k.d. lang - Hymns of the 49th Parallel
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Artist: k.d. langEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-07-27
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- After the Gold Rush (Young)
- Simple (lang/Piltch)
- Helpless (Young)
- A Case of You (Mitchell)
- The Valley (Siberry)
- Hallelujah (Cohen)
- One Day I Walk (Cockburn)
- Fallen (Sexsmith)
- Jericho (Mitchell)
- Bird on a Wire (Cohen)
- Love Is Everything (Siberry)
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Free Music Review: Great covers of mellow Canadian songs
Hit: 5 Stars
Canada has a rich musical heritage, to which k d lang has contributed much since she first emerged in the eighties. As you probably know, k d has long been something of a maverick for a variety of reasons and has pursued her musical career in her own way, not being afraid of controversy. This has sometimes worked to her disadvantage, but the longevity of her career shows that she is succeeding on her own terms. I haven't contributed much to that success as the only other album of hers that I owned prior to buying this was Shadowland, although I bought that one twice - first on vinyl and later on CD.
On this album, k d pays tribute to her fellow Canadians by recording a selection of their songs. Two songs each by Neil Young (After the gold rush, Helpless), Joni Mitchell (A case of you, Jericho), Jane Siberry (The valley. Love is everything) and Leonard Cohen (Hallelujah, Bird on a wire), together with one each by Bruce Cockburn (One day I walk) and Ron Sexsmith (Fallen), plus a song that k d co-wrote (Simple) make up the album. Of the original artists, I am a huge fan of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell but I haven't listened to most of the others.
The songs are of the mellow variety, so perhaps some people may complain about the lack of variation in tempo (though I`m happy with it), but the songs are all of a high quality. The music features piano, keyboards, accordion, guitars, bass, drums and plenty of strings, but k d`s voice is the most important instrument by far, and it sounds as good as ever.
Hymns of the 49th Parallel Poster
Hymns of the 49th Parallel fulfills k.d. lang's longstanding desire to create a Canadian songbook. On the album, her first for Nonesuch Records, she pays homage to fellow Canadian artists including Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith, and Bruce Cockburn.Was it homesickness that compelled longtime Los Angeles resident k.d. lang to fashion her one-woman campaign for north-of-the-border nationalism, or just plain good sense? All Canadian content has long been a mainstay of the Canadian Broadcasting System, but few have selected their material with such a fine hand and a high aesthetic. The expatriate singer has taken great pains to create a sophisticated homage to her Canadian roots, elegantly reinterpreting 11 songs penned by some of her more illustrious countrymen (and women) such as Jane Siberry, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen. The idiosyncratic chanteuse turns Cohen's "Bird on a Wire" into an aching monochromatic lament, exploring new tributaries of pain that didn't exist in the original, while recasting Neil Young's "Helpless" into a haunting anthem of memory and comfort, all the while sounding anything but helpless. A gorgeous love letter to her brethren, complete with an intelligent and understated orchestration. --Jaan Uhelszki
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