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Josh Owen
Genre: Roots, Rock
Region: Melbourne, VIC
Members: Josh Owen - Guitar & Vocals Luke Hodgson - Bass Jason Heerah - Drums
Sounds Like: Ben Harper, Dave Matthews, Lenny Kravitz
Influences: Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, led zeppelin
Artist Website: www.joshowen.com.au

"a sexy fusion of cataclysmic soul rhythms and white hot funk." - Buzz Magazine. Josh’s debut album “The Josh Owen Band Live” was released in June 2005 and Melbourne’s Sunday Herald Sun summed it up when they wrote: “Get in on the ground floor for a young man on the rise”. Their words have certainly proved prophetic. The album sold out two pressings and is now on a third and received such great airplay that Josh followed up with a special edition studio EP entitled “6pm”. It features four tracks as well as a bonus video clip shot at the “Live” album launch at The Evelyn. This is also supported by a clip for ‘Save Me Save Me’ shot on film, and features an amazing opening single shot lasting almost three minutes. Check it out on myspace or youtube.

The Josh Owen Band have seen both their debut independent album and EP receive massive critical acclaim and airplay all over Australia. Both CD’s have been released in Japan and a track has been released on a Brazilian surf compilation. They have become festival regulars with appearances at the Pyramid Rock Festival (05 and 06/07), Apollo Bay Music Festival (07), Melbourne 2007 Cultural Festival, and performed to 20,000 at Federation Square on New Years Eve (06/07). Josh has toured his homeland of New Zealand twice, featuring on the Soundsplash Festival in 2007, and has appeared at the Port Fairy Folk Festival, Frankston Guitar Festival, Narooma Blues Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival and Woodford Folk Festival, Swan Valley Blues and Roots Festival, over the last two years. Josh Owen Band are also spreading their unique brand of what Josh likes to call “modern soul music” far and wide by touring WA, SA, Qld, NSW and Tas on a regular basis.

Raised amidst an environment of Led Zeppelin; Bob Marley; Jimi Hendrix; Al Green; The Meters; James Brown; Stevie Wonder and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Josh thrived on new musical flavours and aimed to incorporate the sounds he loved into the music he created. Whether it’s funk, blues or reggae, the overriding element for Josh is the infusion of “soul”, and he combines all of these genres to produce his own very original sound.

Josh is quick to point out that his first priority is writing “really good songs” and then utilising elements of blues, funk and reggae. He’s been quoted as saying that “...in the blues-roots thing, I find a lot of artists doing something that’s really, really generic…just a little bit further along from a twelve bar (blues progression)…The difference to that, I guess, is that I’m applying blues to songwriting.” Accompanied by Luke Hodgson on bass and John “Hooves” Clayton on drums, Josh is able to draw on their experience as well as his own to further enhance the music they create.

With two highly successful releases behind him, and an endless soulful stream within, Josh Owen’s dynamic personality and impressive stage presence look set to take him all the way from the streets of Melbourne onto the world stage.

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Played on triple j Save Me Save Me
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Brother To Brother
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Nasty Weather
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Brother To Brother
rating:  5/5
such a beautiful song amazing sound and great sentiment




Nasty Weather
rating:  5/5
Great track, soulful and catchy - just the thing for a cold melbourne day




Nasty Weather
rating:  5/5
Something remarkable about this track. Excellent work boys.




Nasty Weather
rating:  5/5
Awesome track!! Josh Owen keeps getting better!!!
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