Under the Radar

KELLY LEE OWENS

Kelly Lee Owens was ready. 

After a tumultuous three years of touring and personal growth, Owens was ready to release her sophomore album,  But now, like most musicians who planned to release new music and tour in 2020, Owens is on hold, with the release of her album pushed came to be. “I would call it forced growth because certain periods I felt like a shell of myself,” Owens says. “I’m willing to be open and vulnerable about that because we all go through these dark times, but you can transmute that energy into something beautiful if you want to.”

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