Lori McKenna’s sixth full-length studio album will be released April 23. She’ll celebrate the release of Massachusetts with a concert at Nashville’s Third & Lindsley, April 12, at 7 p.m.
Produced by Mark Erelli, the album was recorded live at Middleville, a barn studio in North Reading, Massachusetts. McKenna explains that the songs “reflect the darkness and light of an average life.” She says “Salt” and “Shake” explore the darker sides, while the light shines brighter in “Love Can Put It Back Together.” The latter track was written with Mike Viola for the vacant Stoughton Theatre in their hometown Stoughton, Massachusetts.
McKenna collaborated with Troy Verges and Barry Dean on other songs. “Susanna” is a prayer for a widower written with Verges, and “Shouting” was written with Dean.
Among the older songs on the album is “How Romantic Is That,” which McKenna has performed at every concert since she wrote it in 2007. She describes it as “a flat out celebration of math-homework, minivans and high-school love that has aged itself into old love. It is the story of my life really.”
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