38 Facts About Kd lang

Kd lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress.

Kd lang's hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine".

Kd lang performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, and at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

Kd lang is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Kd lang is of English, Irish, Scottish, German, Russian-Jewish, Icelandic, and Sioux ancestry.

When Kd lang was nine months old, her family moved to Consort, Alberta, where she grew up with two older sisters and one older brother in the Canadian prairies.

Kd lang moved to Edmonton, Alberta, after her graduation in 1982.

In 1983, Kd lang presented a performance-art piece, a seven-hour re-enactment of the transplantation of an artificial heart for Barney Clark, a retired American dentist.

Kd lang was called a "Canadian Cowpunk" in the June 20,1985, issue of Rolling Stone.

Kd lang accepted the award wearing a wedding dress borrowed from her male roommate.

Kd lang made numerous tongue-in-cheek promises about what she would and would not do in the future, thus fulfilling the title of 'Most Promising'.

In 1986, Kd lang signed a contract with an American record producer in Nashville, Tennessee, and received critical acclaim for her 1987 album, Angel with a Lariat, which was produced by Dave Edmunds.

In 1989, Kd lang released her last album with the Reclines, Absolute Torch And Twang, which won the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

In 1990, Kd lang contributed the song "So in Love" to the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Kd lang contributed much of the music towards Gus Van Sant's soundtrack of the film Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, and did a cover of "Skylark" for the 1997 film adaptation of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Kd lang performed "Surrender" for the closing titles of the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.

Kd lang discreetly flaunted her technique, drawing out notes and shading them from sustained cries into softer, vibrato-laden murmurs.

On July 29,2006, Kd lang performed her hit "Constant Craving" at the opening ceremonies of the Outgames held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

That same year Kd lang was featured in Nellie McKay's second album, Pretty Little Head, singing with McKay in "We Had it Right".

Kd lang participated in the Leonard Cohen memorial celebration "Tower Of Song" in Quebec in November 2017, performing "Hallelujah".

Kd lang is featured in the song "Lightning Fields" by The Killers from their 2020 album Imploding the Mirage.

In 2019, Kd lang said in an interview that she considers herself semi-retired and may not be writing and recording new songs in the future.

Kd lang appeared as Dita Tommey in the 1997 miniseries, The Last Don.

Kd lang had an uncredited role as a lounge singer, performing the song "Love for Sale", in 2006's The Black Dahlia.

Kd lang appeared on the Christmas special of Pee Wee's Playhouse, where she performed the song "Jingle Bell Rock".

Kd lang made a guest appearance on the "Garbage" episode of The Jim Henson Hour, and in 2008 appeared on Rove McManus' live hour show Rove.

In early May 2010, Kd lang filled in at the last minute for Susan Boyle at the Australian TV Logie Awards to reprise her Winter Olympics performance of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", receiving an extended standing ovation.

Kd lang appeared from February 11 to March 9,2014.

In September 2024, Kd lang will reunite with her old band The Reclines to perform together for the first time in 35 years at the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards in Edmonton, Alberta.

Kd lang's cover of Cole Porter's "So in Love", appears on the Red Hot + Blue compilation album and video from 1990.

The issue contained a detailed article about Kd lang which observed that she had thought that she would be ostracized by the country music industry when she came out as a lesbian.

In 2011, Kd lang was inducted to Q Hall of Fame Canada in recognition of the work she has done to further equality for all peoples around the world.

Kd lang noted that dealing with the fallout was something she struggled with in the years that followed.

In November 2005, Kd lang received the National Arts Centre Award, a companion award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.

In 2018 Kd lang was appointed to the Alberta Order of Excellence.

Kd lang is notable for praising Canadians and "letting your freak flags fly" during her acceptance speech.

In June 2024, Kd lang was announced to be the 2024 Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Artist inductee.

Early in life, Kd lang was listening to and was influenced by female artists, such as Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Kate Bush, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt.