{{short description|British musician and writer (born 1968)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=February 2021}} {{Orphan|date=October 2020}} {{BLP more footnotes needed|date=December 2020}} {{Fan POV|date=February 2021}}}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Dean Omori | image = Dean Omori Portrait taken Friday 24th April 2020.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Dean Francis Bedwell | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|07|05|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | years_active = 1993–present | spouse = Rachel Omori | children = Two | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|poet|artist|producer}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = {{hlist|Alternative|acoustic|jazz|tango|protest}} | website = {{URL|www.deanomori.com}} | label = The Art Of Protest | instrument = {{flatlist| * Vocals * guitar * rhythm }} }} }}
'''Dean Omori''' (born '''Dean Francis Bedwell''', 5 July 1968) is an English singer-songwriter, poet and producer. ''Omori'' is the Japanese word for "big forest".
His work addresses human rights, war, environment, prejudice and philosophical issues. Omori is the founder of The Art of Protest, an organisation set up to encourage protest through art and music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theartofprotest.co.uk/ |title=Archived copy |website=www.theartofprotest.co.uk |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402111812/http://www.theartofprotest.co.uk/ |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Music and film== In 2006, Omori wrote the songs that would eventually make up his first album ''Ten War Songs''. In the following years wrote, performed and produced 14 albums and began making short films to accompany his music. In 2008 the World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) awarded him best film and music for ''How Can You Sleep''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenmuze.com/art/interviews/714-songwriter-wins-wwf-contest-.html |title=Musician Wins WWF Contest |publisher=Greenmuze.com |date=2009-01-07 |accessdate=2012-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402111818/http://www.greenmuze.com/art/interviews/714-songwriter-wins-wwf-contest-.html |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, Omori was discovered by Malcolm Holmes of OMD and signed to the label Fin Music. His music and film ''Censorship Burns The Books Nobody Reads'' was used by Freemuse to help support their cause, highlighting the persecution of artists and musicians around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freemuse.org/sw35086.asp |title=Dean Omori |publisher=Freemuse |accessdate=2012-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325032613/http://www.freemuse.org/sw35086.asp |archive-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2011, he was invited to write the music celebrating Amnesty International's 50th year, which was released in May and has toured supporting their cause. In 2016, his album 'Got Daddy Gone' was written for War Child to draw attention to the ongoing war in Syria.
In 2013, he left his record company to independently release a new album ''Sean Penn''. After the split he has remained an independent artist with full control to write, perform, produce and record all of his material.
==Albums== *''Tough Day Without FLowers'' - 2025 <ref>{{cite web |title=Tough Day Without Flowers |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/tough-day-without-flowers/1788215550 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''25,00 Mile Song'' - 2024 <ref>{{cite web |title=25,000 Mile Song |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/25-000-mile-song/1738716027 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Street'' - 2023 <ref>{{cite web |title=Street |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/street/1653628156 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Post Original'' - 2022 <ref>{{cite web |title=Post Original |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/post-original/1855678097 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> * ''Whole Cowardly Bundle of Art'' - 2021 *''11th Commandment'' - 2020 <ref>{{cite web |title=11th Commandment |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/11th-commandment/1660233752 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Just is'' - 2019 <ref>{{cite web |title=Just Is |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/just-is/1856818385 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Witness and Testify'' - 2018 <ref>{{cite web |title=Witness and Testify |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/witness-testify/1856369338 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Music for an Unknown Revolution'' - 2017 <ref>{{cite web |title=Music for an Unknown Revolution |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/music-for-an-unknown-revolution/1660293031 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Got Daddy Gone'' - 2016 <ref>{{cite web |title=Got Daddy Gone |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/got-daddy-gone/1660293200 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''The Heroin View'' - 2015 <ref>{{cite web |title=The Heroin View |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-heroin-view/1660292084 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Holocaust and the Whale'' - 2014 <ref>{{cite web |title=Holocaust and the Whale |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/holocaust-and-the-whale/1708646158 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Sean Penn'' - 2013 <ref>{{cite web |title=Sean Penn |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/sean-penn/1660291913 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''I Can Save the World'' - 2012 <ref>{{cite web |title=I Can Save the World |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-can-save-the-world/1660281081 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Words of Freedom'' - 2011 <ref>{{cite web |title=Words of Freedom |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/words-of-freedom/1660292529 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''List of My Demands'' - 2010 <ref>{{cite web |title=List of My Demands |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/list-of-my-demands/1660165591 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''The Immortal Death of Samuel Escobar'' - 2009 <ref>{{cite web |title=The Immortal Death of Samuel Escobar |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-immortal-death-of-samuel-escobar/1660106618 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''I Want to be Pregnant'' - 2008 <ref>{{cite web |title=I Want to be Pregnant |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-want-to-be-pregnant/1742698196 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *''Squaw'' - 2007 <ref>{{cite web |title=Squaw |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/squaw/1855046694 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> *'' Ten War Songs'' - 2006 <ref>{{cite web |title=Ten War Songs |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/ten-war-songs/1854859397 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref>
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==External links== {{External links|date=February 2021}} *[https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/22371403.award-winning-norwich-singer-songwriter-releases-eleventh-album/ Award winning singer songwriter releases 11th album EDP.] Award-winning singer-songwriter releases 11th album. *{{citation | url =https://www.ongoinghistoryofprotestsongs.com/tag/dean-omori/ | title = On Going History Of Protest| date = 16 July 2020}} *{{citation | url = http://www.deanomori.com/ | title = Dean Omori, Songwriter & Film-maker}} *{{citation | url = http://m.panda.org/es/sala_redaccion/noticias/index.cfm?uNewsID=147102&uLangID=1 | title = connect2earth Prize Awarded: Winner addresses decision makers at IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona | date = 6 October 2008 | publisher = WWF International | location = Barcelona | access-date = 13 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402111814/http://m.panda.org/es/sala_redaccion/noticias/index.cfm?uNewsID=147102&uLangID=1 | archive-date = 2 April 2012 | url-status = dead }} *{{citation | url = http://www.wwfpacific.org.fj/media/index.cfm?uNewsID=147141&uLangID=1 | title = connect2earth Prize Awarded: Winner addresses decision makers at IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona | date = 6 October 2008 | publisher = WWF International | location = Barcelona | access-date = 13 September 2011 | archive-date = 2 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402111814/http://www.wwfpacific.org.fj/media/index.cfm?uNewsID=147141&uLangID=1 | url-status = dead }} *{{citation | url = http://www.freemuse.org/sw35086.asp | title = DEAN OMORI (United Kingdom): Censorship Burns the Books Nobody Read | date = 28 September 2009 | publisher = Freemuse | access-date = 13 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120325032613/http://www.freemuse.org/sw35086.asp | archive-date = 25 March 2012 | url-status = dead }} *{{citation | url = http://www.greenmuze.com/art/interviews/714-songwriter-wins-wwf-contest-.html | title = Musician Wins WWF Contest | date = 7 January 2009 | author = GreenMuze Staff | access-date = 13 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402111818/http://www.greenmuze.com/art/interviews/714-songwriter-wins-wwf-contest-.html | archive-date = 2 April 2012 | url-status = dead }} *{{citation| url = https://www.nme.com/musicvideos/dean-omori-send-it/791816 | title = Dean omori - SEND IT video | work = NME }} *{{citation | url = http://www.antiwarsongs.org/do_search.php?lang=en&idartista=2559&stesso=1 | title = Anti-war songs by Dean Omori| publisher = Antiwar Songs | accessdate = 31 March 2015}} *{{citation|url=http://www.wymondhamfilmfestival.co.uk/2010/10/22/event-review-recycleupcycle-wymondham-arts-centre-131010/ |title=Wymondham Film Festival |date=22 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204222005/http://www.wymondhamfilmfestival.co.uk/2010/10/22/event-review-recycleupcycle-wymondham-arts-centre-131010/ |archivedate=4 December 2010 }} *{{citation | url = http://www.unlikelystories.org/movies.shtml | title = Movies | publisher = Unlikely Stories | access-date = 13 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110920152942/http://www.unlikelystories.org/movies.shtml | archive-date = 20 September 2011 | url-status = dead }} *{{cite press release | url = http://www.iucn.org/congress_08/media/?1692/2/Remise-du-prix-connect2earth | title = Remise du prix connect2earth | date = 6 October 2008 | publisher = IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature}}
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