FACES
& PLACES
ART & HISTORY
DECEMBER 2007
 Lori McKenna
Lori
McKenna comes to New Hope for the 2008 Lambertville
New Hope Winter Festial Friday, January 25th at
8 PM. A Pre-Concert Gala at Occasions at Union Square
(6 – 7:30 PM) precedes the big event.
Lori
McKenna is a mother of five from Stoughton, Mass.
(pop. 27,000), about 20 miles outside Boston.
There,
she lives quietly—well, as quietly as a house
with five children can get—with her husband
of 18 years, Gene, a plumber for the local gas company.
For years she drove her kids to school in a 1999
Ford
Windstar minivan with 150,000 miles on it. It is
fitting Lori entitled her Warner Brothers debut album
Unglamorous.
Lori McKenna is also an acclaimed singer-songwriter
who was thrust into the limelight last year when
superstar Faith Hill included three of McKenna’s songs
on her Number One album Fireflies, including Hill’s
poignant single “Stealing Kisses.” Hill
(herself a wife and mother of three) heard in McKenna’s
work what a steadily growing audience has been hearing
since her 1998 debut, Paper Wings & Halo: an
intimate understanding and honest expression of
the realities
of domestic life.
Now many more
will have the opportunity to discover what Hill did
early on as McKenna prepares to release
her new album summer 2007. The album will include
11 songs — produced by Tim McGraw and award winning
producer Byron Gallimore — prove once again that
this singer-songwriter stay-at-home mom is the real
deal; an authentic artist whose “fearless musical
snapshots lay bare the realities of small-town life
while clinging to the hope of better days,” as
one Nashville reviewer put it. VIP Tickets: $75
VIP ticket includes:
- Pre-Concert Gala featuring Beer, Wine and
hors d'oeuvres from 6:00-7:30 at Occasions at Union
Square
- Reserved concert seating within the first
eight rows of the theater
- Trolley bus shuttle from
the theater parking lot to Occasions at Union
Square and back to the theater
for the concert
Reserved Seating: $30 in advance ($35 at the door)
For more information
about visit Lori, visit her online at www.lorimckenna.com.
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