Joel Owen

Bio:

Joel Owen and The Antoine Band are a folk, blues, rag-time band from Leicester.

As a solo artist, Joel Owen performed regularly across the midlands and London throughout the last five years. Immediately impressing crowds with his uniquely distinctive form of soulful acoustic, folk-blues he released two albums on Musician Records, picked up a host of ‘Next Big Thing’ and ‘Artist of the Month’ accolades and appeared at some of the midlands biggest festivals (Summer Sundae, The Big Session, The Acoustic City and Blues Festival).

Returning from a successful solo, UK acoustic tour in April 2010 Joel began working with the various musicians who had performed on his 2009 album Love and Music and forming The Antoine Band. Following a surge of air time on local BBC radio stations, Leicester Sound and Demon Fm as well as a solo performance on BBC midlands show The Beat and media plugging from, Acoustic Magazine, Blues Matters and From Dusk 2 Dawn, 2010 started well for Joel Owen and The Antoine Band. With support slots for the likes of Mumford and Sons, Alessi’s Ark and Peggy Sue and festival performances alongside Noah and The Whale, Jose Gonzalez and Bon Iver big things are to be expected soon from this band...

An eagerly awaited EP is due to be recorded later this year.

'Singer-songwriting at its finest' - Exposure Live (Demon Fm)

'Relaxed but passionate... recalls the likes of Ralph Mctell and Bob Dylan' - Blues Matters Magazine

'Joel Owen has acheived musical maturity with this uplifting mixture of melodic country and blues, sassy jazz and boogie-woogie piano' Acousitc Magazine (Graham Hazlewood)

'An uplifting blend of laid-back acoustic folk and blues' 4/5 - Leicester Mercury (Gemma Peplow)

'Joel Owen's songs remind you what it feels like to be alive' - Damien St John (Leicester Sound Radio)

'Exceptional guitar accompanied by a uniquely talented voice' - Raegan Oates (FD2D Magazine)

3/5 - Country Maverick Magazine

NEW ALBUM - LOVE AND MUSIC - OUT NOW

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Member Since:

April 17, 2006

Members:

Joel Owen - Vocals/guitar/harmonica

The Antoine Band

Dean Johnson - Drums/percussion

Will Bennett - Bass

Lee Spreadbury - Keys

Ben Melbourne - Sax

Chris Small - Trombone

Influences:

Love. Life. Long Weekends. 'The Leicester Lot'.

Record Label:

Musician Records