Jools kd Archive http://kdlang.org/forums/79 en-us Copyright 2006, Kickapps feeds@kickapps.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@kickapps.com (WebMaster) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:19:00 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://kickapps.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Why I'm protesting today: k.d. lang April 08 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1026/t/Why-I-m-protesting-today-k-d-lang-April-08.html Why I'm protesting today: k.d. lang
The Age | Thursday, 24 April 2008
SOLIDARITY: Canadian singer k.d. lang has joined pro-Tibet protests at the Olympic torch relay in Canberra.
What we are seeing now in Tibet is just the tip of the iceberg. I do not think my generation really even knows the extent of what has happened to the Tibetan people. It is like a Band-Aid that has been ripped off to reveal that the wound is still raw.

It is unfortunate the Olympic Games are being impacted by this situation, but it presents a rare opportunity to bring focus to the heart-breaking situation of the Tibetan and Chinese people who have suffered serious human rights abuses. Oppression should be stopped.
Authorities have taken Tibetans and Chinese citizens from their monasteries and homes and held them in locations without the knowledge of their families. These authorities should be... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1026 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:19:00 PST <![CDATA[ Interview in GW Feb 08 (From Soozie) ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1027/t/Interview-in-GW-Feb-08-From-Soozie-.html Typed by SoozieimageThankyou!
OK folks, here we go. I will omit the bits that we all know so well about where kd was born etc etc. as it is a long interview. This is part 1 as it is late here in Adelaide, Australia as I write this; I will provide more of the interview later. It appeared in the Good Weekend supplement to the Melbourne Age on Feb 9, 2008 and was written by journalist Amanda Hooton who was flown to LA courtesy of Warner music.
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"k.d. lang's house is near the top of a winding road in the Hollywood Hills. It's up behind the grid of famous boulevards - Hollywood, Santa Monica, Sunset - and at one time, it's said, was used by former owner Rock Hudson for gay trysts. Lang herself has been known to refer... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1027 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:47:00 PST <![CDATA[ Return of the Ingénue New York Magazine feb 08 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1028/t/Return-of-the-Ing-nue-New-York-Magazine-feb-08.html Return of the Ingénue
k.d. lang plays coy about her own iconography.
By Ariel Levy Published Feb 18, 2008


Of course, the most important thing is the voice. Even if you don't like a single song k. d. lang has written or covered in her 25-year career, you just can't argue with that sound she can make: the purity of it, the way it cracks open and fills out. That is what made it possible for her to achieve eminence in country music in her twenties and what prompted Roy Orbison to invite her to sing a duet of "Crying" with him in 1987. But that is not the only thing that made lang wildly famous-the first lesbian superstar-when the eighties gave way to the nineties.
She was a thrilling creature, rangy and stunning and suave-a mink in a men's suit. But Madonna's famous quote upon meeting lang, "Elvis is alive … and she's beautiful!," kind of missed... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1028 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:16:00 PST <![CDATA[ New Statesman Jan 2008 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1029/t/New-Statesman-Jan-2008.html Published 24 January 2008
Lang is a singer-songwriter from Canada, best known for her 1992 hit single "Constant Craving", from the critically acclaimed album Ingénue. She has also been a prominent advocate of gay and animal rights causes. A new album, Watershed (Nonesuch), is released on 28 January, and she will play live shows in Glasgow and London on 29 and 30 January. For more information visit www.kdlang.com

