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Article: Lori McKenna: Bittertown.(Sound Recording Review)
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- September 22, 2004
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LORI MCKENNA Bittertown Signature Sounds 1285
There's something about Lori McKenna. Her admittedly nasal voice backs songs rooted in a deep sense of place. McKenna proves you don't have to be a nomadic drama queen to make good music. In Pact, she delineates the specifics of the scope of life most people lead. The theme of Bittertown, McKenna's fourth release: perilous domesticity. Busting city-dwellers' stereotypes of small towns, McKenna's subjects are cynical. Religion holds promise but also fear a young girl runs away from Bible songs, a woman visits a storefront church not sure whether to trust it. Nobody seems to leave Bittertown, a choice or result that can ...