This week, k.d. lang brought her Watershed tour to the West Coast, starting with two sold-out performances in Seattle. The Post-Intelligencer points to "the secret chord" referenced in Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," to explain: "That's just what fellow Canadian k.d. lang seems to have found ... Watershed, her aptly named new CD, finds lang achieving an effortless-sounding blend of the personal and the artistic, while adding Brazilian accents to her resolute torch and twang."
This week, k.d. lang brought her Watershed tour to the West Coast, starting with two sold-out performances at Seattle's Moore Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. Reviewing the first show for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, writer Mikel Toombs reports:
In "Hallelujah," his classic if increasingly overexposed song, Leonard Cohen wrote about "the secret chord." That's just what fellow Canadian k.d. lang seems to have found, a mere 24 years after releasing her first album. Watershed, her aptly named new CD, finds lang achieving an effortless-sounding blend of the personal and the artistic, while adding Brazilian accents to her resolute torch and twang.
Cohen's "Hallelujah," which k.d. recorded on her Nonesuch debut, 2004's Hymns of the 49th Parallel, remains a show-stopper in her live set. Toombs returns to it when he concludes: "With a subtle nod to saloon singer Frank Sinatra, she sold her songs, none more so than 'Hallelujah.' Despite the hail of recent interpretations, lang made 'Hallelujah' her own, earning a standing ovation."
To read the concert review, visit seattlepi.nwsource.com.
The tour continues this weekend with two more sold-out performances, this time at Portland's Aladdin theater. For more tour information, click here.
