k.d. lang original Watershed Album coming in 2008
'Watershed', comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year. there are some interesting titles and curious for the songs/album coming out in 2008 from nonesuch records along with an international tour.
www.nonesuch.com (click)
Tracklist:
1. I Dream Of Spring
2. Je Fais La Planche
3. Coming Home
4. Once In A While
5. Thread
6. Close Your Eyes
7. Sunday
8. Flame Of The Uninspired
9. Upstream
10. Shadow And The Frame
11. Jealous Dog
The album will be a revelation for listeners who caught onto Lang with "Ingenue" and its hit single, "Constant Craving." While Lang never fit the bill as a Nashville regular, her country work is lively and rocking. Even if it's done with a nudge and wink, it shows her love and talent for the music.
"I wanted to re-create what a live show would feel like back in those days," Lang says. "I wanted to focus on a punkabilly kind of vibe."
"The songs are definitely in a singer-songwriter style," she said. "Very intimate and very personal."
"It seems like an absolute blend of everything," Lang says. "There are pieces of my whole career in there."
this album will include some songs co-written with david piltch "We recorded several records together, toured, and teamed to write songs. kd's new record will have five songs which she and I wrote and recorded in her Art Kitchen (home) in L.A. and in my garage in Santa Barbara."
K.D. Lang vs. Carmen Rizzo...
Currently I am working on a song with K. D. Lang for her new album 'Watershed" (Nonesuch). A really great honor and a wonderful opportunity Her voice is incredible!! "well i can't say much, yet.... untill they give the thumbs up. i'm still waiting to hear, they approached me to work on a song which is really good, and i'm super happy how it turned out. don't wnt to get in toublem you understand, as soon as i know what's up which should be very soon, ill keep you posted. thanks!"
k.d. "Watershed is like a culmination of everything I've done -- there's a little bit of jazz, a little country, a little of the Ingénue sound, a little Brazilian touch. It really feels like the way I hear music, this mash-up of genres, and I think it reflects all the styles that have preceded this in my catalogue. I didn't feel the need to be genre-specific because this experience felt so wide open. I didn't have a band in the studio where I had to come up with a feel for a song because the clock was ticking and dollars were flying out the window."
In content, says lang, the songs on Watershed "are similar because they all are a reassessment of my relationship to the world and to myself, and how my actions and thoughts and my offerings affect my life and the lives of others. That's where the idea of a watershed comes in, I guess, with a shift in perspective." And the way she performs her lyrics has evolved along with her words. The bravura moments here are often the quieter, more confessional ones. Cosseted by longtime band-mate Teddy Borowiecki's inspired string arrangements, lang found no need to belt. "I think that is age and wisdom," she decides. "It's like a painter discovering earth tones again in a whole new way or a chef coming back down to the Alice Waters level of cooking, where sea salt is the absolutely perfect spice. It's about communicating, and sometimes communicating is about whispering or about simply stating something in a gentle, quiet manner. I love that I've uncovered that part of me. I love to sing that way, it feels really good on the throat, it feels very natural." As for her legendary bringing-down-the-house vocal prowess, lang admits, laughing, "I was ready to conquer the world and my voice was just an extension of my exuberance."
In her 25 years of record-making, lang has worked with a wide range of producers -country (Owen Bradley), pop (David Kahne), even rockabilly (Dave Edmunds) -- and she has co-produced such discs as the 1992 Ingenue, which included the Grammy Award-winning "Constant Craving." With Watershed, lang explains, "It started to unfold in a natural progression. I began to demo the songs in such a way that all the performances could be used on the record if I wanted them to. I would just step back from a song, revisit it later, and if I liked it, I would keep the track. It was a matter of chronicling, of documenting the songwriting process. A lot of what you hear on Watershed is first approaches, the creative moment of songwriting rather than just the performance of a song. For example, the vocal on the 'Shadow and the Frame,' that's the first time I sang it. I tried to capture the most real, the most honest performance to me. In a lot of cases, it was the very first one. I was always looking for a producer, but in the back of my mind I was thinking, I can produce this. I guess I kind of grew into the fact that I could do it, that I had the confidence to it. I kept working on the songs and then I brought in Lynne Earls, a friend who's an engineer and a programmer, and we started cleaning them up. As I kept doing that, I realized I am producing this record -- so just finish it. I went into the process a little more intensely in the last year and a half, more intensely into editing and overdubbing, staying focused and diligent -- and then I was done. And I had produced the record."
The anything's-possible approach lang took to making Watershed yielded its share of surprises. "Jealous Dog," for example, is entirely a first take. Says lang, "That's how I sing when I'm at home, that's my demo of that song. It was all done in a morning, just after bassist David Piltch and I had composed it. It was actually written as a bluegrass tune, more up-tempo. I deconstructed it to put it on tape and when it was done, I realized, that is exactly how I feel about this song. So I just left it, I never touched it again." Opening track "I Dream Of Spring," is a more lush affair, yet, lang says, it "sort of just happened. After it was finished, I started to sing it around the house and I thought, this is a gift. It came from examining the songs on Hymns of the 49th Parallel and studying those songwriters." "I Dream Of Spring" opens with flamenco-like guitar lines and a drum machine, before gliding into a harmony-layered chorus; in the second verse, Greg Leisz's pedal steel takes over the melody right before the strings swell. As for those strings, the arrangements were also, in a sense, a gift: "They are so crazy, phenomenal. I knew Teddy could do it and I knew that this was the time. When the string session came, we booked six hours, but we were done in three because the arrangements were so clean and so together. It just blew my mind. I started to cry because Teddy elevated the record to such a different level. I am so, so grateful to him."
"Upstream" revisits the bossa nova rhythms that floated through Invincible Summer. Says lang, "I'm a sucker for Brazilian music. It's fun to sing and it's fun to play, so when I'm making music, I always fall back on that." "Sunday," which evokes an even more languid mood, is a sensual spin on Bacharach/David pop-jazz: "I love Sundays, when you just find yourself on the bed, with the sun hitting it," lang admits, and on the track she contemplates all the possibilities of being in such a position.
Once again, lang collaborates with the musicians who have long accompanied her in the studio and on the road: pianist Borowiecki, bassist Piltch, steel player Leisz, guitarist Ben Mink. Jon Hassell makes a guest appearance on trumpet, as does new Nonesuch labelmate Noam Pikelny, banjo player for the Punch Brothers. But, lang reveals, her veteran tour-mates won't be joining her when she takes her new songs on the road: "That's another reason for the album title. It marks a huge, huge change in my life. Teddy, David and Greg will not be with me. I'll have a brand new band. It's a natural turning point -they're older, and are really in demand in the studio for lots of other artists now. I'm going to be like Tony - I can't quit. It's really sad for me to see them go, but at the same time it is one of those changes, a watershed moment, when the direction shifts. I'm excited to work with some new guys and build new relationships. It's a big change for me, but I'm ready to embrace it." lang watershed album
SOURCE: http://groups.msn.com/langisms k.d. lang forum MSN Langisms
Friday, December 28, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
k.d. lang debuts melbourne song on parkinson video with tour info usa and australia
k.d. lang debuts melbourne song on parkinson video with tour info usa and australia
k.d. lang Debuts Melbourne Song on Parkinson
by Paul Cashmere - December 6 2007
Viewers watching the final episode of Parkinson for 2007 were treated to the debut performance by k.d. lang of her new song 'I Dream Of Spring', a song written about the city of Melbourne, Australia.
"I return from the streets from the Melbourne, I return my love" k.d. sings in the song 'I Dream of Spring'.
The song will be the lead single from her forthcoming album 'Watershed', to be released in February 2008.
'Watershed' will be k.d.'s first album of original new studio material in 7 years. The title of the record is a reference to her benchmark 40th birthday.
k.d lang will begin 'The Watershed Tour' in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 26th. The North American tour will end of March 26th in San Francisco. k.d. lang will then begin her Australian tour in April 12 in the NSW Hunter Valley. Shows are also scheduled for Canberra, Melbourne 2 dates, Sydney 2 dates, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane.
http://undercover.com.au
KD Lang at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne
..>..>..> ..> YouTube: k.d. lang : I Dream of Spring'
MSN Langisms homepage source tour dates, reviews and concert info k.d. lang:
Link langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms pls check it out and join us
k.d. lang Debuts Melbourne Song on Parkinson
by Paul Cashmere - December 6 2007
Viewers watching the final episode of Parkinson for 2007 were treated to the debut performance by k.d. lang of her new song 'I Dream Of Spring', a song written about the city of Melbourne, Australia.
"I return from the streets from the Melbourne, I return my love" k.d. sings in the song 'I Dream of Spring'.
The song will be the lead single from her forthcoming album 'Watershed', to be released in February 2008.
'Watershed' will be k.d.'s first album of original new studio material in 7 years. The title of the record is a reference to her benchmark 40th birthday.
k.d lang will begin 'The Watershed Tour' in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 26th. The North American tour will end of March 26th in San Francisco. k.d. lang will then begin her Australian tour in April 12 in the NSW Hunter Valley. Shows are also scheduled for Canberra, Melbourne 2 dates, Sydney 2 dates, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane.
http://undercover.com.au
KD Lang at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne
..>..>..> ..> YouTube: k.d. lang : I Dream of Spring'
MSN Langisms homepage source tour dates, reviews and concert info k.d. lang:
Link langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms pls check it out and join us
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
k.d. lang Olivia Cruise’s 35th info and Contest
k.d. lang Olivia Cruise’s 35th info and Contest
k.d. lang will be headlining act for Olivia's first 2008 cruise
Olivia announces k.d. lang as their headlining act for its first cruise in 2008. Olivia customers will set sail with k.d. lang for one exclusive show prior to leaving for the Caribbean cruise on January 26, 2008.
"We are thrilled about entering our 35th year with k.d. lang as the featured entertainer. We have an amazing line up of entertainers joining us on this trip and will be announcing new acts every few weeks until the ship sails," said Judy Dlugacz, Founder and President of Olivia.
Earlier this year, Olivia announced the creation of "traveltainment" platforms, trip themes that allow travelers to get completely immersed in particular trips unique offerings. For example, Olivia guests will not only get the opportunity to see k.d. lang perform but the cruise will include moments of her musical career, from in-cabin videos to free CDs for all guests.
"We are excited not only to have k.d. as a performer but as a partner in providing unique experiences to Olivia customers," said Lisa Henderson, General Manager of Olivia. "We are currently working with several marquee entertainers in innovative ways that will allow them to reach Olivia's powerful community and vice versa. These deeper, richer partnerships will result in once in a lifetime experiences for our guests and extend the reach of our partners."
To find out more about this trip visit http://www.olivia.com/
After kicking off her tour on our Celebrate 35! Caribbean
Dreams cruise in January, k.d. lang will be hopping over to London to
share her new album Watershed with the rest of the world. And you can
join her! Join 50 Olivia women in London and bask in the sweet song of
k.d. from an amazing seat in the Carling Apollo Hammersmith Theater!
You'll also spend four nights at the world class Wyndham Chelsea Harbor
hotel and have a chance for a meet-and-greet with k.d. This Olivia
Entertainment Package ranges from $2,000 - $3,000 per person and includes a
4-night stay at the host hotel, Olivia Concierge, a VIP wine/ cheese
reception before the concert and a ticket to the show. Call
800-631-6277 ext. 627 pricing and details.
Hurry, space is limited to 50 women. Reservations will be booked in
the order they are received.
Olivia Entertainment offerings are proprietary trip packages that
include amazing seats in venues around the world. Our first Olivia
Entertainment Services offering is a Trip to London to see k.d. lang.
Call (800) 631-6277 ext. 627 today!
www.olivia.com k.d. lang contest with olivia cruises
good luck and i hope any k.d. lang fans that are lucky enough to win or go to any of the concerts will share their reviews or don't forget your camera or cell phone back up and enjoy.
pls visit our k.d. lang and arts official homepage for further info on this and much more news, reviews, photos, etc on msn langisms and consider joining us @ http://groups.msn.com/langisms
k.d. lang will be headlining act for Olivia's first 2008 cruise
Olivia announces k.d. lang as their headlining act for its first cruise in 2008. Olivia customers will set sail with k.d. lang for one exclusive show prior to leaving for the Caribbean cruise on January 26, 2008.
"We are thrilled about entering our 35th year with k.d. lang as the featured entertainer. We have an amazing line up of entertainers joining us on this trip and will be announcing new acts every few weeks until the ship sails," said Judy Dlugacz, Founder and President of Olivia.
Earlier this year, Olivia announced the creation of "traveltainment" platforms, trip themes that allow travelers to get completely immersed in particular trips unique offerings. For example, Olivia guests will not only get the opportunity to see k.d. lang perform but the cruise will include moments of her musical career, from in-cabin videos to free CDs for all guests.
"We are excited not only to have k.d. as a performer but as a partner in providing unique experiences to Olivia customers," said Lisa Henderson, General Manager of Olivia. "We are currently working with several marquee entertainers in innovative ways that will allow them to reach Olivia's powerful community and vice versa. These deeper, richer partnerships will result in once in a lifetime experiences for our guests and extend the reach of our partners."
To find out more about this trip visit http://www.olivia.com/
After kicking off her tour on our Celebrate 35! Caribbean
Dreams cruise in January, k.d. lang will be hopping over to London to
share her new album Watershed with the rest of the world. And you can
join her! Join 50 Olivia women in London and bask in the sweet song of
k.d. from an amazing seat in the Carling Apollo Hammersmith Theater!
You'll also spend four nights at the world class Wyndham Chelsea Harbor
hotel and have a chance for a meet-and-greet with k.d. This Olivia
Entertainment Package ranges from $2,000 - $3,000 per person and includes a
4-night stay at the host hotel, Olivia Concierge, a VIP wine/ cheese
reception before the concert and a ticket to the show. Call
800-631-6277 ext. 627 pricing and details.
Hurry, space is limited to 50 women. Reservations will be booked in
the order they are received.
Olivia Entertainment offerings are proprietary trip packages that
include amazing seats in venues around the world. Our first Olivia
Entertainment Services offering is a Trip to London to see k.d. lang.
Call (800) 631-6277 ext. 627 today!
www.olivia.com k.d. lang contest with olivia cruises
good luck and i hope any k.d. lang fans that are lucky enough to win or go to any of the concerts will share their reviews or don't forget your camera or cell phone back up and enjoy.
pls visit our k.d. lang and arts official homepage for further info on this and much more news, reviews, photos, etc on msn langisms and consider joining us @ http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Friday, November 30, 2007
k.d. lang new original album "watershed" coming in 2008 interview, photos, news...
k.d. lang new original album "watershed" coming in 2008
'Watershed', comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year. there are some interesting titles and curious for the songs/album coming out in 2008 from nonesuch records along with an international tour.
Tracklist:
1. I Dream Of Spring
2. Je Fais La Planche
3. Coming Home
4. Once In A While
5. Thread
6. Close Your Eyes
7. Sunday
8. Flame Of The Uninspired
9. Upstream
10. Shadow And The Frame
11. Jealous Dog
The album will be a revelation for listeners who caught onto Lang with "Ingenue" and its hit single, "Constant Craving." While Lang never fit the bill as a Nashville regular, her country work is lively and rocking. Even if it's done with a nudge and wink, it shows her love and talent for the music.
"I wanted to re-create what a live show would feel like back in those days," Lang says. "I wanted to focus on a punkabilly kind of vibe."
"The songs are definitely in a singer-songwriter style," she said. "Very intimate and very personal."
"It seems like an absolute blend of everything," Lang says. "There are pieces of my whole career in there."
this album will include some songs co-written with david piltch
david piltch
Headline: "musician Location: Los Angeles, Ca
"We recorded several records together, toured, and teamed to write songs. kd's new record will have five songs which she and I wrote and recorded in her Art Kitchen (home) in L.A. and in my garage in Santa Barbara."
K.D. Lang vs. Carmen Rizzo... Carmen Rizzo
"Currently I am working on a song with K. D. Lang for her new album 'Watershed" (Nonesuch). A really great honor and a wonderful opportunity Her voice is incredible!! "
k.d. lang watershed album photos
k.d.'s interview with Gaydar Radio. Click to listen:
Part 1
Part 2
sources:
msn Langisms news, photos, reviews...
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
kdlang music myspace link interview, concerts...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=144980251
'Watershed', comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year. there are some interesting titles and curious for the songs/album coming out in 2008 from nonesuch records along with an international tour.
Tracklist:
1. I Dream Of Spring
2. Je Fais La Planche
3. Coming Home
4. Once In A While
5. Thread
6. Close Your Eyes
7. Sunday
8. Flame Of The Uninspired
9. Upstream
10. Shadow And The Frame
11. Jealous Dog
The album will be a revelation for listeners who caught onto Lang with "Ingenue" and its hit single, "Constant Craving." While Lang never fit the bill as a Nashville regular, her country work is lively and rocking. Even if it's done with a nudge and wink, it shows her love and talent for the music.
