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Article: A LONG WAY FROM PASSIM Lori McKenna made her name at venues like Passim. Now she's on the big stage, opening for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2007
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Pop Music
TACOMA
Lori McKenna is in a full car whizzing down a stretch of
nondescript highway at 11 a.m. on her way to run errands. She chats
amiably about a friend's new dog, recent celebrity gossip, and her
oldest son's plans for the future.
It could be any day in the life of this Stoughton mother of five,
until the Space Needle comes into view and someone in the car asks
the driver to tune to a local Seattle radio station to see if they
are pimping McKenna's imminent arrival.
"Did you just say pimping?" McKenna asks with a laugh.
McKenna is a longtime and well-liked fixture of the Boston singer-
songwriter scene. It could be any day in her life, but it's not. It
is the sixth date of the ...