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Aug 10, 2016The Bird & the Rifle is her 10th studio album in 17 years, and her most finely focused.
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Aug 10, 2016It's another extremely strong effort for McKenna, whose growing catalog is already known for its quality.
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Aug 10, 2016The sound conjures the Seventies singer-songwriter heyday, and McKenna's storytelling is indelible.
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Aug 10, 2016McKenna has a remarkable facility for conveying the inner lives of women trapped in soured relationships; that may not be an easy sell for the conservative playlists of country radio, but it makes for one of the most accomplished and devastating singer-songwriter albums of the year.