"I wanted to re-create what a live show would feel like back in those days," Lang says. "I wanted to focus on a punkabilly kind of vibe."
"The songs are definitely in a singer-songwriter style," she said. "Very intimate and very personal."
"It seems like an absolute blend of everything," Lang says. "There are pieces of my whole career in there."
this album will include some songs co-written with david piltch
david piltch
Headline: "musician Location: Los Angeles, Ca
"We recorded several records together, toured, and teamed to write songs. kd's new record will have five songs which she and I wrote and recorded in her Art Kitchen (home) in L.A. and in my garage in Santa Barbara."
K.D. Lang vs. Carmen Rizzo... Carmen Rizzo
"Currently I am working on a song with K. D. Lang for her new album 'Watershed" (Nonesuch). A really great honor and a wonderful opportunity Her voice is incredible!! "
k.d. lang watershed album photos
k.d.'s interview with Gaydar Radio. Click to listen:
Part 1
Part 2
sources:
msn Langisms news, photos, reviews...
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
kdlang music myspace link interview, concerts...
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=144980251
Monday, November 26, 2007
a watershed moment = k.d. lang album 2 interviews
kd lang's Watershed moment part 1
By John Earls - "I could sing the most out-there Radiohead song and make it sound like Perry Como."
Back with her first album of new songs for seven years, the sublime Watershed, kd lang admits it's a struggle to write music suitable for her voice.
"I like alternative music quite a bit," says kd. "But my voice just sounds ridiculous singing it. When you're a good singer, it's hard to please."
Has kd ever resented that her voice is unsuitable for certain genres?
"Definitely," she admits. "But then, when I sing a classic song and it comes out OK, it squelches the unrest.
"There's a certain allotment of fans who'd love me to just sing 12 versions of Crying. It's always been a struggle, and why my voice floats on top of genres, as my artistry is more on the left, yet my voice is so classic."
The voice takes a lot of looking after.
"My whole life is dedicated to looking after it," says kd. "I go to bed early, I don't smoke, don't drink that much, I watch what I eat. I don't worship it... well, I do worship it, but I'm not a martyr to it.
"I don't see myself as a songwriter or an interpreter of others' songs, I'm both. I don't feel like I absolutely have to come up with my own songs."
Hymns Of The 49th Parallel, kd's last album, covered her favourite fellow Canadian singers. Did it help inspire Watershed, which comes out in January?
"It set the bar so high, it was ominous at first," she confesses. "But then I thought that there's no way anyone will expect me to match songs that good.
"Once I got over that, it was fine. I'm not out to be the greatest songwriter in the world, I just do what I can."
Watershed is the first wholly self-produced album of kd's 25-year career.
"The only thing I know for sure is that I'm a singer," she says. "I really like going with wherever being a singer takes me. It took me into producing it this time, sometimes it takes me to singing with others, like Tony Bennett.
"I'm happy that producing allowed me to go from the craft on certain songs to raw, first take versions on others."
Although Watershed is kd's most classic commercial album in some time, she doesn't expect it to sell anything like the multi-platinum Ingenue from 1992.
"I'm 46 and I don't make videos," kd explains. "My live shows are the biggest success, the fact I can still move people and get a diverse audience.
"There's people 25-80 there, straight, gay, jazz, country. That's success."
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What kd lang did next part 2 (thanks jools)
By John Earls - Her first album of new songs since 2000, Watershed sees kd lang sing with honesty about failed relationships and heartbreak.
"Anything I say, pretty much anyone has gone through," says kd. "I don't get shy of being personal.
"I no longer wreak havoc on my personal life just to get better songs. I used to live like that, though I wasn't conscious of it."
Coming out as gay shortly before her breakthrough album Ingenue in 1992, kd says her honesty helped her sales.
"It's because it was a dark record," says kd. "Me being open for the reasons for that romantic aspect ultimately helped Ingenue.
"It was a culmination of events. I'd won a Grammy the previous year, then I came out. It was a perfect storm, in essence, the perfect time for me."
Despite signs Ingenue would succeed, the scale of it took kd by surprise.
"It was eight years into my career, and I was switching genres," she recalls.
"And Ingenue is a pretty dark record; romantic, but by no means uplifting. The success was so invigorating and so destructive at the same time. It was an epiphany in every way - spiritually, mentally, physically. It was a mess, basically. A good mess, but a mess."
Watershed was written over six years.
"I gave myself the luxury of time," kd explains. "It's one of the reasons I produced Watershed myself, as an expression of how I feel or hear music.
"Close Your Eyes was recorded in my living room, Shadow was in my dining room. When you capture that creativity of a song in its early process, rather than the translation and craft later, it's a completely different process."
kd's classic voice has remained remarkably unchanged since her early days as a Nashville country singer.
"My range is maybe a little deeper, but I haven't lost any of the high stuff yet," she smiles.
"But I'm 46, and I know it will start changing. How I've evolved is from experience. Before, I'd go full out at every show, and I pull back on the volume now. I use my tools better."
A fan of The New Pornographers and The Shins, kd says her iPod has reawakened her love of music.
"I listen almost entirely on shuffle," she says. "If you hear Radiohead next to Sigur Ros, then Foo Fighters, it makes sense. But when it's juxtaposed with totally different music, like Shirley Horn, I get more invigoriated by the possiblities of songs.
"Not that it's a product endorsement!"
sources.
msn langisms kd lang/arts group http://groups.msn.com/langisms
http://www.teletext.co.uk/Entertainment/Planet-Sound/Interviews-Features/default.aspx
By John Earls - "I could sing the most out-there Radiohead song and make it sound like Perry Como."
Back with her first album of new songs for seven years, the sublime Watershed, kd lang admits it's a struggle to write music suitable for her voice.
"I like alternative music quite a bit," says kd. "But my voice just sounds ridiculous singing it. When you're a good singer, it's hard to please."
Has kd ever resented that her voice is unsuitable for certain genres?
"Definitely," she admits. "But then, when I sing a classic song and it comes out OK, it squelches the unrest.
"There's a certain allotment of fans who'd love me to just sing 12 versions of Crying. It's always been a struggle, and why my voice floats on top of genres, as my artistry is more on the left, yet my voice is so classic."
The voice takes a lot of looking after.
"My whole life is dedicated to looking after it," says kd. "I go to bed early, I don't smoke, don't drink that much, I watch what I eat. I don't worship it... well, I do worship it, but I'm not a martyr to it.
"I don't see myself as a songwriter or an interpreter of others' songs, I'm both. I don't feel like I absolutely have to come up with my own songs."
Hymns Of The 49th Parallel, kd's last album, covered her favourite fellow Canadian singers. Did it help inspire Watershed, which comes out in January?
"It set the bar so high, it was ominous at first," she confesses. "But then I thought that there's no way anyone will expect me to match songs that good.
"Once I got over that, it was fine. I'm not out to be the greatest songwriter in the world, I just do what I can."
Watershed is the first wholly self-produced album of kd's 25-year career.
"The only thing I know for sure is that I'm a singer," she says. "I really like going with wherever being a singer takes me. It took me into producing it this time, sometimes it takes me to singing with others, like Tony Bennett.
"I'm happy that producing allowed me to go from the craft on certain songs to raw, first take versions on others."
Although Watershed is kd's most classic commercial album in some time, she doesn't expect it to sell anything like the multi-platinum Ingenue from 1992.
"I'm 46 and I don't make videos," kd explains. "My live shows are the biggest success, the fact I can still move people and get a diverse audience.
"There's people 25-80 there, straight, gay, jazz, country. That's success."
-------
What kd lang did next part 2 (thanks jools)
By John Earls - Her first album of new songs since 2000, Watershed sees kd lang sing with honesty about failed relationships and heartbreak.
"Anything I say, pretty much anyone has gone through," says kd. "I don't get shy of being personal.
"I no longer wreak havoc on my personal life just to get better songs. I used to live like that, though I wasn't conscious of it."
Coming out as gay shortly before her breakthrough album Ingenue in 1992, kd says her honesty helped her sales.
"It's because it was a dark record," says kd. "Me being open for the reasons for that romantic aspect ultimately helped Ingenue.
"It was a culmination of events. I'd won a Grammy the previous year, then I came out. It was a perfect storm, in essence, the perfect time for me."
Despite signs Ingenue would succeed, the scale of it took kd by surprise.
"It was eight years into my career, and I was switching genres," she recalls.
"And Ingenue is a pretty dark record; romantic, but by no means uplifting. The success was so invigorating and so destructive at the same time. It was an epiphany in every way - spiritually, mentally, physically. It was a mess, basically. A good mess, but a mess."
Watershed was written over six years.
"I gave myself the luxury of time," kd explains. "It's one of the reasons I produced Watershed myself, as an expression of how I feel or hear music.
"Close Your Eyes was recorded in my living room, Shadow was in my dining room. When you capture that creativity of a song in its early process, rather than the translation and craft later, it's a completely different process."
kd's classic voice has remained remarkably unchanged since her early days as a Nashville country singer.
"My range is maybe a little deeper, but I haven't lost any of the high stuff yet," she smiles.
"But I'm 46, and I know it will start changing. How I've evolved is from experience. Before, I'd go full out at every show, and I pull back on the volume now. I use my tools better."
A fan of The New Pornographers and The Shins, kd says her iPod has reawakened her love of music.
"I listen almost entirely on shuffle," she says. "If you hear Radiohead next to Sigur Ros, then Foo Fighters, it makes sense. But when it's juxtaposed with totally different music, like Shirley Horn, I get more invigoriated by the possiblities of songs.
"Not that it's a product endorsement!"
sources.
msn langisms kd lang/arts group http://groups.msn.com/langisms
http://www.teletext.co.uk/Entertainment/Planet-Sound/Interviews-Features/default.aspx
k.d. lang at Chez Panisse - Saturday, December 1, 2007
k.d. lang at Chez Panisse - Saturday, December 1, 2007
k.d. lang will be performing during dinner at Chez Panisse Restaurant, to benefit the Chez Panisse Foundation. Space is extremely limited. Tickets are $1000 per person. To make a reservation or for more information, please call 510-843-3811. (california)
Help Raise Healthy Children
A Gala event organized by Deborah Strobin and honoring Alice Waters, to take place Monday, January 14 at San Francisco City Hall. Dinner will be prepared by Chez Panisse restaurant, followed by an evening of entertainment at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. Honorary co-chairs include Former President Bill Clinton, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. To purchase a seat or table, please contact Jackie Romney, at 415- 409-4299.
Learn more by visiting www.helpraisehealthychildren.org
http://www.chezpanissefoundation.org/upcoming_events.html
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
k.d. lang will be performing during dinner at Chez Panisse Restaurant, to benefit the Chez Panisse Foundation. Space is extremely limited. Tickets are $1000 per person. To make a reservation or for more information, please call 510-843-3811. (california)
Help Raise Healthy Children
A Gala event organized by Deborah Strobin and honoring Alice Waters, to take place Monday, January 14 at San Francisco City Hall. Dinner will be prepared by Chez Panisse restaurant, followed by an evening of entertainment at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. Honorary co-chairs include Former President Bill Clinton, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. To purchase a seat or table, please contact Jackie Romney, at 415- 409-4299.
Learn more by visiting www.helpraisehealthychildren.org
http://www.chezpanissefoundation.org/upcoming_events.html
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Friday, November 23, 2007
anne murray signed duets friends and legends album with k.d. lang
CONTEST! We’re celebrating the release of Anne’s 35th studio album, Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends.
You could win one of four copies of Anne’s Duets CD, personally autographed for you by Anne. Email anne@annemurray.com or click on the “Contact” button with the correct answer to the following:
Four of the songs, re-recorded for "Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends," won Anne Grammy Awards when they were originally recorded. Name one of these songs.
Anne Murray
Box 69030
12 St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario - Canada
M4T 1K0
anne@annemurray.com
Anne is not able to personally answer each e-mail received;
however all messages will be forwarded to her.
good luck
for more info on contest, record and k.d. lang
msn langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
You could win one of four copies of Anne’s Duets CD, personally autographed for you by Anne. Email anne@annemurray.com or click on the “Contact” button with the correct answer to the following:
Four of the songs, re-recorded for "Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends," won Anne Grammy Awards when they were originally recorded. Name one of these songs.
Anne Murray
Box 69030
12 St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario - Canada
M4T 1K0
anne@annemurray.com
Anne is not able to personally answer each e-mail received;
however all messages will be forwarded to her.
good luck
for more info on contest, record and k.d. lang
msn langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
1 More date added in Brisbane for k.d. lang concert
Tuesday, 4.29.08 - Brisbane: QPAC - Concert Hall
(Limited seats are still available for the April 28th show at QPAC).
one more date in brisbane australia was also added.
(Limited seats are still available for the April 28th show at QPAC).
one more date in brisbane australia was also added.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
k.d. lang's Watershed album Tracklist
'Watershed', comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year. there are some interesting titles and curious for the songs/album.
Tracklist:
1. I Dream Of Spring
2. Je Fais La Planche
3. Coming Home
4. Once In A While
5. Thread
6. Close Your Eyes
7. Sunday
8. Flame Of The Uninspired
9. Upstream
10. Shadow And The Frame
11. Jealous Dog
Tracklist:
1. I Dream Of Spring
2. Je Fais La Planche
3. Coming Home
4. Once In A While
5. Thread
6. Close Your Eyes
7. Sunday
8. Flame Of The Uninspired
9. Upstream
10. Shadow And The Frame
11. Jealous Dog
Monday, November 19, 2007
2008 australian kd lang tour dates and ticket info
2008 australian kd lang tour dates and ticket info general
Apr 12 2008 6:30P Tempus Two Winery Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Broke and McDonald Rd., Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, New South Wales 2320 - AU $90.00-$195.00
tickets: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=KDLANG08&searchId=22c767d4-a159-42a6-abb6-86d91a8e51f8
Apr 14 2008 8:00P Royal Theatre Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
31 Constition Ave., Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601 - AU $99.00-$150.00
tickets: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=KDLANG08&searchId=22c767d4-a159-42a6-abb6-86d91a8e51f8
Apr 16 2008 8:00P State Theatre - SOLD OUT Sydney, New South Wales
Apr 17 2008 8:00P State Theatre - JUST ADDED Sydney, New South Wales
49 Market St., Sydney, New South Wales 2000 - AU $99.00-$150.00
tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13003F6E121985D3?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
Apr 19 2008 4:00P Pioneer Women’s Memorial Perth, Western Australia
Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, Western Australia 6001 - AU $119.50
tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13003F61E7207E6D?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
Apr 22 2008 8:00P Hamer Hall - SOLD OUT Melbourne, Victoria
Apr 23 2008 8:00P Hamer Hall - JUST ADDED Melbourne, Victoria
100 St. Kilda Rd., Melbourne, Victoria 3004 - AU $99.00-$150.00
tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13003F6DD2BB5C30?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
Apr 26 2008 8:00P Entertainment Centre Adelaide, South Australia
Port Rd. and Adam St., Adelaide, South Australia 5007
on sale Friday, November 16th: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=KDLANG08&searchId=22c767d4-a159-42a6-abb6-86d91a8e51f8
Apr 28 2008 8:00P QPAC - Concert Hall Brisbane, Queensland
Grey and Melbourne St., Brisbane, Queensland 4101
2 dates were added in sydney and melbourne
tickets are sold out of some shows and pls watch out for more aussie locations added, dates and any news from these locations to help with updates, etc. and for those of you who already have tickets i hope you enjoy the show.
as of november 19
AUSTRALIA langisms direct topic link for more info http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Apr 12 2008 6:30P Tempus Two Winery Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Broke and McDonald Rd., Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, New South Wales 2320 - AU $90.00-$195.00
tickets: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=KDLANG08&searchId=22c767d4-a159-42a6-abb6-86d91a8e51f8
Apr 14 2008 8:00P Royal Theatre Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
31 Constition Ave., Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601 - AU $99.00-$150.00
tickets: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=KDLANG08&searchId=22c767d4-a159-42a6-abb6-86d91a8e51f8
Apr 16 2008 8:00P State Theatre - SOLD OUT Sydney, New South Wales
Apr 17 2008 8:00P State Theatre - JUST ADDED Sydney, New South Wales
49 Market St., Sydney, New South Wales 2000 - AU $99.00-$150.00
tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13003F6E121985D3?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
Apr 19 2008 4:00P Pioneer Women’s Memorial Perth, Western Australia
Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, Western Australia 6001 - AU $119.50
tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13003F61E7207E6D?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
Apr 22 2008 8:00P Hamer Hall - SOLD OUT Melbourne, Victoria
Apr 23 2008 8:00P Hamer Hall - JUST ADDED Melbourne, Victoria
100 St. Kilda Rd., Melbourne, Victoria 3004 - AU $99.00-$150.00
tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13003F6DD2BB5C30?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
Apr 26 2008 8:00P Entertainment Centre Adelaide, South Australia
Port Rd. and Adam St., Adelaide, South Australia 5007
on sale Friday, November 16th: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=KDLANG08&searchId=22c767d4-a159-42a6-abb6-86d91a8e51f8
Apr 28 2008 8:00P QPAC - Concert Hall Brisbane, Queensland
Grey and Melbourne St., Brisbane, Queensland 4101
2 dates were added in sydney and melbourne
tickets are sold out of some shows and pls watch out for more aussie locations added, dates and any news from these locations to help with updates, etc. and for those of you who already have tickets i hope you enjoy the show.
as of november 19
AUSTRALIA langisms direct topic link for more info http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Friday, November 16, 2007
k.d. lang Australian Contest & 2008 Watershed Concert Info
k.d. lang Australian Contest & Concert Info
..> ..> k.d. lang
Presented by Dainty Consolidated Entertainment
Tickets on sale Fri 16 Nov, 9am
..> ..> MY TICKETEK SPECIAL OFFER
As a special offer to My Ticketek members, book your tickets to k.d. lang between Friday 16 November and Friday 23 November and go in the draw to win a prize pack consisting of the full back catalogue of k.d. albums and signed photos. View terms and conditions.