1 Does art make a difference?
Without a doubt. Art exercises the muscle that allows us to see objects and life as portals into the human spirit.
2 Should politics and art mix?
Yes, in the same way as vodka and vermouth - with art being the vodka.
3 Is your work for the many or for the few?
It is for anyone who will take it.
... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1029 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:44:00 PST <![CDATA[ On the Road with k.d. lang -1992 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1031/t/On-the-Road-with-k-d-lang-1992.html ON THE ROAD WITH: K. D. Lang; Patsy Cline Meets Judy Garland
By MICHAEL SPECTER
Published: July 23, 1992
K. D. LANG is the type of politically radical vegetarian lesbian defender of wildlife you'd want to bring home to mother.
Wholesome, endearing, strident and polemical, she has a golden voice that could fill the Grand Canyon. So could some of her opinions. Quiet but not shy, she was sickened when she learned that a baboon's liver had been used to save the life of a man.
"How can you place human life above every other form of life?" she said during an interview, still clearly astonished by a choice millions would have made in the blink of an eye. "Who do these people think they are?"
It is a question that has often been directed toward the mystifying Ms. Lang herself. After more than a decade as a boot-stomping cowgirl with a buzz cut and punk pretensions, Ms. Lang,... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1031 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:43:00 PST <![CDATA[ Hello Magazine Oct 06 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1033/t/Hello-Magazine-Oct-06.html
Thanks to Deb for the transcription and photos (and to Jools for alerting us) for relevant thread go here
kd lang is tired. It's 2PM and she is slumped, albeit
smiling, in a well worn armchair in one of the small
lounge areas at the Tools For Peace Camp she helped
to create in the Tehachapi Mountains of central
California. The devoted vegetarian is the camps
self-appointed chef and as such has the daunting
task of cooking three square meals a day for more
than 30 people, most of them meat eaters. But she
doesn't blink. "There are always red meat, chicken,
or turkey and tofu... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1033 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:40:00 PST <![CDATA[ k.d. lang's subversion gains subtlety 3/06 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1034/t/k-d-lang-s-subversion-gains-subtlety-3-06.html k.d. lang's subversion gains subtlety
Don't expect this cowpunk to dance around like she's 23 again
Stuart Derdeyn, Vancouver Province; CanWest News Service
Published: Saturday, March 25, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas - Long before Hanna hard-rockers Nickelback were known worldwide, Alberta's biggest musical export came from Consort.
Born Nov. 2, 1961, of one of those distinctly Canadian hybrid ancestries -- Sioux, German, Russian Jew and Icelandic -- Kathryn Dawn Lang didn't grow up crooning Patsy Cline.
This Brokeback cowgirl drove a big ol' truck.
Somewhere between the back 40 and fame, she lost two names, capital letters and found a profession suited to her vision of a "subversive progressive" singer/songwriter.
"When I left the farm for college, I studied music and art and was involved in 12-hour re-enactments of the first plastic heart... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1034 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:04:00 PST <![CDATA[ Song 1988 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1035/t/Song-1988.html image

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]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1035 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:02:00 PST <![CDATA[ Roy Orbison by k.d. lang ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1036/t/Roy-Orbison-by-k-d-lang.html Roy Orbison
By k.d. lang
I've always compared Roy Orbison to a tree: passive and beautiful yet extremely solid. He maintained a sense of humility and sensitivity and gentleness uncommon to his era. He wasn't effeminate but extremely gentle. He was someone you felt entirely safe with, whether you were listening to his records or being around him. It wasn't like Elvis: It wasn't like your loins were on fire or anything like that. It's more like Roy was a private place to go -- a solace or a refuge.
He broke the mold of the Fifties tough-guy thing, and even the style of his music was a kind of fine art for somebody from Wink, Texas. It was cosmopolitan in a mysteriously soft and romantic way.
Roy Orbison was like a folk opera singer. I think he was influenced by Spanish opera in structure and in feel. He also loved to express his voice in this upper range, in falsetto. He was vulnerable and strong... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1036 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 06:57:00 PST <![CDATA[ C is for Consort (2003) ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1037/t/C-is-for-Consort-2003-.html
C is for Consort

Colette Derworiz
Calgary Herald

Thursday, August 07, 2003

imageAudrey Lang of Consort displays her daughter k.d. lang's awards. The famed singer is loved less by the rest of town.

