Nowhere to Hide Album Marks 13 Consecutive Weeks in Roots Music Report’s Canadian Top 10 and the Video Going Viral With 120,000 Views in 10 Days.

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 Reminiscing about the past can be a blast, particularly if the one you were with back then is still the same partner you're looking back with now. For Calgary-based blues and Americana singer Ollee Owens, that reflection is captured perfectly in her fantastic new music video for "Shivers and Butterflies."

The song, from her 2024 chart-topping album Nowhere To Hide, was inspired by Owens and her "guy" for the past 25 years discussing the early days of their relationship. From reflecting on the nerves or jitters both had before their first date to the "silly things we did to impress each other back then."

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The video, directed by Travis Nesbitt (who's directed videos for Royal Tusk, Brett Kissel, and Dallas Smith, among others), was culled from footage of Owens and her other half making the most of a summer day in and around Victoria, British Columbia. Nesbitt, who previously worked with Owens on a music video for "Some Days" and a short film for "O Holy Night," records Owens initially singing portions of "Shivers and Butterflies" in a Silver Streak camper. From there, the couple is captured sauntering around Victoria's Fisherman's Wharf, taking in the sights and eats. After riding on a bicycle built for two and visiting a petting zoo, the duo ends the fun-filled day cuddled up in front of a cozy fire on the shoreline.

"Our goal was to capture a lighthearted, fun day out together by the ocean," Owens says of the "Shivers and Butterflies" video. "I hope it brings a smile to your face as you watch -- it sure does to mine! After all these years -- and the wild ride it's been -- these same feelings still flit and flutter to the surface from time to time...and this song holds relevance today in middle age as it did when we were young." 

"Shivers and Butterflies," co-written by Owens and Kornelius Colyn, was recorded at Nashville's Sweetbriar Studio and produced by Bobby Blazier (who plays drums on the track). Aside from Owens on lead vocals, the song features guitarist Chris Rodriguez, bassist Tommy Sims, keyboardist De Marco Johnson, and backing vocalists Gene Miller and Joey Richey.

The video for "Shivers and Butterflies" is the latest highlight in what has been a mammoth and momentous few months for Owens and Nowhere To Hide. The album has spent 13 consecutive weeks in the Roots Music Report Canadian Chart's Top 10, including three weeks topping the chart. Nowhere To Hide also has cracked the Top 10 on RMR's Top 50 Blues Album Chart (#8) and Top 50 Soul Blues Album Chart (#2).

Raised in the small farming community of New Bothwell, Manitoba, Owens started writing songs when she was eight and was playing guitar four years later. Inspired by a myriad of influences, including Elvis, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Mahalia Jackson, among others, Owens put her musical career on hold and took a hiatus to raise her three daughters, one of whom has a cognitive disability. She returned to music a decade ago, releasing Cannot Be Unheard in 2022.

Owens' music has been heard internationally on radio stations in Brazil, Australia, and Europe. And she's shared billing with Dawn Tyler Watson and Matt Andersen at the Roots Blues and BBQ Festival in Drumheller, Alberta. Recently, Owens has received critical acclaim in outlets such as British publication Blues Matters, Blues Music Magazine, and Americana Highways, which described Nowhere To Hide as "one of the strongest surprises of 2024." In January 2025, Owens performed at the iconic B.B. King's Blues Club in Memphis.

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