..>..>
The Watershed Tour
k.d. lang returns to Australia for a national tour which will see her perform concerts in April 2008.
k.d. lang was last in Australia in 2005 when she performed a record number of sold out shows throughout the country.
The 2008 tour will celebrate K.D. Lang's new album, "Watershed", which will be released in Australia by Warner Music on the 9th February, 2008. "Watershed" comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d, and recorded in California this year.
"Watershed" is the first album of newly written material from the four-time Grammy winner since 2000's "Invincible Summer", and her first studio album since 2004's acclaimed Canadian songbook, "Hymns Of The 49th Parallel". It is also the first self-produced collection of her celebrated 25-year career.
A winner of multiple Grammy Awards, lang's live concerts have been critically acclaimed throughout her illustrious career.
TOUR DATES*:
Saturday 12 April 2008 - Tempus Two Winery, Hunter Valley
Monday 14 April 2008 - Royal Theatre, Canberra
Saturday 26 April 2008 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
*Ticketek is selling for the above venues only.
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=KDLANG08&searchId=22c767d4-a159-42a6-abb6-86d91a8e51f8
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aussie concerts listed so far;
..> Sat 04/12/08 Pokolbin, AUS Tempus Two Winery
Mon 04/14/08 Canberra, AUS Royal Theatre
Wed 04/16/08 Sydney, AUS State Theatre
Sat 04/19/08 Perth, AUS Kings Park & Botanic Garden
Sun 04/20/08 Perth, AUS Kings Park & Botanic Garden
Tue 04/22/08 Melbourne, AUS Hamer Hall
Wed 04/23/08 Melbourne, AUS Hamer Hall
Thu 04/24/08 Melbourne, AUS Hamer Hall
Sat 04/26/08 Hindmarsh, AUS Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Mon 04/28/08 South Bank, AUS Queensland Performing Arts Centre
..>
complete detail on our homepage MSN Langisms
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
good luck with the tickets and contest and enjoy the show.
tickets on sale NOW!
..> ..> k.d. lang
Presented by Dainty Consolidated Entertainment
Tickets on sale Fri 16 Nov, 9am
..> ..> MY TICKETEK SPECIAL OFFER
As a special offer to My Ticketek members, book your tickets to k.d. lang between Friday 16 November and Friday 23 November and go in the draw to win a prize pack consisting of the full back catalogue of k.d. albums and signed photos. View terms and conditions.
..>..>
The Watershed Tour
k.d. lang returns to Australia for a national tour which will see her perform concerts in April 2008.
k.d. lang was last in Australia in 2005 when she performed a record number of sold out shows throughout the country.
The 2008 tour will celebrate K.D. Lang's new album, "Watershed", which will be released in Australia by Warner Music on the 9th February, 2008. "Watershed" comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d, and recorded in California this year.
"Watershed" is the first album of newly written material from the four-time Grammy winner since 2000's "Invincible Summer", and her first studio album since 2004's acclaimed Canadian songbook, "Hymns Of The 49th Parallel". It is also the first self-produced collection of her celebrated 25-year career.
A winner of multiple Grammy Awards, lang's live concerts have been critically acclaimed throughout her illustrious career.
TOUR DATES*:
Saturday 12 April 2008 - Tempus Two Winery, Hunter Valley
Monday 14 April 2008 - Royal Theatre, Canberra
Saturday 26 April 2008 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
*Ticketek is selling for the above venues only.
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=KDLANG08&searchId=22c767d4-a159-42a6-abb6-86d91a8e51f8
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aussie concerts listed so far;
..> Sat 04/12/08 Pokolbin, AUS Tempus Two Winery
Mon 04/14/08 Canberra, AUS Royal Theatre
Wed 04/16/08 Sydney, AUS State Theatre
Sat 04/19/08 Perth, AUS Kings Park & Botanic Garden
Sun 04/20/08 Perth, AUS Kings Park & Botanic Garden
Tue 04/22/08 Melbourne, AUS Hamer Hall
Wed 04/23/08 Melbourne, AUS Hamer Hall
Thu 04/24/08 Melbourne, AUS Hamer Hall
Sat 04/26/08 Hindmarsh, AUS Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Mon 04/28/08 South Bank, AUS Queensland Performing Arts Centre
..>
complete detail on our homepage MSN Langisms
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
good luck with the tickets and contest and enjoy the show.
tickets on sale NOW!
k.d. lang on the Woman's Hour BBC Radio Interview Online Listen link and music info
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/listenagain/2007_46_fri.shtml
k.d. lang 16 Nov 2007
Listen to this item
The Canadian singer on her life and her new single.
In the course of her career, singer k.d. lang has won four Grammy awards. She became best-known in Britain when her song ‘Constant Craving’ hit the charts in early 1993. As she prepares to release a new single and album, k.d., whose voice has been described as ‘the most heavenly voice on earth’, talks to Jane about her early country songs and the development of her music over the last 25 years.
The album 'Watershed' is released on Jan 28 2008
The single 'I dream of Spring' is released by Nonsuch Records 19 Nov 2007
source: msn langisms
k.d. lang 16 Nov 2007
Listen to this item
The Canadian singer on her life and her new single.
In the course of her career, singer k.d. lang has won four Grammy awards. She became best-known in Britain when her song ‘Constant Craving’ hit the charts in early 1993. As she prepares to release a new single and album, k.d., whose voice has been described as ‘the most heavenly voice on earth’, talks to Jane about her early country songs and the development of her music over the last 25 years.
The album 'Watershed' is released on Jan 28 2008
The single 'I dream of Spring' is released by Nonsuch Records 19 Nov 2007
source: msn langisms
Thursday, November 15, 2007
rock and art with k.d. lang, steely dan, squeeze and many more at boston auction/benefit nov. 15, 2008
Loud music, silent auction
November 15, 2007
OK, so you couldn't get tickets to see Stevie Wonder, k.d. lang, Morrissey, Keane, and other folks who played the Bank of America Pavilion this season. But, you can bid on large paintings (30- by-30 inches) of these and other headliners that were created for the Bank of America program Rock & Art. Tonight's Rock & Art Auction features oils, acrylics, and mixed media pieces by more than 30 artists, and proceeds from the 7 p.m. event will benefit the local organizations Action for Boston Community Development and Artists for Humanity. Some of the paintings are from the 2006 season. Admission: $10 (includes munchies). The Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-228-6000. www.rockandart.org
Rock & Art is a Bank of America Pavilion program that pairs visual artists with national touring musicians. Now in its second season, a large-scale painting (30” x 30”) was created for headlining artists that played the Pavilion’s 2007 concert season. Many paintings have been signed by the performers. This fall, Live Nation will host a charity auction at the Opera House on November 15th at which all paintings will be offered for sale with proceeds benefiting local non-profit organizations: Action for Boston Community Development and Artists For Humanity.
Auction tickets are currently on-sale at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 617.228.6000. General admission tickets are $10.00.
For more information on Rock & Art contact RockAndArt@livenation.com.
About Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
Action for Boston Community Development was founded in 1962 with a mission to combat poverty by promoting self-help for low-income people and neighborhoods. Today ABCD provides a better quality of life for over 100,000 Greater Boston residents annually through innovative and effective programs. www.bostonabcd.
November 15, 2007
OK, so you couldn't get tickets to see Stevie Wonder, k.d. lang, Morrissey, Keane, and other folks who played the Bank of America Pavilion this season. But, you can bid on large paintings (30- by-30 inches) of these and other headliners that were created for the Bank of America program Rock & Art. Tonight's Rock & Art Auction features oils, acrylics, and mixed media pieces by more than 30 artists, and proceeds from the 7 p.m. event will benefit the local organizations Action for Boston Community Development and Artists for Humanity. Some of the paintings are from the 2006 season. Admission: $10 (includes munchies). The Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-228-6000. www.rockandart.org
Rock & Art is a Bank of America Pavilion program that pairs visual artists with national touring musicians. Now in its second season, a large-scale painting (30” x 30”) was created for headlining artists that played the Pavilion’s 2007 concert season. Many paintings have been signed by the performers. This fall, Live Nation will host a charity auction at the Opera House on November 15th at which all paintings will be offered for sale with proceeds benefiting local non-profit organizations: Action for Boston Community Development and Artists For Humanity.
Auction tickets are currently on-sale at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 617.228.6000. General admission tickets are $10.00.
For more information on Rock & Art contact RockAndArt@livenation.com.
About Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
Action for Boston Community Development was founded in 1962 with a mission to combat poverty by promoting self-help for low-income people and neighborhoods. Today ABCD provides a better quality of life for over 100,000 Greater Boston residents annually through innovative and effective programs. www.bostonabcd.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
k.d. lang 2008 australian concert tour and ticket info
there is a complete set of concert info and tickets sights for each tour listed at this time for kd lang's tour in australia.
for complete info and other kd news, etc pls visit msn langisms directly which is an official langisms homepage of k.d. lang and arts.
http://groups.msn.com/langisms/general.msnw
Saturday, 4.12.08
Hunter Valley: Tempus Two Winery
Broke and McDonald Rd.
Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW 2320
Monday, 4.14.08
Canberra: Royal Theatre
31 Constitution Avenue
Civic
Canberra, ACT 2601
Wednesday, 4.16.08
Sydney: State Theatre
49 Market St.
Sydney, NSW 2000
Saturday, 4.19.08
Perth: Pioneer Women’s Memorial
Kings Park and Botanic Garden
WA 6001
Tuesday, 4.22.08
Melbourne: Hamer Hall
100 St. Kilda Rd.
Melbourne VIC 3004
Saturday, 4.26.08
Adelaide: Entertainment Centre
Port Rd. and Adam St.
Hindmarsh
South Australia 5007
Monday, 4.28.08
Brisbane: Concert Hall, QPAC
Grey and Melbourne St.
South Bank Queensland 4101
for complete info and other kd news, etc pls visit msn langisms directly which is an official langisms homepage of k.d. lang and arts.
http://groups.msn.com/langisms/general.msnw
Saturday, 4.12.08
Hunter Valley: Tempus Two Winery
Broke and McDonald Rd.
Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW 2320
Monday, 4.14.08
Canberra: Royal Theatre
31 Constitution Avenue
Civic
Canberra, ACT 2601
Wednesday, 4.16.08
Sydney: State Theatre
49 Market St.
Sydney, NSW 2000
Saturday, 4.19.08
Perth: Pioneer Women’s Memorial
Kings Park and Botanic Garden
WA 6001
Tuesday, 4.22.08
Melbourne: Hamer Hall
100 St. Kilda Rd.
Melbourne VIC 3004
Saturday, 4.26.08
Adelaide: Entertainment Centre
Port Rd. and Adam St.
Hindmarsh
South Australia 5007
Monday, 4.28.08
Brisbane: Concert Hall, QPAC
Grey and Melbourne St.
South Bank Queensland 4101
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
I Dream of Spring iTunes, CD and ITV Parkinson TV Show
I Dream of Spring UK and Ireland iTunes and ITV1 Parkinson TV Show
Parkinson: this week
Saturday 17th November, ITV1, 10.45pm
The veteran broadcaster continues the final series of his chat show.
Ewan McGregor discusses his latest role on stage as Iago in Shakespeare's Othello, Kenneth Branagh shares his thoughts on directing his new film Sleuth and comedian Paul Merton talks about his new book Silent Comedy.
Chart-topping singer-songwriter kd lang is also in the studio performing live with a track from her new album Watershed.
-----Starting today, "I Dream Of Spring," k.d.'s first single from "Watershed," will be available exclusively on iTunes in the UK and Ireland .
Next Monday, November 19, Nonesuch Records will release "I Dream Of Spring," on CD in the UK. It features three previously unreleased live tracks recorded on k.d.'s tour of North America this summer, including "Wash Me Clean" (from her 1992 album Ingénue) and her acclaimed version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (which she first recorded for her last album, Hymns Of The 49th Parallel).
The release coincides with an exclusive performance of "I Dream Of Spring" on the last series of ITV's Parkinson, which airs at 10:30 PM on November 17.
it looks like kd lang is in the uk and hope she has alot more tv and radio and news articles coming very soon to look for.
for complete more info: MSN Langisms
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Parkinson: this week
Saturday 17th November, ITV1, 10.45pm
The veteran broadcaster continues the final series of his chat show.
Ewan McGregor discusses his latest role on stage as Iago in Shakespeare's Othello, Kenneth Branagh shares his thoughts on directing his new film Sleuth and comedian Paul Merton talks about his new book Silent Comedy.
Chart-topping singer-songwriter kd lang is also in the studio performing live with a track from her new album Watershed.
-----Starting today, "I Dream Of Spring," k.d.'s first single from "Watershed," will be available exclusively on iTunes in the UK and Ireland .
Next Monday, November 19, Nonesuch Records will release "I Dream Of Spring," on CD in the UK. It features three previously unreleased live tracks recorded on k.d.'s tour of North America this summer, including "Wash Me Clean" (from her 1992 album Ingénue) and her acclaimed version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (which she first recorded for her last album, Hymns Of The 49th Parallel).
The release coincides with an exclusive performance of "I Dream Of Spring" on the last series of ITV's Parkinson, which airs at 10:30 PM on November 17.
it looks like kd lang is in the uk and hope she has alot more tv and radio and news articles coming very soon to look for.
for complete more info: MSN Langisms
http://groups.msn.com/langisms Join Us
anne murray duets: friends & legends on sale today and video
Anne Murray Duets Album info and video,buy website for Sale today!
Songbirds of a feather
Sun, November 11, 2007
Far from retiring, Canadian icon Anne Murray gets a little help from her female friends in 'Duets'
By JANE STEVENSON
THORNHILL -- Anne Murray's "retirement" sure was short-lived.
The 62-year-old iconic Canadian singer made the mistake of saying her last studio record, 2004's aptly named I'll Be Seeing You, would be her last CD.
Famous last words, as they say.
Now the Spring Hill, N.S., native has got a brand new studio collection, Duets: Friends & Legends, in stores Tuesday, and it's a doozy.
Murray has re-recorded her best-known songs as duets with an all-female group of collaborators including Canadians Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, k.d. Lang, Jann Arden, Isabelle Boulay, and her own daughter Dawn Langstroth.
"With the I'll Be Seeing You album, I really believed that that was my last album," Murray told Sun Media, in the second floor office of her spacious Toronto-area home where she's lived since 1979.
"I should have learned a long time ago not to say any of this. I read some of my early clippings and I go, 'Oh, Anne, you idiot.' And here I am doing the same thing."
Gently twisting Murray's arm to re-enter the studio was her label EMI, who staged what she jokingly called "an intervention" at their Toronto offices where they proposed the duets concept.
Within 24 hours, they had come up with a list of songs, collaborators and producers and it was Murray who suggested the all-female idea to help whittle down the artists involved.
From start to finish, the whole project took only eight months.
"I would hate to have missed this experience, I really would have," said Murray, dressed in a sharp-looking denim suit. "And I had to be talked into it, but if somebody presents a good case, I'm all for it -- if it can be done."
Murray eventually invited select media and music industry types for a recent Duets listening session -- plus drinks and lunch -- in the comfort of her home's sunken living room where the family's 9-year-old white West Highland terrier Mikey wandered in and out.
There was a pool table nearby and an actual indoor pool off another room plus an impressively large yard where you might expect the avid golfer, recently named the No.1 female celebrity duffer by Golf For Women magazine, to practise her short game.
Driving up to the two-level brown brick house, protected from the street by a high hedge, the only indication something was going on was the number of cars parked outside.
"I like it," said Murray of having media over. "I'm more at ease. When they set up in hotel rooms and things, it doesn't feel the same. I have this lovely house, I see no reason that people shouldn't enjoy it."
Duets producer Phil Ramone, at Murray's side during the listening session, told Sun Media that about 90% of the artists went to the studio in either Toronto, L.A., New York or Nashville, to record face-to-face with Murray.
And most were initially nervous.
