k.d. lang News 05/06
Here are a few links to things that k.d. has done recently or is doing:
18/5/06
k. d. lang hosts
The 1st Annual
LGBT Stars of Tomorrow Benefit:
Premiere Live Reading of
Save Me
Monday, June 12, 2006
http://www.thepointfoundation.org/benefit2.html
k.d. lang to Perform at Out Games Ceremony
Sat 07/29/06 Montreal, QC Out Games Ceremony
http://www.montreal2006.org/home.html
6/4/06
k.d.live performances-see here
18/3/06
k.d. to perform at the Britt Festival August 27th
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0318/local/stories/02local.htm
k.d. appeared at SXSW 16th March as a speaker more info here www.wireimage.com for pics (type in k.d. lang in search box)
21st Jan
Stop Press! New Album entitled "Reintarnation" released 24/4/06. Click here for tracklist and press release. Also see here Australia releases May 13, New Zealand May 15,
http://www.musicgearreview.com/article-display/1752.html
Performer Gavin DeGraw and host Randy Jackson have been added to the list of incredible artists appearing at the 2006 Yamaha Dealer Concert at the NAMM Show. Yamaha dealers will be treated to an extraordinary night of entertainment when these luminaries take the stage on Friday, January 20 at 8 p.m. at Disney’s California Adventure® park’s beautiful Hyperion® Theater.
Previously announced performers include Grammy Award-winning, platinum selling superstars Brian Wilson, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Cole and k.d. lang.
k.d. lang to perform at Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala
The Feb. 5 event will honour songwriters and songs that have helped shape the country's musical landscape. Five songwriters, 26 songs and three Legacy Award recipients will be honoured at the gala event including Leonard Cohen, Gilles Vigneault and Anne Murray.
CBC-TV is scheduled to broadcast the gala a few weeks later on March 6.
http://www.cansong.ca/en/events/2006.aspx
3 k.d. videos can now be purchased from the US version of iTunes-Sexuality, If I were You and You're OK
6/12/05
Tony Bennett has asked k.d. to sing one duet with him on an album he'll record early next year for his 80th Birthday. (released by Starbucks)
k.d. will be performing in Washington DC next weekend (Dec. 4) to honor Tony Bennett, who is receiving an award (along with Robert Redford, Tina Turner, Suzanne Farrell, & Julie Harris) at the Kennedy Center Honors, which will be broadcast later in December.
Look here for more info:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/
6/12/05
k.d. closed the tribute to Tony Bennett (after Wynton Marsalis, Vanessa Williams, Diana Krall, & John Legend) by singing "What A Wonderful World", backed by an orchestra. Photos here
k.d. is assembling a new compilation of her 1980's songs, many of which have been remixed by k.d. with Ben Mink. Target release date March 2006 on Rhino/Warner Entertainment. k.d. lang has been named winner of her country's National Arts Centre Award for exceptional achievement during the past performance year.
The awards will be presented during a Nov. 4 ceremony at Rideau Hall to be followed the next night with a gala at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. See this thread
The sound track to Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio has "I'm Sitting on Top of the World 3:44 performed by k.d. Lang". A link to the site is below:
http://www.dreamworks.com/PrizeWinner/
The Society of Singers Sets Lineup for Presentation of ELLA Award to Elton John
Wednesday August 10, 8:21 pm ET
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Eric McCormack, Joss Stone, k.d. lang, LeAnn Rimes, Lulu, Ruth Brown and Smokey Robinson will be among the performers at the Society of Singers' (SOS) presentation of the 14th annual ELLA Award to Elton John at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 10, 2005. Tickets are priced at $600, $900, $1,250 and $2,500, with all proceeds to benefit the non-profit Society of Singers. more (k.d. sang "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word")
As reported on this site-k.d.is on the Desperate Housewives Soundtrack!