CREDIT: Lorraine Hjalte, Calgary Herald

feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1037 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:40:00 PST <![CDATA[ Joyful pop suits k.d. lang 2000 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1038/t/Joyful-pop-suits-k-d-lang-2000.html Joyful pop suits k.d. lang
Chicago Sun-Times, Aug 15, 2000 by BOBBY REED
k.d. lang, Shelby Lynne
Singer k.d. lang clearly relishes the role of agent for social change.
Bluntly outspoken, the Canadian singer-songwriter supports Al Gore's presidential bid. She's also a staunch vegetarian. And openly gay.
"I can guarantee you that I'm not related to Dick Cheney," quipped lang, referring to the Republican vice presidential candidate's lesbian daughter, Mary, whose sexual orientation is creating angst in the GOP ranks.
Even though she cannot vote in U.S. elections because she's a Canadian citizen, lang is closely following the Gore-Bush race. She lambasted the Texas delegates who prayed in silent protest at the recent Republican National Convention during a brief speech by gay Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.). "That's not Christianity,"... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1038 Fri, 12 May 2006 01:19:00 PST <![CDATA[ The Reintarnation of k.d. lang ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1039/t/The-Reintarnation-of-k-d-lang.html http://folkmusic.about.com/od/interviews/a/kdlanginterview.htm
The Reintarnation of k.d. lang
From Kim Ruehl,
An interview
Kim Ruehl: Tell me a little about Reintarnation … what inspired you to dig into your roots and pull out all these campy old country songs and get into kind of k.d. lang: the early years?
k.d. lang: Rhino approached us about doing the compilation and I was really happy to do it, because I know Rhino really takes care of how they deal with compilations … I really tried to focus more on the up-tempo roots of k.d. lang, which most people are not aware of. So that's what I really wanted to take a stab at.
KR: In the liner notes, you say you never thought of yourself as a country singer, that it was more about being a performance artist … it was a project … so was this album kind of a way to close... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1039 Thu, 11 May 2006 17:37:00 PST <![CDATA[ Cabaret: k.d. lang, Country 1987 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1040/t/Cabaret-k-d-lang-Country-1987.html CABARET: K.D. LANG, COUNTRY


By JON PARELES
Published: May 10, 1987
K. D. LANG comes on strong. She started her set Monday at the Bottom Line with a torchy ballad, leaning over the electric piano and emoting in throbbing, overwrought crescendoes that most country singers would save for peaks. Not Ms. Lang: she built from there.
As her band, the Reclines, shifted into honky-tonk tempos, Ms. Lang moved to center stage and turned into a belter - by turns Hollywood cowgirl, rockabilly yelper, girl-group ingenue and Western-swing saloon singer. Her set mixed country-and-western oldies, such as the Lynn Anderson hit ''Rose Garden,'' with her own updates of 1940's and 1950's styles - some wry, such as ''High Time for a Detour,'' and some just plain funny, like the ''Watch Your Step Polka.''
Most of the time, her voice was a throaty, elastic... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1040 Wed, 10 May 2006 23:40:00 PST <![CDATA[ A Kitty Wells Legacy 1988 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1041/t/A-Kitty-Wells-Legacy-1988.html RECORDINGS; A Kitty Wells Legacy - 95 Tunes, All Heartbreakers

By PETER WATROUS
Published: August 14, 1988
"Mr. Bradley's fixation with musical cleanliness - and Nashville's intrinsic nostalgia - appears on ''Shadowland,'' which is subtitled ''the Owen Bradley Sessions.'' Ms. Lang, a Canadian singer, broke into music last year with a well-received debut, ''Angel With a Lariat,'' which rocked hard and yet winked to the listener - Ms. Lang has worked as a performance artist. ''Shadowland'' is tribute to her idols, some of whom, including Miss Wells, appear as guests on the album.
The record is in many ways a logical extension of Mr. Bradley's earliest work with Ms. Wells: the tempos are still, and the instrumental section are like jewels carved into a wooden background. In some ways it's a creepy... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1041 Wed, 10 May 2006 23:38:00 PST <![CDATA[ k.d. lang's Special Brand Of Balladlike Country Rock ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1042/t/k-d-lang-s-Special-Brand-Of-Balladlike-Country-Rock.html http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2D8163DF937A2575BC0A96F948260
Review/Pop; K.D. Lang's Special Brand Of Balladlike Country Rock