"The artists came to these dates more prepared than I've ever seen and in many ways in awe of Anne," said Ramone. "She's a fussy, fussy performer about her voice production and I think people like Karen Carpenter and other people who have this wonderful warm sound learned from her. But I think Anne Murray's just got the highest rating amongst other singers, particularly women singers who look for that enrichment."
Murray said a nervous Lang even told her: "I was such a big part of her life, musically. I was actually her first crush, that's what she told me when we were recording. Thanks, that's great!"
Others, like Twain, did her part of the duet on You Needed Me, from New Zealand.
"Shania Twain was the easiest person to get to," said Murray. "Trying to put something like this together is a logistical nightmare. I got her e-mail address, (Murray's manager) Bruce Allen, I guess, got it through (Twain's husband) Mutt Lange. I e-mailed her one day and said, 'Would you be interested in being on this CD?' And she wrote back and said, 'Would I?' And that was it. I sent her all the songs and I asked her what she wanted to sing and she chose, of course, probably the best song."
Ramone said his goal was to create an intimacy between the two voices on each duet with Murray always dominant.
Helping each artist in the studio were demos of the vocal arrangements made by Murray and Langstroth.
"She's a major, major artist and stays true to her form," said Ramone. "I felt like we could treat the orchestra in a whole other way, not blasting at you. It's the intimacy between the two voices and how they blend and how she sees it, is the key. Because you can't dominate with her, you shouldn't and you can't. For that person who wants to sing with her, they absolutely are so aware of who they're singing with."
Murray was also particularly thrilled that her daughter and son Will also sang background vocals with her on You Won't See Me, a duet with Shelby Lynne, marking the first time all three family members have been in the studio together.
"It was incredible how fast it went because we sing alike," she said. "And we knew exactly what the other one was doing and it was amazing to me. But they're both very good and it was just a matter of, 'Oh, yeah, that's right, this is how it can be, when everybody is thinking along the same lines.' " Perhaps the most surprising collaboration is popera star Sarah Brightman, who ended up doing Murray's signature tune, Snowbird, with her.
"She came in and she was pretty nervous too because this is not her kind of music," said Murray.
"And she worked so hard on this and we had a real good day but I worked her. But she came there wanting to work, believe me, she wanted to make it right. She wanted to do Snowbird. It is scary but it is a vocal exercise, that song (she breaks into the song's opening), that's a vocal exercise, perfect for somebody who can sing like that."
Murray is now gearing up for a U.S. tour in February and March and a Canadian tour (2008 marks the 40th anniversary of her first record) in April and May.
"I'll do a Canadian tour, probably my last Canadian tour," she said before adding: "But that's okay."
There's also talk of a spring CBC-TV special featuring Murray singing with some of the artists on the new disc given all of the recordings were filmed in high-definition.
"We have the footage so I would think there's going to be something," she said.
..> Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends is a collection of Anne's most classic songs re-recorded as duets with some of the finest women of song including: Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Nelly Furtado, Isabelle Boulay, k.d. lang, Celtic Woman, Carole King, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, Jann Arden, Shelby Lynne, Sarah Brightman, Celine Dion, Amy Grant, Indigo Girls, Dusty Springfield and Anne's daughter, Dawn Langstroth.
For more information, visit: www.annemurray.com
video behind the scene with k.d. lang and others and order today. i think it's a great album and pre-ordered it in the many buy links... enjoy!
source: msn langims a k.d. lang/arts group http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Songbirds of a feather
Sun, November 11, 2007
Far from retiring, Canadian icon Anne Murray gets a little help from her female friends in 'Duets'
By JANE STEVENSON
THORNHILL -- Anne Murray's "retirement" sure was short-lived.
The 62-year-old iconic Canadian singer made the mistake of saying her last studio record, 2004's aptly named I'll Be Seeing You, would be her last CD.
Famous last words, as they say.
Now the Spring Hill, N.S., native has got a brand new studio collection, Duets: Friends & Legends, in stores Tuesday, and it's a doozy.
Murray has re-recorded her best-known songs as duets with an all-female group of collaborators including Canadians Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, k.d. Lang, Jann Arden, Isabelle Boulay, and her own daughter Dawn Langstroth.
"With the I'll Be Seeing You album, I really believed that that was my last album," Murray told Sun Media, in the second floor office of her spacious Toronto-area home where she's lived since 1979.
"I should have learned a long time ago not to say any of this. I read some of my early clippings and I go, 'Oh, Anne, you idiot.' And here I am doing the same thing."
Gently twisting Murray's arm to re-enter the studio was her label EMI, who staged what she jokingly called "an intervention" at their Toronto offices where they proposed the duets concept.
Within 24 hours, they had come up with a list of songs, collaborators and producers and it was Murray who suggested the all-female idea to help whittle down the artists involved.
From start to finish, the whole project took only eight months.
"I would hate to have missed this experience, I really would have," said Murray, dressed in a sharp-looking denim suit. "And I had to be talked into it, but if somebody presents a good case, I'm all for it -- if it can be done."
Murray eventually invited select media and music industry types for a recent Duets listening session -- plus drinks and lunch -- in the comfort of her home's sunken living room where the family's 9-year-old white West Highland terrier Mikey wandered in and out.
There was a pool table nearby and an actual indoor pool off another room plus an impressively large yard where you might expect the avid golfer, recently named the No.1 female celebrity duffer by Golf For Women magazine, to practise her short game.
Driving up to the two-level brown brick house, protected from the street by a high hedge, the only indication something was going on was the number of cars parked outside.
"I like it," said Murray of having media over. "I'm more at ease. When they set up in hotel rooms and things, it doesn't feel the same. I have this lovely house, I see no reason that people shouldn't enjoy it."
Duets producer Phil Ramone, at Murray's side during the listening session, told Sun Media that about 90% of the artists went to the studio in either Toronto, L.A., New York or Nashville, to record face-to-face with Murray.
And most were initially nervous.
"The artists came to these dates more prepared than I've ever seen and in many ways in awe of Anne," said Ramone. "She's a fussy, fussy performer about her voice production and I think people like Karen Carpenter and other people who have this wonderful warm sound learned from her. But I think Anne Murray's just got the highest rating amongst other singers, particularly women singers who look for that enrichment."
Murray said a nervous Lang even told her: "I was such a big part of her life, musically. I was actually her first crush, that's what she told me when we were recording. Thanks, that's great!"
Others, like Twain, did her part of the duet on You Needed Me, from New Zealand.
"Shania Twain was the easiest person to get to," said Murray. "Trying to put something like this together is a logistical nightmare. I got her e-mail address, (Murray's manager) Bruce Allen, I guess, got it through (Twain's husband) Mutt Lange. I e-mailed her one day and said, 'Would you be interested in being on this CD?' And she wrote back and said, 'Would I?' And that was it. I sent her all the songs and I asked her what she wanted to sing and she chose, of course, probably the best song."
Ramone said his goal was to create an intimacy between the two voices on each duet with Murray always dominant.
Helping each artist in the studio were demos of the vocal arrangements made by Murray and Langstroth.
"She's a major, major artist and stays true to her form," said Ramone. "I felt like we could treat the orchestra in a whole other way, not blasting at you. It's the intimacy between the two voices and how they blend and how she sees it, is the key. Because you can't dominate with her, you shouldn't and you can't. For that person who wants to sing with her, they absolutely are so aware of who they're singing with."
Murray was also particularly thrilled that her daughter and son Will also sang background vocals with her on You Won't See Me, a duet with Shelby Lynne, marking the first time all three family members have been in the studio together.
"It was incredible how fast it went because we sing alike," she said. "And we knew exactly what the other one was doing and it was amazing to me. But they're both very good and it was just a matter of, 'Oh, yeah, that's right, this is how it can be, when everybody is thinking along the same lines.' " Perhaps the most surprising collaboration is popera star Sarah Brightman, who ended up doing Murray's signature tune, Snowbird, with her.
"She came in and she was pretty nervous too because this is not her kind of music," said Murray.
"And she worked so hard on this and we had a real good day but I worked her. But she came there wanting to work, believe me, she wanted to make it right. She wanted to do Snowbird. It is scary but it is a vocal exercise, that song (she breaks into the song's opening), that's a vocal exercise, perfect for somebody who can sing like that."
Murray is now gearing up for a U.S. tour in February and March and a Canadian tour (2008 marks the 40th anniversary of her first record) in April and May.
"I'll do a Canadian tour, probably my last Canadian tour," she said before adding: "But that's okay."
There's also talk of a spring CBC-TV special featuring Murray singing with some of the artists on the new disc given all of the recordings were filmed in high-definition.
"We have the footage so I would think there's going to be something," she said.
..> Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends is a collection of Anne's most classic songs re-recorded as duets with some of the finest women of song including: Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Nelly Furtado, Isabelle Boulay, k.d. lang, Celtic Woman, Carole King, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, Jann Arden, Shelby Lynne, Sarah Brightman, Celine Dion, Amy Grant, Indigo Girls, Dusty Springfield and Anne's daughter, Dawn Langstroth.
For more information, visit: www.annemurray.com
video behind the scene with k.d. lang and others and order today. i think it's a great album and pre-ordered it in the many buy links... enjoy!
source: msn langims a k.d. lang/arts group http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Saturday, November 10, 2007
k.d. lang I Dream of Spring ITV and Watershed in UK News
K.D Lang 'I Dream Of Spring'8th November 2007 13:49:13
Currently rated 5.00/5 Stars.
November 19, Nonesuch Records releases ‘I Dream Of Spring’, the first single from k.d. lang’s anticipated forthcoming album Watershed.
It features three previously unreleased live tracks recorded on k.d.’s tour of North America this summer, including ‘Wash Me Clean’ (from her 1992 album Ingénue) and her acclaimed version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ (which she first recorded for her last album, Hymns Of The 49th Parallel).
The release coincides with an exclusive performance of ‘I Dream Of Spring’ on the last series of ITV’s Parkinson on November 17.
The single will be available in the UK on iTunes only for the first week from November 12.
k.d.'s new album, Watershed, will be released on January 28 and comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year.
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Currently rated 5.00/5 Stars.
November 19, Nonesuch Records releases ‘I Dream Of Spring’, the first single from k.d. lang’s anticipated forthcoming album Watershed.
It features three previously unreleased live tracks recorded on k.d.’s tour of North America this summer, including ‘Wash Me Clean’ (from her 1992 album Ingénue) and her acclaimed version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ (which she first recorded for her last album, Hymns Of The 49th Parallel).
The release coincides with an exclusive performance of ‘I Dream Of Spring’ on the last series of ITV’s Parkinson on November 17.
The single will be available in the UK on iTunes only for the first week from November 12.
k.d.'s new album, Watershed, will be released on January 28 and comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year.
source and detailed info. msn langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends usa release
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends,' To Be released On January 15, 2008 (usa) i'm still not sure if this is the worldwide date?
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Manhattan Records/EMI America Records) - Music icon Anne Murray has sold more than 50 million albums in a distinguished career that spans four decades. On January 15th, Manhattan/EMI America Records will release Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, an exceptional 17-track collection of her top hits and favorites, newly recorded as duets with some of the world's top female recording artists.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends showcases a wide variety of Anne's favorite female vocalists.
Among the album's tracks and collaborating artists are "Snowbird" with Sarah Brightman, "You Needed Me" with Shania Twain, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" with Anne's daughter Dawn Langstroth, "Danny's Song" with Martina McBride, "Another Pot O' Tea" with Emmylou Harris, "A Little Good News" with Indigo Girls, "Cotton Jenny" with Olivia Newton-John, "Could I Have This Dance" with Amy Grant, "Daydream Believer" with Nelly Furtado, "A Love Song" with k.d. lang, "Time Don't Run Out On Me" with the song's writer, Carole King, and more.
In 1979, Anne and Dusty Springfield each recorded the song "I Just Fall In Love Again." Anne's version became a hit single that garnered her Canada's Juno Award for "Single of the Year" in 1980. Anne and Dusty remained friends until Dusty's passing in 1999, and for Anne, releasing an album with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't seem complete without Dusty's inclusion. With the blessing of the Springfield family and estate, a new version pairing Dusty's original with Anne's newly recorded vocals is featured on the album.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends was produced by one of the most respected music producers in the world, Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel), who counts 14 Grammy Awards and 32 Grammy nominations among his many honors. Together, Anne and Phil decided they would treat the songs on their own terms and not adhere rigidly to the arrangements of Anne's classic versions. While Anne had designs on how she imagined the arrangements, she gave Phil free rein to rework the songs.
"We approached the sessions as if we were just handed these songs and told to make this record," explains Ramone. "While arrangements were changed, there are also licks on some songs that I didn't mess with. We stayed true to the song."
Working with Anne for the first time, Ramone adds, was an easy task. "What I love about Anne is there are no words minced about whatever she feels," he says. "This is not a person you have to think, 'Will she tell me the truth?' When we met for a few hours in Michigan before we started, we agreed we wanted to bring some daring ideas and some freshness to this album."
"I said to Phil," joked Anne, "The only reason I asked you was that I'm the only singer left that you haven't worked with!"
"I've done duets throughout my career," Anne says. "I did duets when I started out on (CBC Television's) 'Singalong Jubilee.' I did a duets album in 1971 with Glen Campbell. Growing up I did lot of group singing at school and sang with my brothers. I've always loved singing harmony."
Since releasing her debut album in 1967, Anne Murray has been honored with a spectacular number of awards. She is the proud recipient of four Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, three Country Music Association Awards, three Canadian Country Music Association Awards and twenty-four Juno Awards. Anne has also been honored with the Legacy Award from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2006), the East Coast Music Association Directors' Special Achievement Award (2001), induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2002), and induction into the Juno Hall of Fame (1993).
Anne Murray will tour to several U.S. cities in February and March 2008 (confirmed tour dates listed below). For updates and additional information, visit Anne Murray's official Website: http://www.annemurray.com
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends (CD and Digital Album):
1. Danny's Song - Martina McBride
2. I Just Fall in Love Again - Dusty Springfield
3. Another Pot O' Tea - Emmylou Harris
4. Daydream Believer - Nelly Furtado
5. Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye - Jann Arden
6. Song For The Mira - Celtic Woman
7. Time Don't Run Out on Me - Carole King
8. Cotton Jenny - Olivia Newton-John
9. A Love Song - k.d. lang
10. You Needed Me - Shania Twain
11. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do - Dawn Langstroth
12. You Won't See Me - Shelby Lynne
13. Could I Have This Dance - Amy Grant
14. A Little Good News - Indigo Girls
15. Snowbird - Sarah Brightman
16. When I Fall in Love (live) - Celine Dion
17. Si Jamais Je Te Revois (If I Ever See You Again) - Isabelle Boulay
Anne Murray: Confirmed U.S. Tour Dates (2008):
FEBRUARY
09 Providence, RI - Providence Performing Arts Center
10 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
12 Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre
13 Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre
14 Shippensburg, PA - H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at Shippensburg University
16 New York, NY - Avery Fisher Hall
17 Morristown, NJ - Community Theatre at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
18 Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
20 Greenville, SC - Peace Concert Hall - The Peace Center
22 Sarasota, FL - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
23 Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
24 Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
26 Melbourne, FL - Maxwell C. King Center for Performing Arts
27 West Palm Beach, FL - Kravis Center
28 Coral Springs, FL - Coral Springs Center for the Arts
MARCH
03 Lakeland, FL - The Lakeland Center - Youkey Theatre
04 Lakeland, FL - The Lakeland Center - Youkey Theatre
06 Fort Myers, FL - Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
08 Silver Springs, FL - Silver Springs Park - Twin Mansion Theatre
09 Jacksonville, FL - Times Union Center - Moran Theatre
11 Columbus, GA - River Center for the Performing Arts
12 Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre
13 Charleston, SC - North Charleston Performing Arts Center
15 Myrtle Beach, SC - Alabama Theatre
16 Charlotte, NC - Belk Theatre
18 Bethesda, MD - The Music Center at Strathmore
19 Easton, PA - State Theatre
20 Lowell, MA - Memorial Auditorium
full updated info pls visit msn langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Manhattan Records/EMI America Records) - Music icon Anne Murray has sold more than 50 million albums in a distinguished career that spans four decades. On January 15th, Manhattan/EMI America Records will release Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, an exceptional 17-track collection of her top hits and favorites, newly recorded as duets with some of the world's top female recording artists.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends showcases a wide variety of Anne's favorite female vocalists.
Among the album's tracks and collaborating artists are "Snowbird" with Sarah Brightman, "You Needed Me" with Shania Twain, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" with Anne's daughter Dawn Langstroth, "Danny's Song" with Martina McBride, "Another Pot O' Tea" with Emmylou Harris, "A Little Good News" with Indigo Girls, "Cotton Jenny" with Olivia Newton-John, "Could I Have This Dance" with Amy Grant, "Daydream Believer" with Nelly Furtado, "A Love Song" with k.d. lang, "Time Don't Run Out On Me" with the song's writer, Carole King, and more.
