring Apr-Aug 2019
  Press Release – Dean Owens – Mother – Touring – USA – UK
  USA Only – Press Release (2) – Dean Owens – Mother – Touring – USA
  https://youtu.be/fzJo0yQIEUs

• SHAMANIC in Glasgow

  1 Night Only: Wed 5 Jun – Cottiers, Glasgow (West End Festival)
  Spectacular, monumental collision of live painting and music created by AniMotion’s Maria Rud, Rezillos’ Fay Fife and Martin Metcalfe (Filthy Tongues/Goodbye Mr McKenzie)
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Shamanic – Glasgow 2019

• Hannah Aldridge – UK Tour and New Release

  Alabama’s Hannah Aldridge (described as “Queen of Southern Gothic” and “one to watch“) – UK (+ European) Spring 2019 Tour + new album (Live in Black and White)
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Hannah Aldridge – UK tour 2019

  

  

  
  

• Brigid Kaelin – UK Tour and New Release

  Louisville’s Brigid Kaelin and Grammy nominee Steve Cooley announce UK Tour dates + new single (Movies Cost a Dime)
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Brigid Kaelin – Movies Cost a Dime and UK Tour
  https://youtu.be/Um8VYDkv8O8

• Buffalo Blood – World Premiere (Celtic Connections) and Vinyl Release

  “Americana supergroup” announce debut performance and album release for 2019
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Buffalo Blood- Celtic Connections-Eel Pie Records
  https://youtu.be/RyjNBj9xE-o

• Tide Lines – UK Tour and New Releases

  Tide Lines announce their first UK wide tour (Oct-Dec 2018), with new single and EP
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Tide Lines – Oct-Dec 2018

  

  
  

• SHAMANIC – 1 Night Only – 28 Sep

  A visceral collision of live music, painting and architecture, with Russian AniMotion artist Maria Rud, and musicians including Rezillo Fay Fife, Kid Congo Powers (Cramps/Bad Seeds), Martin Metcalfe (Filthy Tongues/Goodbye Mr McKenzie) and more. A night not to be missed.
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Shamanic – (AniMotion)

  

  

  
  

• Scary Biscuits shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2018

  Award winning, top quality international theatre, dance and music
  THEATRE – Fishamble: Maz & Bricks
  UK Premiere – Award winning Irish theatre company
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Ed Fringe – Fishamble – Maz and Bricks
  DANCE – Lok Chhanda: Dashanan/Kabeera
  UK Premiere – Double bill of dramatic, acrobatic, lyrical Indian dance
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Lok Chhanda – Dashanan-Kabeera
  MUSIC: Blue Rose Code: This is Caledonian Soul
  UK Premiere – Ross Wilson aka Blue Rose Code with special guests including Hamish Stuart, Eddi Reader, Duke Special
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Blue Rose Code- This is Caledonian Soul
  MUSIC – Christine Bovill: PIAF and PARIS
  Award winning French chanson – be transported into a Parisian scented twilight world of song
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Christine Bovill – Paris and Piaf
  MUSIC – Dean Owens: A Hatful of Songs
  One of Scotland’s finest singer songwriters dives into his glittering 7 album back catalogue and lets the audience choose the songs
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens – Spring-Summer 2018 + Elvis
  MUSIC – WeARE : Adaawe
  Hi octane drums and voices with members of all-female band Adaawe and the women who inspire them
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Adaawe – Edinburgh Fringe 2018

  

  

  

• PARIS Returns to Edinburgh via Berlin, London, Ireland

  Award Winning, 5 Star Show, Christine Bovill’s PARIS, at Queen’s Hall, 31 May 2018
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Christine Bovill – Paris

  

  

  
  

• Rave reviews for Dean Owens’ new album, Southern Wind

  (Released on At The Helm Records, Feb 2018)
  CLICK HERE TO READ PRESS QUOTES, AND FULL REVIEWS (DOWNLOADABLE PDF)

• Scottish Singer’s New Video Packs a Punch!

