Article: LORI MCKENNA AND FRIENDS

Since country superstar Faith Hill recorded three of McKenna's intimate ballads on her last album, the Stoughton songwriter has become almost as popular in Nashville as she is here. Asked to do a four-night residency at Passim, McKenna (above) found intriguing ways to share her spotlight. Tonight, she joins Mark Erelli, Jake Armerding, Jabe Beyer, and Erin McKeown for a rambling jam of cover songs by everyone from Nirvana to Johnny Cash, Patty Griffin to Sting. Tomorrow, it's a regular concert, with sets by McKenna, twangy delight Mary Gauthier (another Boston writer who struck gold in Nashville), and Kristen Hall, who recently left her hot country band Sugarland to resume a solo career. ...

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