Whisky of Blood

A witty and immersive look at the history, mythology, science, and magical touch that makes whisky taste like a drop of gold.

The new novel from the author of Art in the Blood. December 1889. Fresh from debunking a “ghostly” hound in Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes has returned to London, only to find himself the target of a deadly vendetta…

The first Scottish musician to officially showcase at Nashville’s Americana Fest in 2017 and the title track from Southern Wind winning the American Music Association UK Song of the Year Award for 2019, Edinburgh-born Owens has had a long and celebrated near 20-year career. Starting initially as the frontman for Scottish alt-country outfit The Felsons and, most recently, as part of Buffalo Blood alongside Neilson Hubbard, Audrey Spillman and Joshua Britt.Cherry-picking from his seven official solo albums, this collection highlights his strengths as both storyteller and singer, imbuing his love for Americana with a Scottish sensibility with songs that are both personal and universal, factual and fantasy.Three numbers, relate directly to his family, the first, from Whisky Hearts, being the six-minute plus the opening title track, a tribute to his father who worked both the Leith dockyards and on the roads across Scotland, beginning with church organ and etched out with a hymnal melody and back porch steel guitar.

They stand proudly gazing across the Hudson River at the cliffs of New Jersey. Their brows are marked by ornamental pediments. Greek columns stand as sentries by their entrances and stone medallions bedeck their chests. They are seven graceful relics of Beaux Arts New York, townhouses built more than 100 years ago for a new class of industrialists, actors and scientists – many from abroad – who made their fortunes in the United States and shaped the lives of Americans.