Album: The Bird & The Rifle by Lori McKenna (2016)
Genre: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "The Bird and The Rifle"  is the eighth full length studio album by Lori McKenna, released on July 29, 2016, through CN Records.   Despite the album's limited commercial success (it never charted on the Billboard 200), it earned critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Americana Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
The Bird and the Rifle received highly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 82 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 4 reviews.

Artist Background: Lori McKenna (née Lorraine Giroux, born December 22, 1968) is an American folk singer/songwriter. Her album releases to date include Paper Wings and Halo (2000), Pieces of Me (2001), The Kitchen Tapes (2004), Bittertown (2004), Unglamorous (2007), Lorraine (2011), and Massachusetts (2013). Lori McKenna's first name is actually Lorraine. She is named after the mother she lost when she was only seven, but whose impact on Lori's life reverberates to this day. In her sixth album, Lorraine, she c... Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Folk, 2010s, Album


"The Bird and The Rifle"  is the eighth full length studio album by Lori McKenna, released on July 29, 2016, through CN Records.   Despite the album's limited commercial success (it never charted on the Billboard 200), it earned critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Americana Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
The Bird and the Rifle received highly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 82 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 4 reviews.

The Bird & The Rifle

Lori McKenna

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