By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: August 14, 1989
LEAD: No one, not even Roy Orbison, who co-wrote the song and made it a hit in 1961, has given ''Crying'' the emotional kick in the pants that the Canadian country-pop singer K. D. Lang imparted to it at the Beacon Theater on Friday evening.
No one, not even Roy Orbison, who co-wrote the song and made it a hit in 1961, has given ''Crying'' the emotional kick in the pants that the Canadian country-pop singer K. D. Lang imparted to it at the Beacon Theater on Friday evening.
Taking the song at a more leisurely pace than most singers, Ms. Lang and... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1042 Wed, 10 May 2006 23:35:00 PST <![CDATA[ Torch and Twang: Take Two - Interview with k.d. lang 2006 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1043/t/Torch-and-Twang-Take-Two-Interview-with-k-d-lang-2006.html Torch and Twang: Take Two - Interview with k.d. lang
k.d. lang revisits her early cowpunk with a refreshing retrospective. Dust off your sequins, little doggies!
04.25.06
By John Polly
Here's a journalist's tip for you: A good way to break the ice with k.d. lang when you're going to interview her, is to tell her that you listened to her new record all weekend while you were cleaning house. For some reason, if you're calling up the Grammy-winning world-renowned chanteuse/cowgirl/vegetarian popstar (who just happens to be one of the most famous lesbians on the planet) to ask her questions about her new album, Reintarnation, and this innocuous bit of information gets relayed, she laughs and becomes super-relaxed and comments affably: "I bet you were cleaning really fast!"
And then you'll both crack up because she's right. Need to charge your engine and get zipping around the... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1043 Mon, 08 May 2006 22:05:00 PST <![CDATA[ A Lang way to Sakamoto 2000 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1044/t/A-Lang-way-to-Sakamoto-2000.html A Lang way to Sakamoto
k.d. Lang
28 July 2000
I discovered Ryuichi from the soundtrack of The Sheltering Sky. His sense of melody is beyond divine. It's so challenging - as a singer I'd love to sink my teeth into his melody.
I saw his show in Los Angeles where I discovered he also has a tremendous rhythmic thing: a nonstop hypnotic, but intricate, syncopated piece. He uses the industrialised piano, which John Cage invented, where objects are placed on the strings to give different overtones and textures. It's genius to witness - I'd never seen that before. Another thing you'll notice is that the set is very minimal and dreamy.
We've not recorded together, although he did ask me to work on a previous opera. Sadly I was in the studio - but I'd love to collaborate in the future just to go into his world. I don't know what I'd do exactly, but that's good. He'd stretch... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1044 Sun, 07 May 2006 01:57:00 PST <![CDATA[ k.d. on Radio Scotland (Transcript) ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1045/t/k-d-on-Radio-Scotland-Transcript-.html
thanks millyx
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Int: Sixteen years ago next month, I first saw tonight's guest play at The King's theatre in Glasgow as part of Mayfest. Like most of the audience that night, I left hooked on her music and on her incredible live performances. Reintarnation is her new CD, it looks back at the music she produced in the first ten years of her career, from her early cowpunk beginnings in Canada to her much acclaimed work with Owen Bradley in Nashville. She joins me... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1045 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:09:00 PST <![CDATA[ What k.d. did Next 2006 ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1046/t/What-k-d-did-Next-2006.html What K.D. Did Next Did Next ; Singer K.D. LANG Has Never Forgotten the Pain She Felt When Her Father Walked Out. She Tells CHRISSY ILEY About Her Sadness, Her New Best Friend Tony Bennett and How She Feels About That Notorious Photoshoot With Supermodel Cindy Crawford
2006-04-23
Daily Mail; London (UK)
By CHRISSY ILEY
The prospect of meeting k.d. lang is nerve-racking. It's lunchtime and she wants to meet at my house.
But she is a passionate cook and a vegetarian, possibly even a vegan, and the best I can offer her is a spread from my local supermarket salad bar. The throaty roar of a Harley-Davidson heralds her arrival, and when she dismounts I note that she is wearing masculine jeans and her very feminine face has the most delicate, peachy skin. She is charming, smiley and sweet 'Did I disturb your lunch?' she asks, looking at the Middle East-themed smorgasbord I have prepared. 'No,... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1046 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:24:00 PST <![CDATA[ A Conversation with k.d. lang (SXSW) ]]> http://kdlang.org/topic/1047/t/A-Conversation-with-k-d-lang-SXSW-.html http://clizbiz.blogspot.com/2006/03/sxsw-conversation-with-kd-lang.html
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (kennedyflair) http://kdlang.org/topic/1047 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:59:00 PST