k.d. lang's Ingenue

Author : Joanna McNaney Stein

Paperback

Published : Thursday 2 November 2023

ISBN : 9781501389191

Price : €11.69

Description

Canadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of punk and country, dubbed â?ocowpunk,â?? with her band, the Reclines. Despite Grammy-award-winning recordings and frequent North American TV spots, mainstream country radio excluded lang from airplay due to her unconventional gender presentation and perceived sexuality. Not until langâ?Ts 1992 pop album IngAcnue, the release of the single â?oConstant Craving,â?? and her subsequent coming out in The Advocate did lang earn critical acclaim worldwide. The book addresses langâ?Ts rise to fame after switching genres, the successful reinvention of her sound and persona, and how she found herself immersed in the whirlwind of MTV and the "lesbian chic" aesthetic of 1990s pop culture. As an LGBTQ author, Joanna McNaney Stein discusses her adolescence and sexual development by weaving in short narrative prose pieces with her analysis of lang and IngAcnue. Also included are interviews with lang's musical collaborators: IngAcnue co-writer Ben Mink, drummer Fred Eltringham, pianist Daniel Clarke, and singer-songwriter Laura Veirs.

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