K.D. Lang : NPR

30 Years Later: Was 1988 The Greatest Year In Music?

The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was released on Oct. 18, 1988. Courtesy of Wilbury hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of Wilbury

30 Years Later: Was 1988 The Greatest Year In Music?

XPN

September 24, 2018 • It's 1988. A gallon of gas is about 90 cents and movie tickets average $3.50 a flick, but what was new in your music collection?

Watch A Live Webcast Of The 2018 Americana Honors & Awards Ceremony

John Prine (credit: Danny Clinch), Rosanne Cash (credit: Michael Lavine), Buddy Guy (credit: Paul Natkin) Courtesy of the artists hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artists

Watch A Live Webcast Of The 2018 Americana Honors & Awards Ceremony

XPN

September 11, 2018 • Hosted by The Milk Carton Kids with performances and appearances by John Prine, Buddy Guy, Brandi Carlile and more, the ceremony kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 6:30 p.m. CT.

Laura Nyro records in the studio in October 1968 in New York City. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

July 24, 2017 • NPR's list of the greatest albums made by women, from 1964 to the present.

k.d. lang Reflects On 25 Years Of 'Ingénue'

k.d. lang. Jeri Heiden/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Jeri Heiden/Courtesy of the artist

k.d. lang Reflects On 25 Years Of 'Ingénue'

July 13, 2017 • The singer talks about the challenges of making what became one of the most important records of the 1990s, dealing with the fame it brought and how she didn't like its hit song until recently.

k.d. lang Reflects On 25 Years Of 'Ingénue'

30:06

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/536522399/537013223" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Stephen Thompson's Top 10 Albums Of 2016

Bon Iver's 22, A Million is Stephen Thompson's favorite album of 2016. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artist

Stephen Thompson's Top 10 Albums Of 2016

December 8, 2016 • If one defining thread ran through 2016's best albums, it was an air of mystery: a sense of myth, otherworldliness, storytelling ambition or multimedia wizardry.

case/lang/veirs' self-titled album is out now. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artist

XPN

October 3, 2016 • Hear Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs discuss how they came together to form a spectacular supergroup, plus live performances.

case/lang/veirs On World Cafe

22:03

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/496418887/496433241" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Review: case/lang/veirs, 'case/lang/veirs'

The self-titled debut album by case/lang/veirs comes out June 17. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artist

Review: case/lang/veirs, 'case/lang/veirs'

June 9, 2016 • A worthy extension of three tremendous catalogs, in which three great singer-songwriters sound enhanced and invigorated by the challenge of living up to each other's legacies.

Watch A 'First Listen Live' With Neko Case, k.d. lang And Laura Veirs

Laura Veirs, k.d. lang and Neko Case perform their collaborative album case/lang/veirs at OPB in Portland, Ore. OPBmusic hide caption

toggle caption

OPBmusic

Watch A 'First Listen Live' With Neko Case, k.d. lang And Laura Veirs

opbmusic.org

June 20, 2016 • The songwriting supergroup performs their new album, case/lang/veirs, in its entirety at OPB in Portland.

Neko Case, k.d. lang And Laura Veirs On The Art Of Working Together

"Collaboration is one of the finest gifts of artistry," k.d. lang (center) says. Together, she, Neko Case (left) and Laura Veirs (right) are case/lang/veirs. Jason Quigley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Jason Quigley/Courtesy of the artist

Music Interviews

Neko Case, k.d. lang And Laura Veirs On The Art Of Working Together

June 19, 2016 • For the three singers, collaborating on the new album case/lang/veirs brought surprises, slip-ups and, finally, satisfaction.

Neko Case, k.d. lang And Laura Veirs On The Art Of Working Together

Listen · 8:10 8:10

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/482351977/482669052" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Concerts

k.d. lang and the Brooklyn Philharmonic

July 12, 2005 • k.d. lang performs songs from her latest CD, Hymns of the 49th Parallel. The disc is a tribute to Canadian songwriters from Leonard Cohen and Neil Young to Bruce Cockburn and Jane Siberry.

In Performance

k.d. lang Looks Homeward on 'Hymns'

August 28, 2004 • Singer k.d. lang talks with NPR's Scott Simon about her new CD, Hymns of the 49th Parallel, her tribute to the great songwriters of Canada. She covers songs by Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and others.

k.d. lang Looks Homeward on 'Hymns'

Listen

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/3870950/3876891" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Music Interviews

Singers Tony Bennett and K.D. Lang

Fresh Air

April 15, 2003 • They've collaborated on the new album A Wonderful World. It is a collection of Louis Armstrong songs and was produced by T-Bone Burnett. Last year the two completed a concert tour.

Singers Tony Bennett and K.D. Lang

Listen

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1232928/1232929" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

k.d. lang performs on Mountain Stage, way back in 2004. Mountain Stage hide caption

toggle caption

Mountain Stage

k.d. lang On Mountain Stage

February 17, 2012 • Mountain Stage looks back on a classic performance by the Canadian singer and songwriter from 2004.

k.d. lang On Mountain Stage

39:25

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/136278739/136402671" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

k.d. lang recorded an intimate studio session for KCRW Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artist

Studio Sessions

KCRW Presents: k.d. lang

KCRW

May 18, 2011 • The venerable Canadian singer-songwriter visited the intimate Berkeley Street Studio in Santa Monica, Calif., to record a special hour-long session for KCRW. Hear the entire set here.

KCRW Presents: k.d. lang

1:01:25

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/136400264/136428817" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Hear an extensive interview and live cuts from k.d. lang on today's World Cafe. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artist

World Cafe

k.d. lang On World Cafe

XPN

September 5, 2011 • Hear a wide-ranging interview and live cuts from the singular singer-songwriter.

Listen Now

29:30

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/139019546/140192938" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Sing It Loud finds k.d. lang returning to her country roots. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artist

Music Interviews

k.d. lang: Bringing It All Back Home

April 16, 2011 • Sing It Loud, lang's 13th studio album, is her first with a band of her own since the records that launched her career more than two decades ago.

k.d. lang: Bringing It All Back Home

Listen

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/135444887/135486716" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

k.d. lang: An 'Immortal' Voice, Patiently Preserved

Singer k.d. lang's soaring vocal range and mesmerizing delivery come from discipline and careful choices. Courtesy of Herb Ritts Foundation hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of Herb Ritts Foundation

Music Interviews

k.d. lang: An 'Immortal' Voice, Patiently Preserved

February 12, 2010 • Tony Bennett once said k.d. lang is in a league of singers who are "blessed with a destiny." Twenty-five years later, that destiny is celebrated with a retrospective album called Recollection. But she didn't get that voice without discipline.

k.d. lang: An 'Immortal' Voice, Patiently Preserved

Listen · 4:19 4:19

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/123416193/123635334" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

World Cafe

k.d. lang's 'Watershed' Moment

XPN

May 2, 2008 • Offered up with confidence and honesty, k.d. lang's deeply personal narratives invite listeners into an intimate world. Her glorious voice fuses country, jazz, and even Brazilian rhythms, and in a session on World Cafe, she plays songs from her new album, Watershed.

k.d. lang in Studio on World Cafe 5/2/08

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90132700/90129589" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">