In 1979, Anne and Dusty Springfield each recorded the song "I Just Fall In Love Again." Anne's version became a hit single that garnered her Canada's Juno Award for "Single of the Year" in 1980. Anne and Dusty remained friends until Dusty's passing in 1999, and for Anne, releasing an album with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't seem complete without Dusty's inclusion. With the blessing of the Springfield family and estate, a new version pairing Dusty's original with Anne's newly recorded vocals is featured on the album.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends was produced by one of the most respected music producers in the world, Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel), who counts 14 Grammy Awards and 32 Grammy nominations among his many honors. Together, Anne and Phil decided they would treat the songs on their own terms and not adhere rigidly to the arrangements of Anne's classic versions. While Anne had designs on how she imagined the arrangements, she gave Phil free rein to rework the songs.
"We approached the sessions as if we were just handed these songs and told to make this record," explains Ramone. "While arrangements were changed, there are also licks on some songs that I didn't mess with. We stayed true to the song."
Working with Anne for the first time, Ramone adds, was an easy task. "What I love about Anne is there are no words minced about whatever she feels," he says. "This is not a person you have to think, 'Will she tell me the truth?' When we met for a few hours in Michigan before we started, we agreed we wanted to bring some daring ideas and some freshness to this album."
"I said to Phil," joked Anne, "The only reason I asked you was that I'm the only singer left that you haven't worked with!"
"I've done duets throughout my career," Anne says. "I did duets when I started out on (CBC Television's) 'Singalong Jubilee.' I did a duets album in 1971 with Glen Campbell. Growing up I did lot of group singing at school and sang with my brothers. I've always loved singing harmony."
Since releasing her debut album in 1967, Anne Murray has been honored with a spectacular number of awards. She is the proud recipient of four Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, three Country Music Association Awards, three Canadian Country Music Association Awards and twenty-four Juno Awards. Anne has also been honored with the Legacy Award from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2006), the East Coast Music Association Directors' Special Achievement Award (2001), induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2002), and induction into the Juno Hall of Fame (1993).
Anne Murray will tour to several U.S. cities in February and March 2008 (confirmed tour dates listed below). For updates and additional information, visit Anne Murray's official Website: http://www.annemurray.com
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends (CD and Digital Album):
1. Danny's Song - Martina McBride
2. I Just Fall in Love Again - Dusty Springfield
3. Another Pot O' Tea - Emmylou Harris
4. Daydream Believer - Nelly Furtado
5. Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye - Jann Arden
6. Song For The Mira - Celtic Woman
7. Time Don't Run Out on Me - Carole King
8. Cotton Jenny - Olivia Newton-John
9. A Love Song - k.d. lang
10. You Needed Me - Shania Twain
11. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do - Dawn Langstroth
12. You Won't See Me - Shelby Lynne
13. Could I Have This Dance - Amy Grant
14. A Little Good News - Indigo Girls
15. Snowbird - Sarah Brightman
16. When I Fall in Love (live) - Celine Dion
17. Si Jamais Je Te Revois (If I Ever See You Again) - Isabelle Boulay
Anne Murray: Confirmed U.S. Tour Dates (2008):
FEBRUARY
09 Providence, RI - Providence Performing Arts Center
10 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
12 Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre
13 Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre
14 Shippensburg, PA - H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at Shippensburg University
16 New York, NY - Avery Fisher Hall
17 Morristown, NJ - Community Theatre at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
18 Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
20 Greenville, SC - Peace Concert Hall - The Peace Center
22 Sarasota, FL - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
23 Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
24 Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
26 Melbourne, FL - Maxwell C. King Center for Performing Arts
27 West Palm Beach, FL - Kravis Center
28 Coral Springs, FL - Coral Springs Center for the Arts
MARCH
03 Lakeland, FL - The Lakeland Center - Youkey Theatre
04 Lakeland, FL - The Lakeland Center - Youkey Theatre
06 Fort Myers, FL - Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
08 Silver Springs, FL - Silver Springs Park - Twin Mansion Theatre
09 Jacksonville, FL - Times Union Center - Moran Theatre
11 Columbus, GA - River Center for the Performing Arts
12 Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre
13 Charleston, SC - North Charleston Performing Arts Center
15 Myrtle Beach, SC - Alabama Theatre
16 Charlotte, NC - Belk Theatre
18 Bethesda, MD - The Music Center at Strathmore
19 Easton, PA - State Theatre
20 Lowell, MA - Memorial Auditorium
full updated info pls visit msn langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
anne murray duets, friends and legends new compilation cd
Anne Murray set to release special duets album
Canadian icon Anne Murray will release a collection of duets with female singers in November.
Canadian icon Anne Murray, who has sold over 50 million albums and achieved worldwide success throughout her distinguished career, is set to release a collection of her most classic songs re-recorded as duets with some of the finest women of song. The aptly named Anne Murray - Duets, Friends & Legends, is scheduled for a Canadian release on November 13 followed by a U.S. (Manhattan) release in January.
The album offers a wide variety of Anne's favourite female voices including: Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Nelly Furtado, Isabelle Boulay, kd Lang, Celtic Woman, Carole King, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, Jann Arden, Shelby Lynn as well as her daughter, Dawn Langstroth. More artists to be unveiled soon.
Anne Murray Duets: Legends & Friends is being produced by one of the most respected and prolific music producers in the world, Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel), who has 32 Grammy nominations and 14 Grammy Awards to his name. Songs on the album include such favourites as: "You Needed Me," "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," "Danny's Song" and "Cotton Jenny."
In 1979, both Anne and Dusty Springfield recorded the song "I Just Fall In Love Again," with Anne's version becoming a hit single that garnered her the JUNO AWARD for "Single of the Year" in 1980. With the blessing of the Springfield family and estate, a version of this song combining Dusty's original recording will also be featured on this package. Releasing an album with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't seem complete for Anne without Dusty's inclusion. They were friends until her passing in 1999.
Exclusive interview
STAY TUNED… for 50Plus.com's exclusive interview with Anne Murray
source: msn langisms
Canadian icon Anne Murray will release a collection of duets with female singers in November.
Canadian icon Anne Murray, who has sold over 50 million albums and achieved worldwide success throughout her distinguished career, is set to release a collection of her most classic songs re-recorded as duets with some of the finest women of song. The aptly named Anne Murray - Duets, Friends & Legends, is scheduled for a Canadian release on November 13 followed by a U.S. (Manhattan) release in January.
The album offers a wide variety of Anne's favourite female voices including: Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Nelly Furtado, Isabelle Boulay, kd Lang, Celtic Woman, Carole King, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, Jann Arden, Shelby Lynn as well as her daughter, Dawn Langstroth. More artists to be unveiled soon.
Anne Murray Duets: Legends & Friends is being produced by one of the most respected and prolific music producers in the world, Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel), who has 32 Grammy nominations and 14 Grammy Awards to his name. Songs on the album include such favourites as: "You Needed Me," "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," "Danny's Song" and "Cotton Jenny."
In 1979, both Anne and Dusty Springfield recorded the song "I Just Fall In Love Again," with Anne's version becoming a hit single that garnered her the JUNO AWARD for "Single of the Year" in 1980. With the blessing of the Springfield family and estate, a version of this song combining Dusty's original recording will also be featured on this package. Releasing an album with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't seem complete for Anne without Dusty's inclusion. They were friends until her passing in 1999.
Exclusive interview
STAY TUNED… for 50Plus.com's exclusive interview with Anne Murray
source: msn langisms
k.d. lang 2008 updated concert tour as of november 9, 2007
Jan 26 2008 8:00P
Caribbean Dreams, Olivia Cruises - SOLD OUT Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Jan 29 2008 7:30P
Celtic Connections @ Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 30 2008 8:00P
Hammersmith Apollo London
Feb 21 2008 8:00P
The Courthouse - SOLD OUT Toronto, Ontario
Feb 23 2008 7:30P
Opera House Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 24 2008 8:30P
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 26 2008 8:30P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room - SOLD OUT New York, New York
Feb 27 2008 8:30P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room - SOLD OUT New York, New York
Feb 28 2008 8:30P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room - SOLD OUT New York, New York
Mar 1 2008 9:00P
Kravis Center for the Arts West Palm Beach, Florida
Mar 2 2008 8:00P
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Au Rene Theatre Ft. Lauderdale
Mar 3 2008 8:00P
Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, Florida
Mar 5 2008 7:30P
Memorial Hall Chapel Hill
Mar 7 2008 7:30P
Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia
Mar 9 2008 8:00P
Clay Center Maier Foundation Performance Hall Charleston
Mar 11 2008 8:00P
Grand Opera House Wilmington, Delaware
Mar 12 2008 7:30P
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall Newark, New Jersey
Mar 13 2008 8:00P
Proctors Theatre Schenectady
Mar 15 2008 8:45P
Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo Buffalo, New York
Mar 16 2008 8:00P
Palace Theatre Waterbury, Connecticut
Mar 19 2008 8:00P
Moore Theatre Seattle, Washington
Mar 20 2008 8:00P
Moore Theatre Seattle, Washington
Mar 22 2008 8:00P
The Aladdin Portland, Oregon
Mar 23 2008 8:00P
The Aladdin Portland, Oregon
Mar 25 2008 8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, California
Mar 26 2008 8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, California
Apr 12 2008 8:00P
Tempus Two Winery Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Apr 14 2008 8:00P
Royal Theatre Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Apr 16 2008 8:00P
State Theatre Sydney, New South Wales
Apr 19 2008 8:00P
Pioneer Women’s Memorial Perth, Western Australia
Apr 22 2008 8:00P
Hamer Hall Melbourne, Victoria
Apr 26 2008 8:00P
Entertainment Centre Adelaide, South Australia
Apr 28 2008 8:00P
QPAC - Concert Hall Brisbane, Queensland
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Caribbean Dreams, Olivia Cruises - SOLD OUT Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Jan 29 2008 7:30P
Celtic Connections @ Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 30 2008 8:00P
Hammersmith Apollo London
Feb 21 2008 8:00P
The Courthouse - SOLD OUT Toronto, Ontario
Feb 23 2008 7:30P
Opera House Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 24 2008 8:30P
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 26 2008 8:30P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room - SOLD OUT New York, New York
Feb 27 2008 8:30P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room - SOLD OUT New York, New York
Feb 28 2008 8:30P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room - SOLD OUT New York, New York
Mar 1 2008 9:00P
Kravis Center for the Arts West Palm Beach, Florida
Mar 2 2008 8:00P
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Au Rene Theatre Ft. Lauderdale
Mar 3 2008 8:00P
Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, Florida
Mar 5 2008 7:30P
Memorial Hall Chapel Hill
Mar 7 2008 7:30P
Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia
Mar 9 2008 8:00P
Clay Center Maier Foundation Performance Hall Charleston
Mar 11 2008 8:00P
Grand Opera House Wilmington, Delaware
Mar 12 2008 7:30P
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall Newark, New Jersey
Mar 13 2008 8:00P
Proctors Theatre Schenectady
Mar 15 2008 8:45P
Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo Buffalo, New York
Mar 16 2008 8:00P
Palace Theatre Waterbury, Connecticut
Mar 19 2008 8:00P
Moore Theatre Seattle, Washington
Mar 20 2008 8:00P
Moore Theatre Seattle, Washington
Mar 22 2008 8:00P
The Aladdin Portland, Oregon
Mar 23 2008 8:00P
The Aladdin Portland, Oregon
Mar 25 2008 8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, California
Mar 26 2008 8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, California
Apr 12 2008 8:00P
Tempus Two Winery Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Apr 14 2008 8:00P
Royal Theatre Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Apr 16 2008 8:00P
State Theatre Sydney, New South Wales
Apr 19 2008 8:00P
Pioneer Women’s Memorial Perth, Western Australia
Apr 22 2008 8:00P
Hamer Hall Melbourne, Victoria
Apr 26 2008 8:00P
Entertainment Centre Adelaide, South Australia
Apr 28 2008 8:00P
QPAC - Concert Hall Brisbane, Queensland
for complete info pls visit and also join msn langisms group a k.d. lang arts forum
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Annie Lennox with k.d. lang "SING"
Annie Lennox with k.d. lang "SING"
SING" to be released for World AIDS Day...
Posted by MiCkEyMiAmI at 10/20/2007 02:01:00 AM
Annie Lennox has teamed up with 23 of the world’s most acclaimed female superstar voices for the charity record Sing, to raise money and awareness for the HIV/AIDS organisation, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).
The original track, already available to download through all online retailers, will be accompanied by special remixes available from Saturday 1st December - WORLD AIDS DAY.
This will be the first ever digital release on a Saturday in the UK. Annie Lennox 'Sing (Remixes)' will feature guest vocals from Madonna, Celine Dion, Pink, Shakira, KT Tunstall, Dido, Faith Hill, Fergie, Sugababes, Beth orton, Bonnie Raitt, Marths Wainwright, Joss Stone, melissa Etheridge, Angelique Kidjo, Beverly Knight, K.D. Lang, Shingau Shoniwa, Galdys Knight, Isobel Campbell, Sarah McLachlan together with The Generics.
'Sing' will feature hot remixes from Moto Blanco, Dean Coleman, Harry 'Choo Choo' Rimerez and Annie Lennox & Nitin Sawhney.
"We had a few technical hitches with the Myspace SING site , but they seem to have been sorted out now.
I just wanted to write something about the project.
Over the last twenty five years or so, I've been involved with a variety of organisations in all kinds of different ways ..from Shelter, to Amnesty International, to Free Tibet Campaign to Greenpeace, Oxfam, Medecins Sans Frontieres, The Prince's Trust..etc..etc.. It's a long and varied list. My long term goal was, that as well as these causes, I could become involved with an issue where I could really focus, and make a more concerted difference. My first visit to South Africa to take part in the launch of the first 46664 concert ( incidentally all instituted by Dave Stewart ) was a profound experience for me in all kinds of ways.
I realised that the Hiv Aids pandemic was affecting women and children on a scale that is absolutely staggering, and I felt that as a woman, mother, and musical communicator, I have an obligation to try to affect some positive change. I want to create musical projects that can bring people together, in a way that can help give a "voice" and empowerment to those that seem to have none.
Music is a powerful vehicle for messages, and connection. This is the very first SING project. I hope there will be many more to follow.
More Annie Lennox and k.d. lang full info on MSN langisms
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
www.myspace.com/annielennoxsing
www.annielennox.com
SING" to be released for World AIDS Day...
Posted by MiCkEyMiAmI at 10/20/2007 02:01:00 AM
Annie Lennox has teamed up with 23 of the world’s most acclaimed female superstar voices for the charity record Sing, to raise money and awareness for the HIV/AIDS organisation, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).
The original track, already available to download through all online retailers, will be accompanied by special remixes available from Saturday 1st December - WORLD AIDS DAY.
This will be the first ever digital release on a Saturday in the UK. Annie Lennox 'Sing (Remixes)' will feature guest vocals from Madonna, Celine Dion, Pink, Shakira, KT Tunstall, Dido, Faith Hill, Fergie, Sugababes, Beth orton, Bonnie Raitt, Marths Wainwright, Joss Stone, melissa Etheridge, Angelique Kidjo, Beverly Knight, K.D. Lang, Shingau Shoniwa, Galdys Knight, Isobel Campbell, Sarah McLachlan together with The Generics.
'Sing' will feature hot remixes from Moto Blanco, Dean Coleman, Harry 'Choo Choo' Rimerez and Annie Lennox & Nitin Sawhney.
"We had a few technical hitches with the Myspace SING site , but they seem to have been sorted out now.
I just wanted to write something about the project.
Over the last twenty five years or so, I've been involved with a variety of organisations in all kinds of different ways ..from Shelter, to Amnesty International, to Free Tibet Campaign to Greenpeace, Oxfam, Medecins Sans Frontieres, The Prince's Trust..etc..etc.. It's a long and varied list. My long term goal was, that as well as these causes, I could become involved with an issue where I could really focus, and make a more concerted difference. My first visit to South Africa to take part in the launch of the first 46664 concert ( incidentally all instituted by Dave Stewart ) was a profound experience for me in all kinds of ways.
I realised that the Hiv Aids pandemic was affecting women and children on a scale that is absolutely staggering, and I felt that as a woman, mother, and musical communicator, I have an obligation to try to affect some positive change. I want to create musical projects that can bring people together, in a way that can help give a "voice" and empowerment to those that seem to have none.
Music is a powerful vehicle for messages, and connection. This is the very first SING project. I hope there will be many more to follow.
More Annie Lennox and k.d. lang full info on MSN langisms
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
www.myspace.com/annielennoxsing
www.annielennox.com
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment adds k.d. lang Australia Concert dates in April 2008
Dainty Consolidated Entertainmetn adds k.d. lang Australia Concert dates in April 2008
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment has just announced that k.d. lang will return to Australia for a national tour which will see her perform concerts in The Hunter Valley, Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane in April 2008.
