Owen Roberts

Born in San Francisco and raised in Berkeley a generation into the free speech movement, Owen Roberts' songwriting has been called "a gritty, folksy acoustic melange that manages an edgy side." After five years in New York, Owen and beer brewing slide guitarist Greg Peters have been establishing themselves as an up and coming northern California with frequent tours along the west coast. Influenced by Manu Chao's multi-lingual songwriting, Xavier Rudd and Ben Harper's swampy lap steel guitar