k.d. lang Biography
k.d. lang, real name Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress.
Lang has won both Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances; hits include “Constant Craving” and “Miss Chatelaine”. She has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry.
She is an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. Lang possesses the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano.
k.d. lang Age
Lang is 57 years old as of 2018 hyaving been born on November 2, 1961.
k.d. lang Family
Lang was born in Edmonton, Alberta. She is the daughter of Audrey Bebee and Adam Frederick Lang. Her family moved to Consort, Alberta, when she was just nine months old. The veteran singer grew up with two sisters and one brother on the Canadian prairie. Her father, a drugstore owner at the time, left the family when she was twelve years old.
k.d. lang Wife
Lang, who ’came out’ as a lesbian in 1992, split from her girlfriend of eight years, Jamie Price, in 2011 and was previously linked to actresses Julie Cypher and The L Word’s Leisha Hailey. In 2014, k.d. Lang was spotted out with Heather Edwards, prompting rumors that the two were dating although neither confirmed the reports.
k.d. lang Songs
- Constant Craving
- leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah
- Crying
- Miss Chatelaine
- Trail of Broken Hearts
- Neil Young’s Helpless
- Helpless
- Wash Me Clean
- Summerfling
- The Mind of Love
- Calling All Angels
- Luck In My Eyes
- Pullin’ Back the Reins
- What a Wonderful World
- If I Were You
- The Consequences of Falling
- Lock, Stock and Teardrops
- Full Moon Full of Love
- Big Boned Gal
- Love Is Everything
- Western Stars
- Outside Myself
- I’m Down to My Last Cigarette
- The Air That I Breathe
- You’re OK
- I Dream of Spring
- Hush Sweet Lover
- Just Keep Me Moving
- A Case of You
- Still Thrives This Love
- Little Patch of Heaven
- Season of Hollow Soul
- So It Shall Be
k.d. lang Albums
- Ingénue
- Invincible Summer
- Live by Request
- Hymns of the 49th Parallel
- Until the End of the World
- Absolute Torch and Twang
- All You Can Eat
- Shadowland
- Drag
- All you can Eat
- Watershed
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
k.d. lang Filmography
Film
Year Title
1991 Salmonberries
1994 Teresa’s Tattoo
1999 Eye of the Beholder
2006 The Black Dahlia
Television
Year Title
1987 Hee Haw
1988 Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special
1989 The Jim Henson Hour
1995 The Larry Sanders Show
1997 Ellen
1997 The Last Don
2000 Dharma & Greg
2013 How I Met Your Mother
2014 Portlandia
k.d. lang Awards
- Trailblazer Award at the Americana Music Honors & Awards (2018)
- Brit Awards for the International Female Solo Artist (1995)
- GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Music Album in A Wonderful World (2003)
- GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Music Album in Watershed (2009)
- Grammy Award for the Best Country Vocal Collaboration on “Crying” (shared with Roy Orbison) (1989)
- Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance on “Absolute Torch and Twang” (1990)
- Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance on “Miss Chatelaine” (1994)
- Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in the album “A Wonderful World” (shared with Tony Bennett) (2004)
- Juno Awards for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year (1985)
- Juno Awards for Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1989)
- Juno Awards for Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1990)
- Juno Awards Songwriter of the Year (1993)
- Juno Awards Best Producer (1993)
- Juno Awards Best Album (Ingénue) in 1993
k.d. lang Hallelujah
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More than 30 years after her major-label debut, Angel with a Lariat, and 25 years after her Grammy Award-winning commercial breakthrough album, Ingénue, there is still no one who compares
to k.d. lang.
Lang’s powerful and emotive voice, and her distinctive performance style, have yet to be matched. From the country music of her early career to her pop-oriented mid-career work, and her distinguished interpretations of standards, she is a singular performer and an artist of the highest order. On tour to commemorate the 25th-anniversary reissue of Ingénue, lang took time out of her schedule to answer a few questions last month. Lang will be at Jones Hall in Houston on September 24.