Tickets for the Perth concert go on sale on Monday 12th November and Friday 16th November for all other cities.
k.d. was last in Australia in 2005 when she performed a record number of sold out shows throughout the country.
The 2008 tour will celebrate k.d. lang's new album, "Watershed", which will be released in Australia by Warner Music on the 9th February, 2008.
Saturday, 4.12.08
Hunter Valley: Tempus Two Winery
Broke and McDonald Rd.
Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW 2320
Monday, 4.14.08
Canberra: Royal Theatre
31 Constitution Avenue
Civic
Canberra, ACT 2601
Wednesday, 4.16.08
Sydney: State Theatre
49 Market St.
Sydney, NSW 2000
Saturday, 4.19.08
Perth: Pioneer Women's Memorial
Kings Park and Botanic Garden
WA 6001
Tuesday, 4.22.08
Melbourne: Hamer Hall
100 St. Kilda Rd.
Melbourne VIC 3004
Saturday, 4.26.08
Adelaide: Entertainment Centre
Port Rd. and Adam St.
Hindmarsh
South Australia 5007
Monday, 4.28.08
Brisbane: Concert Hall, QPAC
Grey and Melbourne St.
South Bank Queensland 4101
Source www.kdlang.com for complete info http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment has just announced that k.d. lang will return to Australia for a national tour which will see her perform concerts in The Hunter Valley, Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane in April 2008.
Tickets for the Perth concert go on sale on Monday 12th November and Friday 16th November for all other cities.
k.d. was last in Australia in 2005 when she performed a record number of sold out shows throughout the country.
The 2008 tour will celebrate k.d. lang's new album, "Watershed", which will be released in Australia by Warner Music on the 9th February, 2008.
Saturday, 4.12.08
Hunter Valley: Tempus Two Winery
Broke and McDonald Rd.
Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW 2320
Monday, 4.14.08
Canberra: Royal Theatre
31 Constitution Avenue
Civic
Canberra, ACT 2601
Wednesday, 4.16.08
Sydney: State Theatre
49 Market St.
Sydney, NSW 2000
Saturday, 4.19.08
Perth: Pioneer Women's Memorial
Kings Park and Botanic Garden
WA 6001
Tuesday, 4.22.08
Melbourne: Hamer Hall
100 St. Kilda Rd.
Melbourne VIC 3004
Saturday, 4.26.08
Adelaide: Entertainment Centre
Port Rd. and Adam St.
Hindmarsh
South Australia 5007
Monday, 4.28.08
Brisbane: Concert Hall, QPAC
Grey and Melbourne St.
South Bank Queensland 4101
Source www.kdlang.com for complete info http://groups.msn.com/langisms
K.D. Lang Kings Park, Western Australia, Kings Park, Sat 19 Apr 08, 04:00 PM concert/tickets info
K.D. Lang Kings Park, Western Australia, Kings Park, Sat 19 Apr 08, 04:00 PM concert/tickets
k.d. lang - 19 April 2008
k.d. lang will perform in King's Park on Saturday 19 April 2008.
Four time Grammy Award winner, k.d. lang was last in Australia in 2005 when she performed a record number of 'sold out' shows to captivated audiences throughout the country.
The 2008 tour will celebrate k.d. lang's new album, "Watershed", which will be released in Australia in early February. 'Watershed" comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k. d., and recorded in California this year.
Special guests announced soon.
Tickets on sale Monday 12 November through Ticketmaster for $120. Internet pre-sale starts Monday 5th.
Onsale to General Public:
Mon 12/11/07, 09:00
Internet Presale Info
Mellen Pre-sale:
Start:Mon 05/11/07, 09:00
End:Sun 11/11/07, 17:00
Ticketmaster Presale:
Start:Mon 05/11/07, 09:00
End:Sun 11/11/07, 17:00
k.d. lang
PRESENTED BY MELLEN EVENTS
& DAINTY CONSOLIDATED ENT.
KINGS PARK BOTANIC GARDEN
BAGS SEARCHED UPON ENTRY
SAT 19 APR 08 GATES: 4PM
source: http://groups.msn.com/langisms
k.d. lang - 19 April 2008
k.d. lang will perform in King's Park on Saturday 19 April 2008.
Four time Grammy Award winner, k.d. lang was last in Australia in 2005 when she performed a record number of 'sold out' shows to captivated audiences throughout the country.
The 2008 tour will celebrate k.d. lang's new album, "Watershed", which will be released in Australia in early February. 'Watershed" comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k. d., and recorded in California this year.
Special guests announced soon.
Tickets on sale Monday 12 November through Ticketmaster for $120. Internet pre-sale starts Monday 5th.
Onsale to General Public:
Mon 12/11/07, 09:00
Internet Presale Info
Mellen Pre-sale:
Start:Mon 05/11/07, 09:00
End:Sun 11/11/07, 17:00
Ticketmaster Presale:
Start:Mon 05/11/07, 09:00
End:Sun 11/11/07, 17:00
k.d. lang
PRESENTED BY MELLEN EVENTS
& DAINTY CONSOLIDATED ENT.
KINGS PARK BOTANIC GARDEN
BAGS SEARCHED UPON ENTRY
SAT 19 APR 08 GATES: 4PM
source: http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
k.d. lang adds australian concert tour 2008 dates
Dainty Consolidated Entertainmetn adds k.d. lang Australia Concert dates in April 2008
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment has just announced that k.d. lang will return to Australia for a national tour which will see her perform concerts in The Hunter Valley, Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane in April 2008.
Tickets for the Perth concert go on sale on Monday 12th November and Friday 16th November for all other cities.
k.d. was last in Australia in 2005 when she performed a record number of sold out shows throughout the country.
The 2008 tour will celebrate k.d. lang's new album, "Watershed", which will be released in Australia by Warner Music on the 9th February, 2008.
Saturday, 4.12.08
Hunter Valley: Tempus Two Winery
Broke and McDonald Rd.
Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW 2320
Monday, 4.14.08
Canberra: Royal Theatre
31 Constitution Avenue
Civic
Canberra, ACT 2601
Wednesday, 4.16.08
Sydney: State Theatre
49 Market St.
Sydney, NSW 2000
Saturday, 4.19.08
Perth: Pioneer Women's Memorial
Kings Park and Botanic Garden
WA 6001
Tuesday, 4.22.08
Melbourne: Hamer Hall
100 St. Kilda Rd.
Melbourne VIC 3004
Saturday, 4.26.08
Adelaide: Entertainment Centre
Port Rd. and Adam St.
Hindmarsh
South Australia 5007
Monday, 4.28.08
Brisbane: Concert Hall, QPAC
Grey and Melbourne St.
South Bank Queensland 4101
Source www.kdlang.com for complete info http://groups.msn.com/langisms
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment has just announced that k.d. lang will return to Australia for a national tour which will see her perform concerts in The Hunter Valley, Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane in April 2008.
Tickets for the Perth concert go on sale on Monday 12th November and Friday 16th November for all other cities.
k.d. was last in Australia in 2005 when she performed a record number of sold out shows throughout the country.
The 2008 tour will celebrate k.d. lang's new album, "Watershed", which will be released in Australia by Warner Music on the 9th February, 2008.
Saturday, 4.12.08
Hunter Valley: Tempus Two Winery
Broke and McDonald Rd.
Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW 2320
Monday, 4.14.08
Canberra: Royal Theatre
31 Constitution Avenue
Civic
Canberra, ACT 2601
Wednesday, 4.16.08
Sydney: State Theatre
49 Market St.
Sydney, NSW 2000
Saturday, 4.19.08
Perth: Pioneer Women's Memorial
Kings Park and Botanic Garden
WA 6001
Tuesday, 4.22.08
Melbourne: Hamer Hall
100 St. Kilda Rd.
Melbourne VIC 3004
Saturday, 4.26.08
Adelaide: Entertainment Centre
Port Rd. and Adam St.
Hindmarsh
South Australia 5007
Monday, 4.28.08
Brisbane: Concert Hall, QPAC
Grey and Melbourne St.
South Bank Queensland 4101
Source www.kdlang.com for complete info http://groups.msn.com/langisms
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Friday, October 26, 2007
anne murray duets w/kd lang cover, tracklist and pre-sales
this is the album cover, tracklist and some purchase links for the new anne murray duets friends & legends album with k.d. lang.Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends is a collection of Anne’s most classic songs re-recorded as duets with some of the finest women of song. The album offers a wide variety of some of Anne's favourite female voices including: Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Nelly Furtado, Isabelle Boulay, k.d. lang, Celtic Woman, Carole King, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, Jann Arden, Shelby Lynn, Sarah Brightman, Celine Dion, Amy Grant, Indigo Girls, Dusty Springfield as well as Anne's daughter, Dawn Langstroth. Dawn and Anne’s son, Will Langstroth provided back-up vocals on some tracks.Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends was produced by one of the most respected and prolific music producers in the world, Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel), who has 32 Grammy nominations and 12 Grammy Awards to his name.
Songs include "You Needed Me," "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," and "Danny's Song." Anne teamed up with Olivia Newton-John for Cotton Jenny. Also included is a duet of "I Just Fall In Love Again" with the late Dusty Springfield, using Dusty’s original 1979 recording. In 1979, both Anne and Dusty Springfield recorded the song " I Just Fall In Love Again," with Anne 's rendition reaching no. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning Anne a Juno for “Single of the Year” in 1980. With the blessing of the Springfield family and estate, a version of this song combining Dusty's original recording will also be featured on this package. Releasing an album with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't seem complete for Anne without Dusty's inclusion. They were friends until her passing in 1999.
1. Danny's Song (with Martina McBride) 2. I Just Fall In Love Again (with Dusty Springfield) 3. Another Pot O Tea (with Emmylou Harris) 4. Daydream Believer (with Nelly Furtado) 5. Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye (with Jann Arden) 6. Song For The Mira (with Celtic Woman) 7. Time Don't Run Out On Me (with Carole King) 8. Cotton Jenny (with Olivia Newton-John) 9. A Love Song (with k.d. Lang) 10. You Needed Me (with Shania Twain) 11. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do (with Dawn Langstroth) 12. You Won't See Me (with Shelby Lynn) 13. Could I Have This Dance (with Amy Grant) 14. A Little Good News (with Indigo Girls) 15. Snowbird (with Sarah Brightman) 16. When I Fall In Love (with Céline Deion) 17. Si Jamai Je Te Revois (with Isabelle Boulay)
http://www.amazon.com/Duets-Friends-Legends-Anne-Murray/dp/B000WW2AGS
http://www.hmv.ca/hmvcaweb/en_CA/displayProductDetails.do?sku=1216437
Date of release: 13/11/2007Availability: Available for pre-order Format: CDCatalogue number: P23286278CSupplier: EMI
more info on msn langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
kd lang Press Release Album, Single and European Tour Info
k.d. lang Press release
October 23, 2007 For immediate release
k.d. lang announces Watershed tour dates
and single release
k.d. lang has announced a series of international tour dates in early 2008 to coincide with the release of her new album Watershed. Beginning on January 29, the tour so far includes headline dates in Glasgow and London. Further dates will soon be announced on www.kdlang.com.
Tue Jan 29 Royal Concert Hall (part of Celtic Connections), Glasgow
Concert 7:30pm. Tickets £30.00 (on sale from Oct 23)
0141 353 8000
www.celticconnections.com
Wed Jan 30 Hammersmith Apollo, London
Concert 8:00pm. Tickets £31.50 (on sale from Oct 23)
08448 44 47 48
www.hammersmithapollo.net, www.seetickets.net
Watershed will be released by Nonesuch Records on January 28. The album comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year. Watershed is the first album of newly written material from the four-time Grammy winner since 2000's Invincible Summer, and her first studio album since 2004's acclaimed Canadian songbook, Hymns Of The 49th Parallel. It is also the first self-produced collection of her celebrated 25-year career.
On November 12 this year, Nonesuch will release ‘I Dream Of Spring’, the first single from the new album. On Saturday November 17 k.d. will perform the song exclusively on the last series of Parkinson on ITV1.
MSN Langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
October 23, 2007 For immediate release
k.d. lang announces Watershed tour dates
and single release
k.d. lang has announced a series of international tour dates in early 2008 to coincide with the release of her new album Watershed. Beginning on January 29, the tour so far includes headline dates in Glasgow and London. Further dates will soon be announced on www.kdlang.com.
Tue Jan 29 Royal Concert Hall (part of Celtic Connections), Glasgow
Concert 7:30pm. Tickets £30.00 (on sale from Oct 23)
0141 353 8000
www.celticconnections.com
Wed Jan 30 Hammersmith Apollo, London
Concert 8:00pm. Tickets £31.50 (on sale from Oct 23)
08448 44 47 48
www.hammersmithapollo.net, www.seetickets.net
Watershed will be released by Nonesuch Records on January 28. The album comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year. Watershed is the first album of newly written material from the four-time Grammy winner since 2000's Invincible Summer, and her first studio album since 2004's acclaimed Canadian songbook, Hymns Of The 49th Parallel. It is also the first self-produced collection of her celebrated 25-year career.
On November 12 this year, Nonesuch will release ‘I Dream Of Spring’, the first single from the new album. On Saturday November 17 k.d. will perform the song exclusively on the last series of Parkinson on ITV1.
MSN Langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
k.d. lang 2008 Tours, Pre-sale and album info Wate
2008 Tour Dates Source MSN Langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms for full presale info...
k.d. lang will begin a series of international tour dates in 2008, to coincide with the release of her new album "Watershed."Beginning on January 29, in Glasgow, Scotland, the tour so far includes headline dates in London, Toronto, Boston, New York (three nights at the intimate Allen Room in Lincoln Center), Philadelphia, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. Further dates will continue to be announced soon on kdlang.com."Watershed" will be released by Nonesuch Records on February 5 in North America (Jan. 28 in Europe). The album comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year.
Jan 26 2008
8:00P
Caribbean Dreams, Olivia Cruises - SOLD OUT
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Jan 29 2008
8:00P
http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=22360829&friendid=144980251
Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 30 2008
8:00P
Hammersmith Apollo
London
Feb 21 2008
8:00P
The Courthouse
Toronto, Ontario
Feb 23 2008
8:00P
Opera House
Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 24 2008
8:30P
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 26 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York
Feb 27 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York, New York
Feb 28 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York, New York
Mar 1 2008
9:00P
Kravis Center for the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida
Mar 2 2008
8:00P
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Au Rene Theatre
Ft. Lauderdale
Mar 3 2008
8:00P
Ruth Eckerd Hall
Clearwater, Florida
Mar 5 2008
7:30P
Memorial Hall
Chapel Hill
Mar 7 2008
7:30P
Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Mar 9 2008
8:00P
Clay Center Maier Foundation Performance Hall
Charleston
Mar 11 2008
8:00P
Grand Opera House
Wilmington, Delaware
Mar 12 2008
7:30P
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall
Newark
Mar 13 2008
8:00P
Proctors Theatre
Schenectady
Mar 15 2008
8:45P
Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Mar 16 2008
8:00P
Palace Theatre
Waterbury, Connecticut
Mar 19 2008
8:00P
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Mar 20 2008
8:00P
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Mar 22 2008
8:00P
The Aladdin
Portland, Oregon
Mar 23 2008
8:00P
The Aladdin
Portland, Oregon
Mar 25 2008
8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
Mar 26 2008
8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
k.d. lang will begin a series of international tour dates in 2008, to coincide with the release of her new album "Watershed."Beginning on January 29, in Glasgow, Scotland, the tour so far includes headline dates in London, Toronto, Boston, New York (three nights at the intimate Allen Room in Lincoln Center), Philadelphia, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. Further dates will continue to be announced soon on kdlang.com."Watershed" will be released by Nonesuch Records on February 5 in North America (Jan. 28 in Europe). The album comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year.