You can pre-order the album here! To listen to tracks go
hereTracklist:
1. Shania Twain "Shoes"
2. kd lang "Dream of the Everyday Housewife"
3. Sara Evans "One's on the Way"
4. Jewel "TBD"
5. Macy Gray "Boom Boom"
6. Anna Nalick "Band of Gold"
7. Liz Phair "Mother's Little Helper"
8. Aretha Franklin “Always A Woman”
9. Indigo Girls "Mrs. Robinson"
10. Joss Stone "Treat Me Right"
11. Martina McBride "Harper Valley PTA"
12. Paulina Rubio "TBD"
13. Gloria Estefan “TBD”
14. Idina Menzel “Damsel in Distress”
15. Danny Elfman “Desperate Housewives Theme”
k.d. has recorded a duet with Nelly Mckay for Nellys album Pretty Little Head (released 3rd Jan.) The track is called “We Had It Right.”
k.d. lang to do benefit performance for Project Angel Foodk.d. lang will perform at the annual Angel Awards for Project Angel Food in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, August 20th, 2005. The Angel Awards is the gala celebration of those who have demonstrated their commitment to Project Angel Food's mission of preparing and delivering free, life-sustaining meals daily to more than 1,200 people living with HIV/AIDS, all types of cancer, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and other serious illnesses throughout Los Angeles County.
This year's Honorees are Doris Roberts and Carol & Jerry Coben.
Previous Angel Awards have raised over $4 million to support Project Angel Food's meal delivery program. To find out more about Project Angel Food, please visit there website by clicking on the title above OR by visiting
www.angelfood.org.
Photos
here and
here"kd lang was incredible, she sang 3 songs from her new album Hymns Of The 49th Parallel, including Hallelujah. Then she surprised us with an encore of Constant Craving, that was requested by the screaming crowd of more than 600."- Erin Neumeyer-communications associate, Angelfood.
k.d. and Tony Bennett to work together again? 8/05
"Not that Tony will be sitting around until the big celebration gets under way. He has a string of summer concert dates ahead including his Aug. 12 and 13 stint at the Hollywood Bowl. "I just love it there, all of Hollywood comes out, and the whole area is so beautiful," he says. He has another album project in the works with his frequent collaborator, k.d. lang. "I have a good idea, but I can't mention the concept yet. It's - that terrible word - commercial," he says with a laugh. And he has a showing of his paintings coming up in Carmel "in about a month and a half." The good life, indeed."
Official website has been updated.
Several kd items were recently auctioned in aid of Arib Bhod, including the chance to sing with k.d. herself!
This was the blurb:
This auction defines "unique experience." k.d. lang, a generous supporter of Ari Bhod and our mission of Tibetan cultural preservation, has offered one of the most mind-boggling opportunities ever presented on eBay. This one is better than the jar of air breathed by Brad Pitt or the image of the Holy Virgin on a grilled cheese sandwich. k.d. has been hired by the producers of one the most popular television shows in the country to produce a song for their upcoming soundtrack album. She will be recording the song this month in Los Angeles. The winner of this auction gets to work with k.d. in the studio on the song. What does "works with" mean? Well, k.d. is most interested in another singer. She's going to be singing the song and she would like someone else to work with her either on a duet or as a background vocalist. eBay regulars know how auctioned walk-on roles for TV shows work-- generally you get a non-speaking role, walking by or sitting in the background and sometimes you actually make it onto the screen for a moment. If you win this and you have a great voice, you're going to be on a song that the whole world will be able to hear and your name will be on the credits of the CD and all. If you have a less-than-great voice, k.d. will work with you to get it to sound as good as it can and you'll probably wind up in the background-- and your name will still be in the credits even if no one but people you personally point it out to will be able to hear where you're doing the singing. We're not at liberty to mention the show but unless you've been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you're very much aware of it. The song k.d. will be recording-- with you-- is a cover of the Glen Campbell classic "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife." So take that for what it's worth. If you'd like to learn more about Ari Bhod, please click on our ME Page above. And remember, don't bid on this item if you can't be in Los Angeles this month for the session.
The song will be included on the Desperate Housewives Soundtrack.
Barry Peele and k.d. singing Dreams of the Everyday Housewife!
k.d. is to sing the title song and act (a bit part) in Brian de Palmas "Black Dahlia" the song is rumoured to be "Love for Sale"
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000920834
New press photos
http://directmgmt.com/presspics.htm
A juno interview
http://www.star-tv.com/vault/media.asp?artist=1258
A charity bag auction look here
http://www.bgf.org.au/4_6_charity_auction.html
And k.d. is rumoured to be at Womens night 21st May(Thanks Eaglelady on the yahoo site)
http://www.womensnight.com/history.htm
k.d. recently was nominated for a Juno and sang two songs at the awards (Hallelujah and Helpless) to great acclaim. These tracks can now be downloaded from iTunes.
