Women In Country Music- Lindsay Ell
Lindsay Ell was praised by Forbes magazine as “one of the most exciting and talented young artists in Country music,” the Calgary native learned to play guitar while traveling with her father to Country-Bluegrass camps as a young girl. Lindsay was championed by Randy Bachman (of Bachman Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who), who discovered her at the age of 13 and was soon touring alongside the likes of Luke Bryan and Buddy Guy.
While Lindsay has earned special recognition for her blistering guitar playing, she notes that she doesn’t want to be defined by any one dimension of her work. She says, “I don’t want to be known as just a guitar player. My favorite artists, like John Mayer and Keith Urban, are great players, but that’s not the only thing you think of.”
Lindsay has made multiple appearances on the CMA Awards stage including playing with Carrie Underwood and performing with distinguished country group, Little Big Town, alongside other powerhouse female artists in one of the biggest moments of the 2019 CMA Awards where she was also nominated for Musical Event of the Year. Her nominations don’t stop there, she is also a 2x 2020 ACM nominee for New Female Artist of the Year and Music Event of the Year.
Her latest album Heart Theory weaves the story of her journey of the heart in her own voice using her arsenal of tools as a musician and artist to give each song the sonic backdrop it deserves. “Theory is the science of music, heart theory is the science of a heart,” she says. The tracks take the listener along the path of the seven stages of grief: shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing, and acceptance.
In 2020, Lindsay founded the Make You Movement charitable fund in support of disenfranchised youth and survivors of sexual trauma and domestic abuse. She says, “Difficult times in our life don’t make us who we are, but how we learn and act from them does.” Learn more and donate HERE.
Lindsay is no stranger to Boston, performing at Country 102.5 Street Party in 2019 and our Superstar Mini Concert series. See the full rewind for her Mini Concert HERE.
Lindsay’s first concert was Metallica, what was yours?
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