Jan 26 2008
8:00P
Caribbean Dreams, Olivia Cruises - SOLD OUT
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Jan 29 2008
8:00P
http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=22360829&friendid=144980251
Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 30 2008
8:00P
Hammersmith Apollo
London
Feb 21 2008
8:00P
The Courthouse
Toronto, Ontario
Feb 23 2008
8:00P
Opera House
Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 24 2008
8:30P
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 26 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York
Feb 27 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York, New York
Feb 28 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York, New York
Mar 1 2008
9:00P
Kravis Center for the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida
Mar 2 2008
8:00P
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Au Rene Theatre
Ft. Lauderdale
Mar 3 2008
8:00P
Ruth Eckerd Hall
Clearwater, Florida
Mar 5 2008
7:30P
Memorial Hall
Chapel Hill
Mar 7 2008
7:30P
Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Mar 9 2008
8:00P
Clay Center Maier Foundation Performance Hall
Charleston
Mar 11 2008
8:00P
Grand Opera House
Wilmington, Delaware
Mar 12 2008
7:30P
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall
Newark
Mar 13 2008
8:00P
Proctors Theatre
Schenectady
Mar 15 2008
8:45P
Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Mar 16 2008
8:00P
Palace Theatre
Waterbury, Connecticut
Mar 19 2008
8:00P
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Mar 20 2008
8:00P
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Mar 22 2008
8:00P
The Aladdin
Portland, Oregon
Mar 23 2008
8:00P
The Aladdin
Portland, Oregon
Mar 25 2008
8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
Mar 26 2008
8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
k.d. lang Tour Listings 2008
MSN Langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms for full info
Jan 26 2008
8:00P
Caribbean Dreams, Olivia Cruises - SOLD OUT
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Jan 29 2008
8:00P
Celtic Connections @ Royal Concert Hall
Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 30 2008
8:00P
Hammersmith Apollo
London
Feb 21 2008
8:00P
The Courthouse
Toronto, Ontario
Feb 23 2008
8:00P
Opera House
Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 24 2008
8:30P
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 26 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York
Feb 27 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York, New York
Feb 28 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York, New York
Mar 1 2008
9:00P
Kravis Center for the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida
Mar 2 2008
8:00P
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Au Rene Theatre
Ft. Lauderdale
Mar 3 2008
8:00P
Ruth Eckerd Hall
Clearwater, Florida
Mar 5 2008
7:30P
Memorial Hall
Chapel Hill
Mar 7 2008
7:30P
Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Mar 9 2008
8:00P
Clay Center Maier Foundation Performance Hall
Charleston
Mar 11 2008
8:00P
Grand Opera House
Wilmington, Delaware
Mar 12 2008
7:30P
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall
Newark
Mar 13 2008
8:00P
Proctors Theatre
Schenectady
Mar 15 2008
8:45P
Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Mar 16 2008
8:00P
Palace Theatre
Waterbury, Connecticut
Mar 19 2008
8:00P
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Mar 20 2008
8:00P
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Mar 22 2008
8:00P
The Aladdin
Portland, Oregon
Mar 23 2008
8:00P
The Aladdin
Portland, Oregon
Mar 25 2008
8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
Mar 26 2008
8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
Jan 26 2008
8:00P
Caribbean Dreams, Olivia Cruises - SOLD OUT
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Jan 29 2008
8:00P
Celtic Connections @ Royal Concert Hall
Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 30 2008
8:00P
Hammersmith Apollo
London
Feb 21 2008
8:00P
The Courthouse
Toronto, Ontario
Feb 23 2008
8:00P
Opera House
Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 24 2008
8:30P
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 26 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York
Feb 27 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York, New York
Feb 28 2008
8:00P
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room
New York, New York
Mar 1 2008
9:00P
Kravis Center for the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida
Mar 2 2008
8:00P
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Au Rene Theatre
Ft. Lauderdale
Mar 3 2008
8:00P
Ruth Eckerd Hall
Clearwater, Florida
Mar 5 2008
7:30P
Memorial Hall
Chapel Hill
Mar 7 2008
7:30P
Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Mar 9 2008
8:00P
Clay Center Maier Foundation Performance Hall
Charleston
Mar 11 2008
8:00P
Grand Opera House
Wilmington, Delaware
Mar 12 2008
7:30P
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall
Newark
Mar 13 2008
8:00P
Proctors Theatre
Schenectady
Mar 15 2008
8:45P
Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Mar 16 2008
8:00P
Palace Theatre
Waterbury, Connecticut
Mar 19 2008
8:00P
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Mar 20 2008
8:00P
Moore Theatre
Seattle, Washington
Mar 22 2008
8:00P
The Aladdin
Portland, Oregon
Mar 23 2008
8:00P
The Aladdin
Portland, Oregon
Mar 25 2008
8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
Mar 26 2008
8:00P
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, California
Monday, October 22, 2007
America Singing in new york city with k.d. lang concert
America Singing nytimes playbill.coms
Deborah Voigt will perform songs from Broadway, and some surprises, when she opens the 2008 season of the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center, on Jan. 23. Among other performers to appear on 17 evenings of cabaret, folk, rhythm and blues, pop, country, rock and bluegrass in the Allen Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall are Kelli O’Hara (Jan. 26), John Lloyd Young (Feb. 23), K. D. Lang (Feb. 26-28), Christine Ebersole (Feb. 29) and Patti Smith, who ends the season on March 1.
The tenth season of Lincoln Center's acclaimed American Songbook series, which celebrates the diversity of the American popular song, will feature solo concerts by John Lloyd Young, Christine Ebersole and Kelli O'Hara as well as evenings that celebrate the songs of Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse and David Yazbek.
The 2008 season, which runs Jan. 23-March 1, will be presented in the Allen Room of Frederick P. Rose Hall and will kick off with opera singer Deborah Voigt, who will be singing the songs of The Great White Way as well as a "few vocal surprises." Show times are 7:30 and 9:30 PM.
Rob Fisher Celebrates the Leonard Bernstein Songbook is the title of the Jan. 25 concert, which will be hosted by musical director Fisher, who is currently the conductor of the New York Pops Orchestra. The 8:30 PM will feature an array of vocalists to be announced at a later date.
Kelli O'Hara, who will be seen as Nellie Forbush in the upcoming revival of South Pacific, will go it solo Jan. 26 at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. The two-time Tony nominee will perform songs written by classic and up-n-coming composers.
This Is the Life: Eric Comstock Salutes Charles Strouse @ 80 will be presented Feb. 6 at 8:30 PM. Comstock will be joined by vocalist Barbara Fasano and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen for an evening that will celebrate the work of the composer of Applause, Annie and Bye, Bye Birdie.
Pop songwriter David Yazbek, who also composed the scores for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Full Monty, will offer an evening of his own compositions Feb. 9 at 8:30 PM. Yazbek, who will release his fifth album of original songs this winter, will be joined by several friends.
Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young will perform music from the 1960s and 70s during his Feb. 23 concerts at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. He will be followed on Feb. 29 at 8:30 and 10:30 PM by another Tony winner, Christine Ebersole, who was most recently seen in Grey Gardens. Ebersole will perform an all-new show for American Songbook audiences, and she will be joined onstage by music director Billy Stritch.
Non-theatre folk who will grace the series include Lori McKenna, Joe Henry (with Brad Meldhau on piano), the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jimmy Scott, k.d. lang and Patti Smith.
The Allen Room of Frederick P. Rose Hall is located at Broadway at 60th Street. Tickets can be purchased by calling (212) 721-6500 or by visiting www.lincolncenter.org or in person at the Avery Fisher Hall box office or the Frederick P. Rose Hall box office.
k.d. lang
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:30 PM
The Allen Room
http://www.lincolncenter.org/show_events_list.asp?eventcode=16988
American Songbook (i wonder what that actually means in terms of this concert for k.d. lang if there is any difference from the rest of the tour?)
“Ms. Lang fuses Patsy Cline's earthy torchiness with Peggy Lee's smoky intensity and Liza Minnelli's belting fervor. — The New York Times
k.d. lang could have the most extravagantly praised voice performing today. Her duets with Tony Bennett are legendary, and she is a multi Grammy Award winner for her albums Shadowland, Ingenue, and A Wonderful World (with Bennett.) Originally a country star in her native Canada, lang’s impeccable musical taste and soaring vocals led her into the pop genre with ease. With the release of her newest album, Watershed, lang is at the very top of her game.
Tickets on Sale October 25. Join Friends of Lincoln Center to purchase tickets now!
source for further info http://groups.msn.com/langisms
msn langisms
Deborah Voigt will perform songs from Broadway, and some surprises, when she opens the 2008 season of the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center, on Jan. 23. Among other performers to appear on 17 evenings of cabaret, folk, rhythm and blues, pop, country, rock and bluegrass in the Allen Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall are Kelli O’Hara (Jan. 26), John Lloyd Young (Feb. 23), K. D. Lang (Feb. 26-28), Christine Ebersole (Feb. 29) and Patti Smith, who ends the season on March 1.
The tenth season of Lincoln Center's acclaimed American Songbook series, which celebrates the diversity of the American popular song, will feature solo concerts by John Lloyd Young, Christine Ebersole and Kelli O'Hara as well as evenings that celebrate the songs of Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse and David Yazbek.
The 2008 season, which runs Jan. 23-March 1, will be presented in the Allen Room of Frederick P. Rose Hall and will kick off with opera singer Deborah Voigt, who will be singing the songs of The Great White Way as well as a "few vocal surprises." Show times are 7:30 and 9:30 PM.
Rob Fisher Celebrates the Leonard Bernstein Songbook is the title of the Jan. 25 concert, which will be hosted by musical director Fisher, who is currently the conductor of the New York Pops Orchestra. The 8:30 PM will feature an array of vocalists to be announced at a later date.
Kelli O'Hara, who will be seen as Nellie Forbush in the upcoming revival of South Pacific, will go it solo Jan. 26 at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. The two-time Tony nominee will perform songs written by classic and up-n-coming composers.
This Is the Life: Eric Comstock Salutes Charles Strouse @ 80 will be presented Feb. 6 at 8:30 PM. Comstock will be joined by vocalist Barbara Fasano and tenor saxophonist Harry Allen for an evening that will celebrate the work of the composer of Applause, Annie and Bye, Bye Birdie.
Pop songwriter David Yazbek, who also composed the scores for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Full Monty, will offer an evening of his own compositions Feb. 9 at 8:30 PM. Yazbek, who will release his fifth album of original songs this winter, will be joined by several friends.
Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young will perform music from the 1960s and 70s during his Feb. 23 concerts at 8:30 and 10:30 PM. He will be followed on Feb. 29 at 8:30 and 10:30 PM by another Tony winner, Christine Ebersole, who was most recently seen in Grey Gardens. Ebersole will perform an all-new show for American Songbook audiences, and she will be joined onstage by music director Billy Stritch.
Non-theatre folk who will grace the series include Lori McKenna, Joe Henry (with Brad Meldhau on piano), the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jimmy Scott, k.d. lang and Patti Smith.
The Allen Room of Frederick P. Rose Hall is located at Broadway at 60th Street. Tickets can be purchased by calling (212) 721-6500 or by visiting www.lincolncenter.org or in person at the Avery Fisher Hall box office or the Frederick P. Rose Hall box office.
k.d. lang
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:30 PM
The Allen Room
http://www.lincolncenter.org/show_events_list.asp?eventcode=16988
American Songbook (i wonder what that actually means in terms of this concert for k.d. lang if there is any difference from the rest of the tour?)
“Ms. Lang fuses Patsy Cline's earthy torchiness with Peggy Lee's smoky intensity and Liza Minnelli's belting fervor. — The New York Times
k.d. lang could have the most extravagantly praised voice performing today. Her duets with Tony Bennett are legendary, and she is a multi Grammy Award winner for her albums Shadowland, Ingenue, and A Wonderful World (with Bennett.) Originally a country star in her native Canada, lang’s impeccable musical taste and soaring vocals led her into the pop genre with ease. With the release of her newest album, Watershed, lang is at the very top of her game.
Tickets on Sale October 25. Join Friends of Lincoln Center to purchase tickets now!
source for further info http://groups.msn.com/langisms
msn langisms
Sunday, October 21, 2007
k.d. lang signed cd on ebay for harpseals.org
k.d. lang's signed album is now up for bid for harp seals org on ebay for 9 days remaining starting at usd 45. i hope it does well for the organization to support their cause to help.
100% of the final sale price will support Harpseals.org
Nonprofit's Mission Statement
Harpseals.org is an all-volunteer organization working to end the annual massacres of baby harp seals in Canada. We use mass media and grassroots activism to promote the Canadian seafood boycott, which directly targets the industry behind the sealing.
This donation is backed by Learn more about the MissionFish guarantee.
k.d. Lang has aptly donated this autographed copy of Hymns of the 49th Parallel to HarpSeals.org for auction in support of our campaigns to end the Canadian seal slaughter. The cd comes in a plastic jewel case graced with k.d. Lang's signature and a paper sleeve. Support a native Canadian as she joins us in our efforst to save Canadian seals! Please bid generously, as all profits go to help the seals!
Hymns of the 49th Parallel fulfills k.d. lang’s longstanding desire to create a Canadian songbook. On the album, her first for Nonesuch Records, she pays homage to fellow Canadian artists including Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith, and Bruce Cockburn.
Song list and original artist follows:
1. After the Gold Rush (Young)
2. Simple (lang/Piltch)
3. Helpless (Young)
4. A Case of You (Mitchell)
5. The Valley (Siberry)
6. Hallelujah (Cohen)
7. One Day I Walk (Cockburn)
8. Fallen (Sexsmith)
9. Jericho (Mitchell)
10. Bird on a Wire (Cohen)
11. Love Is Everything (Siberry)
The $3.75 shipping fee covers mailing the cd to anywhere
sources:
http://groups.msn.com/langisms a k.d. lang and international arts forum (join us)
http://myworld.ebay.com/harpsealsdotorg/
100% of the final sale price will support Harpseals.org
Nonprofit's Mission Statement
Harpseals.org is an all-volunteer organization working to end the annual massacres of baby harp seals in Canada. We use mass media and grassroots activism to promote the Canadian seafood boycott, which directly targets the industry behind the sealing.
This donation is backed by Learn more about the MissionFish guarantee.
k.d. Lang has aptly donated this autographed copy of Hymns of the 49th Parallel to HarpSeals.org for auction in support of our campaigns to end the Canadian seal slaughter. The cd comes in a plastic jewel case graced with k.d. Lang's signature and a paper sleeve. Support a native Canadian as she joins us in our efforst to save Canadian seals! Please bid generously, as all profits go to help the seals!
Hymns of the 49th Parallel fulfills k.d. lang’s longstanding desire to create a Canadian songbook. On the album, her first for Nonesuch Records, she pays homage to fellow Canadian artists including Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith, and Bruce Cockburn.
Song list and original artist follows:
1. After the Gold Rush (Young)
2. Simple (lang/Piltch)
3. Helpless (Young)
4. A Case of You (Mitchell)
5. The Valley (Siberry)
6. Hallelujah (Cohen)
7. One Day I Walk (Cockburn)
8. Fallen (Sexsmith)
9. Jericho (Mitchell)
10. Bird on a Wire (Cohen)
11. Love Is Everything (Siberry)
The $3.75 shipping fee covers mailing the cd to anywhere
sources:
http://groups.msn.com/langisms a k.d. lang and international arts forum (join us)
http://myworld.ebay.com/harpsealsdotorg/
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
k.d. lang at hammer museum's "gala in the garden" event fundraiser
k.d. lang at Hammer Museum Gala Fundraiser
Miuccia Prada's Pedestal
Designer honored at Hammer Museum's "Gala in the Garden"
Monday, October 15, 2007
(LOS ANGELES) Miuccia Prada needs a good excuse to come to Los Angeles--and she got one by being honored at the Hammer Museum's annual "Gala in the Garden" Sunday night. The only member of the Prada team to accompany her was Verde Visconti, who flew in with her for the event. Miuccia was on the bill with Mike Kelley, who was given a tribute by John Waters. "John is my only celebrity friend--my only Hollywood friend--and he lives in Baltimore! So whenever I get one of these things, I have to drag him out,"Kelley laughed in response to Waters. Prada's tribute, meanwhile, came from perhaps the art world's best-known morphing fashionista, Cindy Sherman.
It was a chilly night in L.A., and much of the event was outdoors--cocktails on the museum's terrace, while dinner and the awards gala were set in an atrium garden--but the predicted rain never fell, thank goodness, so Mrs. Prada, who declined to give interviews at the event, didn't have to get her blue and red checked voluminous skirt and black top (looking like items from the spring collection) wet. While Randolph Duke was showing at L.A. Fashion Week in Culver City, this was the fête with the heavy hitters: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Vanessa Getty, Diane Keaton, k.d. lang, Katherine Ross and Michael Govan, Benedict Taschen, Ann Philbin, Alejandro González Iñárritu much of the cast of Showtime's The L Word, and Gregory Parkinson were all at the event, better dressed than any fashion week crowd could ever aspire to be. And apparently they dress this well always--Lauren Hutton, in a man's blazer and black leather leggings, was overheard asking Dana Delaney, "Is there a dress code for this event?"
Source: MSN Langisms k.d. lang Arts Fan Forum
Saturday, October 13, 2007
where do you want to see kd lang in concert in 2008?
RSVP - Where do you want k.d. lang to visit in concert in 2008?
We have a topic on our k.d. lang arts group called MSN langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms (join us) that asks members to say where they want to see k.d. lang to visit in concert with full news. She has her new album "Watershed" coming out and starting new tour dates. Let's let her know where she missed so far and hope each of you.
This was the results from our MSN homepage so far and i hope she comes close to your hometown as she is adding more dates for north america and europe and hope alot more.