  (Dark and powerfully evocative video for title track of Dean Owens’ new album, with cameo from Game of Thrones / Doctor Who actor, Jamie Sives (Feb 2018))
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens – Southern Wind video
  
  https://youtu.be/fzJo0yQIEUs

• Highlands phenomenon Tide Lines – new single, CD, tour

  Force of music Tide Lines announce new single release, CD and tour dates (2018)
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Tide Lines – new single – album – tour

  

  

  
  

• Square One with special guest Andy Middleton

  Award Winning Scottish Band Announce Tour With Top US Jazz Musician (2018)
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Square One with Andy Middleton
  

• Roots in the Round – UK tour, Nov/Dec 2017

  Nashville style songwriters circle with Dean Owens, Robert Vincent, Worry Dolls, The Black Feathers
  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Roots in the Round

  

  
  

• “Queen of Southern Gothic” Hannah Aldridge – UK wide tour, Oct/Nov 2017

  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Hannah Aldridge – TOUR DATES

  

  
  

• Award winning band on the road from London and Bath to Inverness: Rolling Stone faves Elephant Sessions on tour, Nov 2017

  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Elephant Sessions – Sep 2017
  https://youtu.be/kxIX4TUyz_c

• Scottish troubadour Dean Owens trailblazing to Nashville’s Americanafest + new record label, single and tour news

  DOWNLOAD: Press Release – Dean Owens – Americanafest-New label-single-tour news

  

  

  

  NEW SINGLE/VIDEO – Out 8 Sep 2017:
  https://youtu.be/x3V9687Kud8

• Chanteuse Christine Bovill Returns to Edinburgh Fringe with 5-STAR PARIS and PIAF Shows

  Press Release – Christine Bovill – Paris and Piaf

  

  

  

• Rezillo Fay Fife has new band and brand new single (28 July)

  Press Release – Fay Fife – Don’t Dress Me Up (28 July 2017)

  

  
  

• Hannah Aldridge – New CD (Gold Rush) and UK Tour (May 2017)

  Press Release – Hannah Aldridge – Gold Rush (16 Jun 2017)

  

  
  

• Redwood Mountain (Dean Owens, Amy Geddes) – New CD and Tour Dates (Apr 2017)

  Press Release – Dean Owens – Redwood Mountain

  

  

  
  

• Scotland – World Cup 1967 TShirts (Apr 2017)

  Press Release – Scottish Fitba T Shirt

  

  
  

• Ben Glover – Scottish Tour Dates

  Press Release – Ben Glover – Voodoo Rooms (UK Tour)

  

  

  
  

• Famous Spiegeltent Forced to Bow Out After 33 Years at Edinburgh Fringe (Feb 2017)

  Official Statement from Famous Spiegeltent – Feb 2017

  

  

  

• New Single Release in Aid of Marie Curie (10 Mar 2017)

  Press Release – Julie’s Moon (Dean Owens & The Whisky Hearts)
  

  

  
  

• Happy Christmas from Scotland’s “Maestro of Misery”!

  Press Release – Home for Christmas (Dean Owens & The Whisky Hearts)
  https://youtu.be/M0Z9HJ22Asc

• AfriFest

  Press Release – AfriFest at Summerhall, 22 & 23 Oct 2016

  

  
  

• Hannah Aldridge + The Black Feathers

  Press Release – Hannah Aldridge – October Tour Dates

  

  

  
  

• Dean Owens – Press Releases – Autumn Tour + Into the Sea Deluxe

  Press Release – Dean Owens – Tour Dates – Autumn 2016
  Inc Green Note Camden, Danny and the Champions of the World tour, Whisky Hearts dates
  Press Release – Into the Sea Deluxe

  

  

  

• The Famous Spiegeltent at Edinburgh Fringe – Press Release

  A spectacular summer season in Edinburgh (including Peter Straker, Christine Bovill, Archie Roach and Paul Kelly) and a Before the Fringe music programme which includes Fred Wesley & The New JBs and Brian Kennedy
  Press Release – Famous Spiegeltent – Jun 2016
  Multi-award winning Australian musician Archie Roach for 2 nights only in Famous Spiegeltent – ONLY UK dates
  Press Release – Archie Roach at Famous Spiegeltent

  

  

  

• Dean Owens – Hank Williams shows and Summer Tour News – Press Release

  Settin’ the Woods on Fire (Songs I Learned From Hank) – with The Celtabilly Allstars and special guests – Southern Fried, Glasgow, Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall (Ed Fringe)
  Press Release – Dean Owens – Settin the Woods on Fire (Jun 2016)
  Summer tour News – inc SummerTyne, Liquid Room (with Jason Isbell), Green Note Camden, Danny and the Champions of the World tour
  Press Release – Dean Owens – Touring – New Release – Summer 2016

  

  

  

• Remember to Breathe – UK Premiere, Edinburgh Fringe – Press Release

  Press Release – Remember to Breathe – EdFringe – Jun 2016
  Download hi res production photos from Dropbox. Photographer credit: marc marnie

