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Article: Mother of Five Finds Her Voice; Lori McKenna's Career Soars After Faith Hill and Oprah Discover Her Talent
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- The Washington Post
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- January 18, 2008
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Lori McKenna's "Unglamorous" is a richly detailed catalogue 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 and doubt -- the kind of domestic tableaus
that country music is known for.
Except McKenna was born, raised and still ...