Amsterdam
Baltimore Maryland
Belgium
Boston
Brazil
California (LA + Carmel+ san diego + san francisco)
Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, newfoundland, Toronto)
Chicago
Colorado (Bolder + Denver)
Connecticut
Finland
Florida (Palm Beach + Daytona Beach)
Hamburg, Germany
Honalulu, Hawaii
Indianapolis
Japan (Osaka, Tokyo)
Maine
Mexico City
Netherlands
NYC
New Zealand
Norway
Paris France
Phoenix, Ar
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Poland
Raleigh, NC
Rhode Island
Romania
Scotland
Slovakia
Spain (Barcelona, Madrid)
Sweden
Switzerland
Sydney
Australia
Western
Australia
Russia
UK (London, Bristal, Lancaster)
Viena Austria
Virginia
We have a topic on our k.d. lang arts group called MSN langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms (join us) that asks members to say where they want to see k.d. lang to visit in concert with full news. She has her new album "Watershed" coming out and starting new tour dates. Let's let her know where she missed so far and hope each of you.
This was the results from our MSN homepage so far and i hope she comes close to your hometown as she is adding more dates for north america and europe and hope alot more.
Amsterdam
Baltimore Maryland
Belgium
Boston
Brazil
California (LA + Carmel+ san diego + san francisco)
Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, newfoundland, Toronto)
Chicago
Colorado (Bolder + Denver)
Connecticut
Finland
Florida (Palm Beach + Daytona Beach)
Hamburg, Germany
Honalulu, Hawaii
Indianapolis
Japan (Osaka, Tokyo)
Maine
Mexico City
Netherlands
NYC
New Zealand
Norway
Paris France
Phoenix, Ar
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Poland
Raleigh, NC
Rhode Island
Romania
Scotland
Slovakia
Spain (Barcelona, Madrid)
Sweden
Switzerland
Sydney
Australia
Western
Australia
Russia
UK (London, Bristal, Lancaster)
Viena Austria
Virginia
Thursday, October 11, 2007
vote for kd lang's new album "watershed" on olivia cruise line
Whose new album are you most looking forward to cranking from the rooftops?
Melissa Etheridge, The Awakening (62.5%)
k.d. Lang, Watershed (14.6%)
Pink, I'm Not Dead Yet (16.7%)
Dolly Parton, Backwoods Barbie (6.3%)
You voted for 'k.d. Lang, Watershed'.
www.olivia.com
please vote today!
you need to sign up to vote but it is free and there are lots of votes but not many for k.d. lang. let's help her out shall we?
- Refer a Friend -
Melissa Etheridge, The Awakening (62.5%)
k.d. Lang, Watershed (14.6%)
Pink, I'm Not Dead Yet (16.7%)
Dolly Parton, Backwoods Barbie (6.3%)
You voted for 'k.d. Lang, Watershed'.
www.olivia.com
please vote today!
you need to sign up to vote but it is free and there are lots of votes but not many for k.d. lang. let's help her out shall we?
- Refer a Friend -
2008 tickets on sale for k.d. lang concerts
kd will be filling up for a north american and european tour and look for alot more places and dates and it's great news that more people will see k.d. lang with some beautiful original new music. it might make that winter alittle warmer. i'm glad that she was inspired to write and do this in the first place.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/770039/?search_redirect=k.d.%20lang&tm_link=tm_header_search
01/26/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Carribean Dreams, Olivia Cruise www.olivia.com/Travel/Trips_Caribbean_Dreams.aspx
02/24/08 Philadelphia, PA Kimmel Center www.kimmelcenter.org
03/01/08 West Palm Beach, FL Kravis Center for the Arts www.kravis.org
03/02/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Broward Center for the Arts www.browardcenter.org/events/kdlang.aspx
03/03/08 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall www.rutheckerdhall.com
03/05/08 Chapel Hill, NC Memorial Hall www.carolinaperformingarts.org
03/07/08 Morgantown, WV Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University www.ticketmaster.com/event/16003EF5BF414416?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
03/09/08 Charleston, WV Clay Center Maier Foundation Performance Hall www.theclaycenter.org
03/11/08 Wilmington, DE Grand Opera House www.grandopera.org/events/buy.php?perf=204
03/12/08 Newark, NJ New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall www.njpac.org
03/13/08 Schenectady, NY Proctors Theatre (tix on sale 10/18) www.proctors.org
03/15/08 Buffalo, NY Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003EF4ABC870C5?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001
source: http://groups.msn.com/langisms a k.d. lang/arts group
http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/770039/?search_redirect=k.d.%20lang&tm_link=tm_header_search
01/26/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Carribean Dreams, Olivia Cruise www.olivia.com/Travel/Trips_Caribbean_Dreams.aspx
02/24/08 Philadelphia, PA Kimmel Center www.kimmelcenter.org
03/01/08 West Palm Beach, FL Kravis Center for the Arts www.kravis.org
03/02/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Broward Center for the Arts www.browardcenter.org/events/kdlang.aspx
03/03/08 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall www.rutheckerdhall.com
03/05/08 Chapel Hill, NC Memorial Hall www.carolinaperformingarts.org
03/07/08 Morgantown, WV Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University www.ticketmaster.com/event/16003EF5BF414416?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=2
03/09/08 Charleston, WV Clay Center Maier Foundation Performance Hall www.theclaycenter.org
03/11/08 Wilmington, DE Grand Opera House www.grandopera.org/events/buy.php?perf=204
03/12/08 Newark, NJ New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Prudential Hall www.njpac.org
03/13/08 Schenectady, NY Proctors Theatre (tix on sale 10/18) www.proctors.org
03/15/08 Buffalo, NY Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003EF4ABC870C5?artistid=770039&majorcatid=10001
source: http://groups.msn.com/langisms a k.d. lang/arts group
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
k.d. lang's new album "watershed" and international tour 2008
k.d. lang's new album, "Watershed," will be released in North America by Nonesuch Records on February 5, 2008 (UK/Europe release date: January 28, 2008). "Watershed" comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d., and recorded in California this year.
"Watershed" is the first album of newly written material from the four-time Grammy winner since 2000's "Invincible Summer", and her first studio album since 2004's acclaimed Canadian songbook, "Hymns Of The 49th Parallel". It is also the first self-produced collection of her celebrated 25-year career.
An itinerary of international tour dates to follow the album's release will be announced shortly.
A new kdlang.com will go live later today - check back soon for more updates!
www.kdlang.com or http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
anne murray duets: friends & Legends with kd lang
there is nothing like waiting till the last minute for news on this november released album.. there are several places online that you can pre-order it. i would think her own website should have the best price and look for a listen site for it coming up for it as well.
In 2007, Anne will release a duets album, titled Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, due out in November in Canada and February in the United States. The duets album will consist of many of Anne's biggest hits re-recorded as duets. Artists such as Shania Twain, k.d. lang, Isabelle Boulay, Nelly Furtado, Carole King, her daughter Dawn Langstroth and more artists. The album was recorded in Toronto, Nashville and Los Angeles.
It also features updated versions of some of her classic songs with artists like Shania Twain, Nelly Furtado, Martina McBride, Carole King and Emmylou Harris.
Tthe CD also has duets with Jann Arden, Shelby Lynn, Isabelle Boulay, k.d. Lang, and Celtic Woman. Murray’s adult children Dawn and Will provided back-up vocals.
Songs include "You Needed Me," "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," and "Danny’s Song." Also included is a duet of "I Just Fall In Love Again" with the late Dusty Springfield, using the latter’s original 1979 recording. Murray’s version of the song earned her a Juno Award in 1980.
Anne Murray
"Duets, Friends & Legends"
shopEMI price: $18.82 CDN
Availability:
NOT IN STOCK: This product is not in stock. We hope to be able to make this product available within one to five weeks.
Ship Weight:
This product counts as 1 unit when we calculate shipping.
UPC: 09463 86278 2 1
Expected Release Date: November 13, 2007
Label: EMI Canada
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop
Format: CD
http://www.shopemi.com/album_page.asp?upc_id=094638627821
source: http://groups.msn.com/langisms
In 2007, Anne will release a duets album, titled Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, due out in November in Canada and February in the United States. The duets album will consist of many of Anne's biggest hits re-recorded as duets. Artists such as Shania Twain, k.d. lang, Isabelle Boulay, Nelly Furtado, Carole King, her daughter Dawn Langstroth and more artists. The album was recorded in Toronto, Nashville and Los Angeles.
It also features updated versions of some of her classic songs with artists like Shania Twain, Nelly Furtado, Martina McBride, Carole King and Emmylou Harris.
Tthe CD also has duets with Jann Arden, Shelby Lynn, Isabelle Boulay, k.d. Lang, and Celtic Woman. Murray’s adult children Dawn and Will provided back-up vocals.
Songs include "You Needed Me," "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," and "Danny’s Song." Also included is a duet of "I Just Fall In Love Again" with the late Dusty Springfield, using the latter’s original 1979 recording. Murray’s version of the song earned her a Juno Award in 1980.
Anne Murray
"Duets, Friends & Legends"
shopEMI price: $18.82 CDN
Availability:
NOT IN STOCK: This product is not in stock. We hope to be able to make this product available within one to five weeks.
Ship Weight:
This product counts as 1 unit when we calculate shipping.
UPC: 09463 86278 2 1
Expected Release Date: November 13, 2007
Label: EMI Canada
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop
Format: CD
http://www.shopemi.com/album_page.asp?upc_id=094638627821
source: http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Thursday, September 27, 2007
enduring vision elton john 6th aids benefit review w/kd lang
Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne were among the black-tie guests making their way past cops, Secret Service agents and bomb-sniffing dogs surrounding the Waldorf-Astoria Tuesday night.
"Are you here to see the President?" one member of the security detail asked Ozzy and Sharon.
"No," said Sharon. "We're here to see the Queen!"
By that, she meant Sir Elton John. The Rocket Man was gathering his court for the Elton John AIDS Foundation's gala the very night President Bush was meeting with world leaders. Since he was sharing the hotel with Dubya, we asked Elton if he thought the Bush administration had made good on his grand plan to fight AIDS.
"They've made a grave error in giving millions to abstinence programs," he told us. "They don't work. They were told in the beginning that it wouldn't work. It's a tragic waste of money. Please don't listen to those idiots. God almighty."
And did he have a message for other leaders gathered at the UN, particularly South African President Thabo Mbeki, whom Elton said should be "ashamed" of his AIDS policy. (Mbeki has supported his health minister, who says garlic, beetroots, lemon and olive oil are better than antiretroviral medicines in treating AIDS.)
"There are some weird people in the world — what can I say?" said Elton. "I would just tell them, 'Don't let the AIDS crisis get lost.'" He mentioned that his foundation's latest target is the Caribbean, where "men who have sex with men [are] a highly stigmatized group, especially among reggae singers."
The evening was emceed by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who said he was looking forward to Elton performing with k.d. lang.
"I offered to do some interpretive dance," said Cooper. "But after a brief audition, I was told my services wouldn't be required."
Turning serious, Cooper went on: "I talk to young gay friends in New York, and some of them seem to think the AIDS problem is a thing of the past. … The reality is that it's getting worse, not better."
Also at the benefit, which raised over $2.25 million, were Elton's partner, David Furnish, Uma Thurman (with former Elle Macpherson beau Arky Busson), Petra Nemcova, Tommy Hilfiger, Milos Forman, Susan Lucci, Andrew Cuomo and Stephen Schwartzman. Honored with Enduring Vision awards were the Osbournes, candle king Harry Slatkin and Chopard co-president Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele.
As usual, Elton was his outspoken self. He defended that Nan Goldin photo that he'd loaned to a British gallery and which police seized on Tuesday to investigate as a possible breach of child pornography laws.
"I never cease to be amazed by people," said the musician, who noted on his Web site that the photo of two naked girls "has been widely published and exhibited throughout the world."
He also had some thoughts on the meal's first course — mozzarella balls in a Parmesan tostada.
"It's being sent to the Food and Drug Administration to find out what it was," he told guests. "It qualifies as the worst food I've ever seen at an event like this. My sincere apologies
there are some nice photos on www.gettyimages.com
reviews and more video, etc. msn langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
"Are you here to see the President?" one member of the security detail asked Ozzy and Sharon.
"No," said Sharon. "We're here to see the Queen!"
By that, she meant Sir Elton John. The Rocket Man was gathering his court for the Elton John AIDS Foundation's gala the very night President Bush was meeting with world leaders. Since he was sharing the hotel with Dubya, we asked Elton if he thought the Bush administration had made good on his grand plan to fight AIDS.
"They've made a grave error in giving millions to abstinence programs," he told us. "They don't work. They were told in the beginning that it wouldn't work. It's a tragic waste of money. Please don't listen to those idiots. God almighty."
And did he have a message for other leaders gathered at the UN, particularly South African President Thabo Mbeki, whom Elton said should be "ashamed" of his AIDS policy. (Mbeki has supported his health minister, who says garlic, beetroots, lemon and olive oil are better than antiretroviral medicines in treating AIDS.)
"There are some weird people in the world — what can I say?" said Elton. "I would just tell them, 'Don't let the AIDS crisis get lost.'" He mentioned that his foundation's latest target is the Caribbean, where "men who have sex with men [are] a highly stigmatized group, especially among reggae singers."
The evening was emceed by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who said he was looking forward to Elton performing with k.d. lang.
"I offered to do some interpretive dance," said Cooper. "But after a brief audition, I was told my services wouldn't be required."
Turning serious, Cooper went on: "I talk to young gay friends in New York, and some of them seem to think the AIDS problem is a thing of the past. … The reality is that it's getting worse, not better."
Also at the benefit, which raised over $2.25 million, were Elton's partner, David Furnish, Uma Thurman (with former Elle Macpherson beau Arky Busson), Petra Nemcova, Tommy Hilfiger, Milos Forman, Susan Lucci, Andrew Cuomo and Stephen Schwartzman. Honored with Enduring Vision awards were the Osbournes, candle king Harry Slatkin and Chopard co-president Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele.
As usual, Elton was his outspoken self. He defended that Nan Goldin photo that he'd loaned to a British gallery and which police seized on Tuesday to investigate as a possible breach of child pornography laws.
"I never cease to be amazed by people," said the musician, who noted on his Web site that the photo of two naked girls "has been widely published and exhibited throughout the world."
He also had some thoughts on the meal's first course — mozzarella balls in a Parmesan tostada.
"It's being sent to the Food and Drug Administration to find out what it was," he told guests. "It qualifies as the worst food I've ever seen at an event like this. My sincere apologies
there are some nice photos on www.gettyimages.com
reviews and more video, etc. msn langisms http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Monday, September 24, 2007
Music From The Middle Of Nowhere pls check your local areas
BBC WORLD SERVICE Friday 28 September 2007
Close Up –
Music From The Middle Of Nowhere Ep 1/3
Friday 28 September
9.30-10.00am BBC WORLD SERVICE
Grammy award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter kd lang pays tribute to her favourite Canadian songwriters, including Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith and Neil Young.
The singer-songwriter, who has described herself in song as the big-boned girl from Alberta, is in her home town of Edmonton. Here, in the Sidetrack Cafe, where she performed with her raucous band The Reclines, she talks about her early forays into music. Against the background of Alberta Scene, when hundreds of musicians flock to Edmonton during April and May, kd introduces some of her favourites; Nelly Furtado, Doc Walker and the McDades.
Presenter/Kate Bland, Producer/Susan Marling
Program Info BBC
Close Up – Music From The Middle Of Nowhere Ep 2/3
Friday 5 October
9.30-10.00am BBC WORLD SERVICE
Grammy award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter kd lang continues to pay tribute to her favourite Canadian songwriters, including Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith and Neil Young.
Moving east across the prairie, kd enters Saskatchewan – Joni Mitchell territory. She's a Joni fan, describing her as an "incredible talent" who "sprung on the music stage fully formed". Joni's lyrics are "seemingly ordinary stories that you can picture as though you know the person she's singing about personally," says kd.
Presenter/Kate Bland, Producers/Kate Bland and Susan Marling
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
Close Up –
Music From The Middle Of Nowhere Ep 1/3
Friday 28 September
9.30-10.00am BBC WORLD SERVICE
Grammy award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter kd lang pays tribute to her favourite Canadian songwriters, including Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith and Neil Young.
The singer-songwriter, who has described herself in song as the big-boned girl from Alberta, is in her home town of Edmonton. Here, in the Sidetrack Cafe, where she performed with her raucous band The Reclines, she talks about her early forays into music. Against the background of Alberta Scene, when hundreds of musicians flock to Edmonton during April and May, kd introduces some of her favourites; Nelly Furtado, Doc Walker and the McDades.
Presenter/Kate Bland, Producer/Susan Marling
Program Info BBC
Close Up – Music From The Middle Of Nowhere Ep 2/3
Friday 5 October
9.30-10.00am BBC WORLD SERVICE
Grammy award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter kd lang continues to pay tribute to her favourite Canadian songwriters, including Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith and Neil Young.
Moving east across the prairie, kd enters Saskatchewan – Joni Mitchell territory. She's a Joni fan, describing her as an "incredible talent" who "sprung on the music stage fully formed". Joni's lyrics are "seemingly ordinary stories that you can picture as though you know the person she's singing about personally," says kd.
Presenter/Kate Bland, Producers/Kate Bland and Susan Marling
http://groups.msn.com/langisms
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