k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang Close Out UK Tour "Beaming and Ebullient," Four Stars (Guardian)

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k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang brought their UK tour to a close with a performance at Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, Scotland, last night. The tour included two shows at London's Royal Festival Hall, to which the Guardian gives four stars. "lang is a beaming and ebullient figure tonight," says the Guardian. "k.d. lang's mojo has clearly been firmly relocated." The Evening Standard says "she's discovered how to have a ball, without sacrificing the passion that underpins her work ... How could anyone not fall a little in love?"

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k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang brought their UK tour to a close with a performance at Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, Scotland, last night. The tour featured songs from their recent Nonesuch release, Sing it Loud, as well as favorites from throughout lang's career. The tour brought them to London for two shows at the Royal Festival Hall last week, to which the Guardian gives four stars.

"lang is a beaming and ebullient figure tonight," writes Guardian reviewer Ian Gittins, who says of her performance of songs from the new album: "Her sultry throb of a vocal is desire incarnate on 'I Confess' and the sublime sigh of 'A Sleep with No Dreaming,' while her mood of vivacious defiance on the out-and-proud title track is infectious enough for her to get away with some hypnotically ungainly dancing." Gittins concludes that "kd lang's mojo has clearly been firmly relocated." Read the complete review at guardian.co.uk.

The Evening Standard gives the concert four stars as well. lang showed "she's discovered how to have a ball, without sacrificing the passion that underpins her work," says reviewer John Aizlewood, one example being the new album track "A Sleep With No Dreaming," which she delivered "with spine-tingling intensity." All in all, lang "gave every impression of being truly at ease with herself. How could anyone not fall a little in love?" Read the review at thisislondon.co.uk.

While in the UK, lang appeared on Graham Norton's Saturday show on BBC Radio 2. On the show, lang is asked to choose a current favorite track and picked label mate Jessica Lea Mayfield’s "Our Hearts Are Wrong," off her Nonesuch debut album, Tell Me. Listen in online at bbc.co.uk, where lang's segment begins at around 1 hour and 25 minutes in.

She also also appeared on Saturday’s edition of BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends, opening the show. That show is also available online at bbc.co.uk.

To pick up a copy of Sing it Loud, head to the Nonesuch Store, where orders include high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s of the album at checkout. lang and the Siss Boom Bang begin their North American tour at the Rochester Jazz Festival starting a week from Thursday, on June 16. For details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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  • Tuesday, June 7, 2011
    k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang Close Out UK Tour "Beaming and Ebullient," Four Stars (Guardian)
    James Minchin III

    k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang brought their UK tour to a close with a performance at Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, Scotland, last night. The tour featured songs from their recent Nonesuch release, Sing it Loud, as well as favorites from throughout lang's career. The tour brought them to London for two shows at the Royal Festival Hall last week, to which the Guardian gives four stars.

    "lang is a beaming and ebullient figure tonight," writes Guardian reviewer Ian Gittins, who says of her performance of songs from the new album: "Her sultry throb of a vocal is desire incarnate on 'I Confess' and the sublime sigh of 'A Sleep with No Dreaming,' while her mood of vivacious defiance on the out-and-proud title track is infectious enough for her to get away with some hypnotically ungainly dancing." Gittins concludes that "kd lang's mojo has clearly been firmly relocated." Read the complete review at guardian.co.uk.

    The Evening Standard gives the concert four stars as well. lang showed "she's discovered how to have a ball, without sacrificing the passion that underpins her work," says reviewer John Aizlewood, one example being the new album track "A Sleep With No Dreaming," which she delivered "with spine-tingling intensity." All in all, lang "gave every impression of being truly at ease with herself. How could anyone not fall a little in love?" Read the review at thisislondon.co.uk.

    While in the UK, lang appeared on Graham Norton's Saturday show on BBC Radio 2. On the show, lang is asked to choose a current favorite track and picked label mate Jessica Lea Mayfield’s "Our Hearts Are Wrong," off her Nonesuch debut album, Tell Me. Listen in online at bbc.co.uk, where lang's segment begins at around 1 hour and 25 minutes in.

    She also also appeared on Saturday’s edition of BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends, opening the show. That show is also available online at bbc.co.uk.

    To pick up a copy of Sing it Loud, head to the Nonesuch Store, where orders include high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s of the album at checkout. lang and the Siss Boom Bang begin their North American tour at the Rochester Jazz Festival starting a week from Thursday, on June 16. For details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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