Gregg Shapiro: I’d like to begin by wishing you a belated happy 25th anniversary of the release of Ingénue. Did you realize, at the time you were recording it, that Ingénue would have such an impact, including winning a Grammy Award?
k.d. lang: No, I really didn’t. I may have had an instinctual negative reaction to recording “Constant Craving” because I thought it was a real strong pop song. I don’t know what it is about me, [laughs] but I wasn’t keen on having a pop song. At the same time, I really wanted a pop song. When I made Ingénue, I thought it was extremely different than what was happening in pop music. Nirvana had just broken big. Madonna had Erotica. Mariah Carey was big. Bjork had just come out. All these things, and I was going in a completely different direction. I thought I was going to get killed by the critics—which I did for the first few reviews; they were just abominable. But momentum started happening. A deejay in Atlanta started spinning “Constant Craving.” I did The Advocate interview, which built profile and controversy—always a double-edged sword, but a good thing. It started happening.
Gregg Shapiro: One of my favorite things from the time it was originally released was the “Miss Chatelaine” dance remix. If you didn’t want to be a pop star, how did it feel to be a disco diva?
k.d. lang: It was really exciting, because my music was so far from that. At that time, dance remixes were something that you did. We did a lot of remixes. I would even be asked to go to clubs and just say hi when they were spinning the record, which was a whole new thing. It was kind of fun. It was a coming-of-age for me, but also for the gay community. It was a turning point.
Gregg Shapiro: The bonus material on the expanded Ingénue reissue includes previously unreleased tracks from your MTV Unplugged set. What did it mean to you at that time to perform on such a prestigious show?
k.d. lang: Obviously, it was the pinnacle. If you were doing well, you got an Unplugged TV show. It was a huge opportunity. We decided not to release the MTV stuff. In the back of my mind, I always knew that we had it. It seemed like we had the opportunity [when we released] the anniversary album.
Gregg Shapiro: In June of this year, “Constant Craving” was included on Pitchfork.com’s list of “50 Songs that Define the Last 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Pride.” What does such an honor mean to you?
k.d. lang: I’m just so happy to be a part of our history—to be a brick in the road that has paved the way and continues to pave the way for our liberty and equality.
Gregg Shapiro: Speaking of honors, you are scheduled to receive the 2018 Americana Trailblazer Award. What does that mean to you?
k.d. lang: Whoa! Well, it’s incredible. I was going to say I worked hard, but then I had to correct myself because it wasn’t work. I had a lot of fun and a lot of obstacles creating a new type of country music at the time that I did. I fell in love with country music. I never liked country music as a kid, but then I started to understand the beauty and the depth and the kitsch and the irony of country music in my late teens. Then I got obsessed with Patsy Cline and created this homage genre. It was a labor of love and respect and appreciation for country music and certain country singers—Minnie Pearl and Patsy and Loretta Lynn, people I had close proximity to. It feels amazing that I would be recognized this long after my time with country music.
Gregg Shapiro: It’s definitely well-deserved. You have a long history of being a good collaborator, from playing with the Reclines and the Siss Boom Bang, to singing with the Honky Tonk Angels on Shadowland, to the duets album you recorded with Tony Bennett, and more recently the Case/lang/Veirs album. What is it about you that makes you so good at playing well with others?
k.d. lang: I like fitting in to others’ music. For instance, I loved singing with Tony Bennett or Roy Orbison, because I love to shadow someone else’s music. I love the supporting role. It fits me. I love to put my voice into situations where I shadow someone else’s voice and vibe. That feels really good to me. That, to me, is the ultimate education. It’s like I’m always going to school when I sing with other people. I have a thirst for that, and maybe that’s what the draw to collaboration is for me.
Gregg Shapiro: Is there a new k.d. lang album in the works?
k.d. lang: There is not, no. [laughs] K.d. lang is in a drought, and has been for a while. But you know what? I feel very positive about it. I don’t always feel positive about it, but I have to respect the winds of creativity. I have to respect the muse. If the muse is taking a sabbatical from me, I have to respect that. [laughs]
Gregg Shapiro: Please know that we miss you.
k.d. lang: Thank you!
Gregg Shapiro: What can the audience expect from the Ingénue Redux concert tour?
k.d. lang: We do the record in its entirety, in sequence, right off the top of the show. It sets the tone and pretty much stays there. We do a few of the songs very true to the record. In the mid-to-latter half of the record, we get into some new arrangements and we open up the songs a little bit. It’s my favorite part of the show, where the musicians have a chance to stand out.
Gregg Shapiro: Finally, would you mind saying a few words about what it’s like to be Canadian during the age of Trump?
k.d. lang: [Long pause] Well . . . I guess it’s kind of like seeing your sibling have cancer. In a way, it’s devastating. But in a way, there’s a means to an end. I think to have the cancer come so clearly and so aggressively to the forefront, one can only hope it means you can find the systemic issues and eradicate them.
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