With one more day to go before the release of Recollection, the first-ever k.d. lang retrospective, the singer-songwriter is featured on NPR Music. Citing Tony Bennett, who compares her to Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, and Hank Williams, NPR agrees: "It's prestigious company that k.d. lang deserves to keep." k.d. spoke with BBC Radio 4's Today and with the New Zealand Herald, which states: "The words 'true professional' should only be applied to a handful of people in the music business. And k.d. lang is one of them."
With one more day to go before Recollection, the first-ever k.d. lang retrospective, releases worldwide on Nonesuch, the singer-songwriter is the subject of a feature interview on NPR Music. Citing Tony Bennett, who places his sometime collaborator in the same league as Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, and Hank Williams, NPR's Elizabeth Blair insists, "It's prestigious company that k.d. lang deserves to keep." She references as evidence k.d.'s take on Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and her "iconic version," with Roy Orbison, of "Crying," both of which are featured in Recollection, as is k.d.'s duet with Bennett on "Moonglow."
"Let's face it," says Blair, "k.d. lang was born with a beautiful voice. And she doesn't take it for granted." Read about how k.d. has been able to sustain that over the past 25 years in the interview at npr.org.
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Earlier today, k.d. appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today show. She spoke with the show's arts correspondent, Rebecca Jones, about her career; how it has been affected by her having come out just as her first hit-single, "Constant Craving," made the charts; and all that she has been able to achieve over these past two-and-a-half decades and hopes to do in the years ahead.
You can listen to the show online at news.bbc.co.uk.
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In k.d.'s conversation with the New Zealand Herald's Paula Yeoman about the new compilation, k.d. recalls the momentous occasion of Orbison's having chosen her to record "Crying" with him.
"Just having Roy beside me at the mic and hearing that voice in a natural setting was amazing," she says. "And to be taught the kind of grace and elegance that he exuded; that kind of education is immeasurable. It was like a magical gift to be immersed in that world."
After a lengthy look at the rich career that would follow that event, Yeoman concludes: "The words 'true professional' should only be applied to a handful of people in the music business. And k.d. lang is one of them."
Read the complete article at nzherald.co.nz.
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