Joshua Britt

Cumberland Island, the largest of the Sea Islands off the Atlantic coast of Georgia, is ruggedly romantic terrain, much like the album that bears its name, Neilson Hubbard's first collection of songs for 12 years.

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.

For the follow-up to 2015’s Into The Sea and his debut for At The Helm, Dean Owens took himself off to Nashville to enlist the services of go-to producer Nielson Hubbard. Hubbard also contributes piano, bass, drums and assorted bits and bobs alongside seasoned Nashville musicians such as Dean Marold, Evan Hutchings and Will Kimbrough.