Article: Lori McKenna; Lori McKenna brings her Americana tunes to Wolfeboro

On the phone from her home in Stoughton, Mass., singer-songwriter Lori McKenna is happy to talk about the genesis of her dual roles as busy mom and up-and-coming country-folk performer (Faith Hill included several of her songs on a recent album.) But her youngest son David, 20 months, prefers talking - loudly and somewhat insistently, in the background - about the merits of wearing one sock versus two while munching on peanut butter.

"He really wants that sock to go," said McKenna, with the bemused tone of somebody equally at home solving children's hosiery issues and writing exquisite stories of love, lament and longing.

McKenna, 37, took up the guitar in her early teens and was writing ...

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