Article: From Hill to Mountain: Stoughton's McKenna climbs career ladder.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: CHRISTOPHER JOHN TREACY

Lori McKenna may be headed for the big leagues, but she's still a small-town gal.

A mother of five from Stoughton, McKenna is showcasing material from her Warner Bros. debut, "Unglamorous" (due out Aug. 14), at tonight's Moving the Mountain concert at Berklee Performance Center. Judy Collins, Lucy Kaplansky, Mavis Staples and Todd Snider share the bill on this traveling version of Mountain Stage, the popular PBS radio show.

McKenna's usually associated with Boston's acoustic folk scene, but her fortune changed dramatically when country superstar Faith Hill covered three of her songs on 2005's "Fireflies" CD, ...

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