Recorded with iconic desert noir band Calexico, the music on Sinner's Shrine is a rich fusion of Dean’s Scottish roots and the lush, swirling desert sounds of Calexico. Each song creates its own world - stories of sinners and saints, love and lust, the displaced, the wanderers and the border ghosts. It has been described as a “perfect collaboration” and “a marriage made in heaven” which has produced something unique - a wonderful melange of Scottish folk/roots and sweeping mariachi Latin rock.

The songs capture one of Scotland’s leading songwriters pushing his own boundaries, the lyrics sometimes impressionistic, but with universal stories, emotions, and a catchy chorus, at their heart.

Joey Burns (Calexico): "I think this record will stand the test of time.”
Produced by Dean Owens.
Record of the Week including Rolling Stone (France), Heaven Magazine (Netherlands), Buscadero (Italy), Celtic Music Radio, Ralph McLean Show (BBC Radio Ulster)