  

  

  

• Two Fiery Nashville Daughters Heading for The Voodoo Rooms – Press Release – May 2016

  Press Release – Hannah Aldridge + Lilly Hiatt – Voodoo Rooms

  

  

  

• New single from Dean Owens -Press Release – Feb 2016

  Release date: Fri 15 Apr 2016
  Press Release – Dean Owens – Cotton Snow – Feb 2016

  

  
  

• The Men From Leith with Dick Gaughan, Blue Rose Code and Dean Owens & The Whisky Hearts – Press Release – Feb 2016

  Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 6 May
  Press Release – The Men From Leith
  

• DEAN OWENS – Press Release – Jan 2016

  Dean Owens’ Celtic Connections “Dream Date” + AMA-UK Showcase date
  Press Release – Dean Owens – January 2016a
  

• ANDA UNION – Press Release

  Dec 2015 – UK wide tour by brilliant 9 piece Anda Union musicians from Inner Mongolia
  Press Release – Anda Union – Jan 2016
  

• Dean Owens – Press Releases

  October 2015 (2) – You never know what’s up there! Tale of the singer, a song and dedicated fans Press Release – The Lair of the Lion Tamer
  October 2015 – Autumn tour dates (London, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh) + Single and Video Release – Press Release – Dean Owens – Oct 2015

  

  

  

  May 2015 – Into the Sea Update, Sessions and Summer Tour – Press Release – Dean Owens – Summer Tour
  Mar 2015 – Album Release – Press Release – Dean Owens – Into the Sea (Mar 2015 (2))
  Jan 2015 – Celtic Connections, dates + single, album releases Press Release – Dean Owens (update Feb 2015)

  

  

  

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• Press Releases – Edinburgh Fringe 2015

  Ed Fringe DANCE
  Jun 2015 – Press Release – Charo Cala Flamenco

  

  
  

  Ed Fringe THEATRE
  Jun 2015 – Press Release – Little Thing Big Thing (Fishamble/Donal O’Kelly)
  Jun 2015 – Press Release – Katie O’Kelly Counter Culture

  

  

  
  

  Ed Fringe MUSIC
  Jun 2015 – Press Release – Africa Live! / Zambra!
  Jun 2015 – Dean Owens and the Felsons – Cash Back (Songs I Learned From Johnny)

  

  

  
  

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  Press Release – Traditional Flamenco Nights

  Mar 2015 – Press Release – Fab Flamenco Nights

  

  

  

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  Poción de Fe – Press Release

  Feb 2015 – Introducing Poción de Fe – Gigs, single release
  Press Release – Pocion de Fe (Feb 2015)

  

  
  

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  Samba Sene – Press Release

  Feb 2015 – Gigs News, including Ndaje: African Connections
  Press Release – Samba Sene Diwan – Feb 2015

  

  

  
  

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  Struileag: Children of the Smoke – Press Releases

  One of the key events of Homecoming Scotland 2014 and the Commonwealth Games Festival Programme – a spectacular multimedia live performance involving over 70 writers, musicians, dancers and artists. The project also includes a CD, Poetry competition and book, interactive website about the gaelic diaspora and a BBC film.

  Dec 2014 – Jim Sutherland wins Composer of the Year Award at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards
  PRESS RELEASE: COMPOSER OF THE YEAR AWARD

  

  

  

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  Please email me to request higher res versions and other optionsNov 2014 – Trad Awards Event of the Year and Composer of the Year shortlisting for Children of the Smoke‘s Artistic Director Jim Sutherland – CHILDREN OF THE SMOKE PRESS RELEASE – Trad awards
  Jun 2014 – Launch of spectacular multimedia performance CHILDREN OF THE SMOKE PRESS RELEASE Jun 2014

  Adam Holmes – Press Releases

  Nov 2014 – Trad Awards Album of the Year Nomination, Mark Radcliffe Sessions, London –
  Press Release – Adam Holmes Awards news – Nov 2014 (2)
  Apr 2014 – Scottish Album of the Year Longlist – Press Release – Adam Holmes – SAY Award Longlist – Apr 14
  Apr 2014 – Cambridge Folk Festival showcase Press Release – Adam Holmes Apr 14 (3)
  Dec 2103 – Heirs and Graces CD Release Press Release – Adam Holmes
  Dec 2013 – Heirs and Graces – Album info and credits CD – Summary info – Heirs and Graces (Adam Holmes)