Dean Batstone

DEAN BATSTONE - Bio A veteran of the Canadian Music scene, having performed full time across Canada and The US for over 40 years, Dean Batstone shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. A charismatic live performer who works solo or with a band, he has recorded 12 full length albums with some of the most iconic musicians in America. His newest album, 'Loveskill', features Gary Burke [Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, Shania Twain] on drums, The Weber Brothers and Colin Linden and is due for a Spring 2022 release. He has been covered by, or has co-written with, numerous artists and has received high praise from the industry, his peers and the press. His song 'Love Don't Happen Every Time' from his earlier release ‘Lonely In America’, chosen by the learned panel for 2014’s International Songwriting Contest finalists in the A/C category, simultaneously charted on the US A/C Pop Independent radio charts at number 37, after entering the charts at #144, while Dean also charted with a song he co-wrote and produced for New York singer Lucy Bonilla, which recently peaked at #24 on the same charts. He has received honourable mention for his lyrics from American Songwriter magazine, has won 1st place in the 2010 Tennessee Songwriting Competition and has had his music licensed to 5 independent films to date. Performance highlights include showcase dates for "The Family of Woodstock", (Woodstock, NY),  "The Bitter End" (NYC), "C.B.G.B.'s" (NYC), the "Tinker St. Cafe" (Woodstock, N.Y.), "South By Southwest Music Festival" (Austin, Texas) and support dates with Shawn Colvin, Ben Taylor, Al Kooper, (Bearsville Theatre, Woodstock, NY), Canadians Tom Cochrane, Kim Mitchell and comedian Jim Carrey.
 What does American Radio have to say? "A Canadian singer-songwriter with a handle on the bruised yet resilient American psyche..." ...Rick Heysquierdo, The Lonestar Jukebox, 90.1 KPFT Houston, TX "There are great singers and songwriters who are huge stars and then there are great singers and songwriters who should be huge stars. File Dean Batstone in the latter category, play his music on the radio and then wait for the former to happen. "...Jimmy Buff, PD/DJ, 100.1 WDST Radio Woodstock, NY "Dean Batstone..Magnificent singer song writer! Dean's songs bring you on a trip called life. Haunting, charming, wonderful"... Sonny Rock WRIP 97.9 FM, NY Songwriting recognition in the last 5 years includes: 2010 - Winner of 'Tennessee Concerts’ first annual songwriting contest for ‘Cage of Memories’ - http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners 2011 - Runner up in ‘American Songwriter’s’ lyric contest for ‘The Walk Away’ - http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/09/lyric-contest-winners-septemberoctober-2011/ 2012 - Winner of ‘In Search of A Song’ songwriting contest for ‘Lonely In America’ - https://isoas.wordpress.com/category/dean-batstone/ 2013 - Finalist in the 'International Songwriting Competition’ for ‘Love Don’t Happen Every Time’  2014 - Finalist in the ‘Great American Song Contest’ for ‘The Little Things’ 2015 - Semi-finalist in the ‘Song of the Year’ competition for ‘All Over The World’ - http://songwriters.songoftheyear.com/deanbatstone.html www.deanbatstonemusic.com https://deanbatstone.bandcamp.com/

Ottawa, ON