k.d. lang continues her Watershed tour tonight with the last of three nights at New York City's Allen Room as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.

Newsday's Glenn Gamboa's review of k.d.'s series opener on Tuesday begins this way:

When k.d. lang closes her eyes and points her head to the heavens, it's a sure sign that something special is soon to follow. Her voice, her phrasing, her performance techniques all add up to a gorgeous delivery that enhances whatever song she chooses.

In addition, Gamboa credits "the strength of her new album" with keeping the proceedings at such a high level. It's the power of the songs, and, as ever, the quality of the voice:

For lang, it is never about the power of her singing, though she certainly has plenty. It's about evoking a mood and building a moment, which requires structure and control, not vocal curlicues and the fluttering melisma of singing 10 notes when one will do.

To read the review, visit newsday.com.

She and the band will make their way to Carleston, West Virginia, in a little over a week for a concert at the Clay Center, after stops in Florida and North Carolina. The Carleston Post and Courier's Devin Grant writes that with Watershed, k.d. "keeps things just as unpredictable as ever ... Indeed, listening to this CD is just like discovering a brand new artist." Grant concludes:

There is no denying that the music on Watershed was worth the eight-year wait ... In a world where much of today's music sounds alarmingly generic, lang should be commended for keeping things interesting.

To read the article, visit charleston.net. For more tour information, click here.

The album review in Enterainment Today credits k.d.'s first foray into self-production with further showcasing her voice, as well as the "powerful combination" of "the lushness of the orchestrations and the deft turns of phrase in the lyrics." Reviewer Brad Auerbach writes that the style k.d. first introduced with 1992's Ingénue is continued here "with aplomb." He cites the opening track, "I Dream of Spring," in particular for evoking "the mercurial mix of the spiritual and sexual mastered so well by the likes of Van Morrison and Al Green." Auerbach's review ends with kind words for Nonesuch for offering artists "unfettered freedom to pursue their muse" with "consistently gratifying" results. To read the review, visit entertainmenttoday.net.

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