Lori McKenna Livestream Album Release
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Lori McKenna will perform a special acoustic livestream concert from her hometown venue, Club Passim, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Available to stream via the venue’s Facebook and YouTube pages, the event will feature McKenna performing songs from her highly anticipated new album, The Balladeer—out the same day on CN Records via Thirty Tigers (pre-order)—and also serve as a fundraiser for Club Passim. In addition to being one of the country’s premiere listening rooms (best known for its role in the folk music revival of the sixties when it helped launch the careers of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell), Passim is also a non-profit organization dedicated to providing exceptional and interactive live musical experiences for both performers and audiences. All donations made during McKenna’s performance will benefit the venue, which has temporarily moved online and is streaming shows nightly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to her career as a solo artist, McKenna continues to enjoy tremendous success as one of the music industry’s most in-demand songwriters. In 2017, she became the first woman ever to win the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year award two years in a row and also won back-to-back Grammys for Best Country Song for “Girl Crush” performed by Little Big Town and “Humble and Kind” performed by Tim McGraw. Moreover, she became the first female to ever win Songwriter of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards that same year. In addition to writing songs for a multitude of award-winning artists including Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Hunter Hayes and Reba McEntire, McKenna also co-wrote “Always Remember Us This Way,” which was featured in the Academy Award-winning 2018 film, A Star Is Born.