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Article: FAITH HILL SINGS HER SONGS - ENOUGH SAID.(Daily Break)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 21, 2008
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Byline: RICHARD HARRINGTON
By Richard Harrington
The Washington Post
Lori McKenna's "Unglamorous" is a richly detailed catalog of household commonness: fading curtains, threadbare rugs, old wool socks on a bedroom floor, "one TV set (no cable) /Crowded dinners at the kitchen table," babies that stay up all night, "no frills, no fuss /Perfectly us, unglamorous."
Several of McKenna's songs have been turned into major hits by country superstar Faith Hill, and her most recent album was co-produced by Hill's husband, Tim McGraw. Many of its songs explore small-town, blue-collar life, where being a wife and mother can anchor both security ...