Lori McKenna is “one of the industry’s most in-demand songwriters” writing for artists including Sara Evans, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban. She wrote 10 songs that made it to the Billboard Hot Country Song list, including Hunter Hayes’ “I Want Crazy,” Faith Hill’s “Stealing Kisses,” Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind,” and Little Big Town’s “Your Side of the Bed,” “Sober,” and “Girl Crush.”
McKenna will her bring her long list of tunes to the Music Box Supper Club in Cleveland on Thursday, August 24 with special guest Mark Erelli. Showtime is 7:30pm.
McKenna has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2016 and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit single “Girl Crush” performed by Little Big Town. In 2017, she won the Best Country Song Grammy for writing “Humble and Kind” performed by Tim McGraw.
McKenna along with Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby and Hillary Lindsey wrote the second single off the soundtrack to the 2018 film A Star Is Born titled “Always Remember Us This Way.” McKenna performed backing vocals along with Lindsey and Hemby, and the song went on to receive a nomination for Song of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
McKenna’s solo album in 2016, The Bird and the Rifle was nominated for Best Americana Album at the 59th annual Grammy Awards, and the single “Wreck You” was nominated for Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance. McKenna was also nominated for the 2017 Americana Music Awards Artist of the Year.
Mark Erelli has released nine solo albums and three collaborative albums. His first recording for the Signature Sounds label, Compass & Companion, spent ten weeks in the Top Ten on the Americana Chart.
