Owen Steel

About

Owen Steel was raised between a farm house in rural Prince Edward Island and a rambling, Seaside Inn in small town New Brunswick - the latter of which hosted an array of touring musicians during his upbringing, who instilled within him an interest in songwriting. Since 2008, Owen has written and released various folk / garage sounds under his own name, as well as with such others as The Belle Comedians, Mike Trask, Dana Sipos, and Motherhood. He has toured from Newfoundland to the Yukon, Texas to Sweden, and points in between. From folk festivals to freak festivals; basement bars to revered soft seat theatres; by thumb, boat, band van and train; In the process making his way under the radar and into the ears of a small but mighty group of listeners. In January of 2020, Owen was invited to be the Dawson City Music Festival (Yukon) songwriter-in-residence, an opportunity which is offered to a singular Canadian artist once a year. With the pandemic altering the world shortly thereafter, Steel, like so many others, shifted gears and took a step back from music, opting instead to try his hand at running a small antique shop in St Andrews, NB. 2024 will see Steel stepping back into his element as a performing songwriter, with multiple shows booked as a duo with Saint John guitarist, Sebastien Fleet; Recording sessions logged with Fredericton Psycho-boogie master, Keith Hallett; And a new album slated for release.

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