Both k.d. lang and Punch Brothers performed sets last month at Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival (which, over 19 days, sold more than 120,000 tickets), and they'll each be featured tonight on BBC Radio 2's Music Club Weekly in advance of their new album release dates: k.d.'s Watershed tomorrow and Punch Brothers' Punch on February 26. The show starts at 11:30 PM GMT, and fans around the world can listen live online at bbc.co.uk/radio2. This week's episode will also be available for streaming throughout the week at the site. Click here for more information.
This past Saturday, k.d. appeared solo on BBC Radio 4's morning show Saturday Live for an "Inheritance Tracks" interview, in which she discusses two songs that have played an important part in her life: Roy Orbison's "Crying" and Jane Siberry's "The Valley," which she recorded on 2004's Hymns of the 49th Parallel. You can listen to the episode throughout the week on bbc.co.uk/radio4. Her segment starts about 48 minutes in.
Watershed will be available in the Nonesuch Store tomorrow; Punch will be available for pre-order February 12, in advance of its February 26 street date.