Lindsay Ell -- Shut Me Up

Country music has long been in need of a girl who can rock out and play guitar as hard as the boys-- and it is 25-year-old Lindsay Ell who fits this description to a T. Lindsay, a Canadian native, learned to play guitar at a very early age, and now plays anything and everything, as evidenced by her visits to The Bobby Bones Show. However, while this trait is something that sets her apart from her peers, this isn't the only thing she wants listeners to focus on. "There aren't a lot of girls who play electric lead guitar, and it can be a defining thing. First and foremost, I want people to hear me and understand my voice as a country music recording artist. When they come see me, I'd love it if they were impressed at my guitar and piano playing. But by that point, hopefully they understand the artist behind it all has a lot of different sides to her music," she says on her website.

Lindsay's new single "Shut Me Up" doesn't hit radio until next month, but I'm already obsessed. Sonically, this song has a more pop-rock than country feel, but that doesn't take away from its quality. With this track, Lindsay delivers an anthem for girls who have been cheated on by vowing that she will tell everybody what her ex did: "Can't shut me up, can't hush my mouth/I'll bang a drum, I'll be so loud/ You can't cover up the truth with duct tape/ Boy it's gonna hit you like an earthquake."

Late last year Lindsay released "Trippin' On Us" to radio. This cheery track tells a simple story about all of the good feelings that accompany meeting someone new and falling in love: "I had a good day, sun shining on me/ I met somebody, got me trippin' on us, trippin' on us."

And, even though I don't normally post a third video, this is too good not to post. Last week Lindsay joined Keith Urban on stage for an electrifying duet of "We Were Us," where she more than held her own against his extraordinary guitar skills. 

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Shut Me Up will be on iTunes August 11!

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