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k.d. lang in Seattle (Seattle Times)
Concert review: It's one thing to hear the great Canadian singer k.d. lang. It's somethin' else to watch her sing. In her jubilant sold-out concert at the Woodland Park Zoo on Wednesday, the pride of Consort, Alberta, was a treat to hear — and a hoot to behold. Fronting her new five-man backup group, the Siss Boom Bang, lang dashed onstage in an all-white, celestial-cowboy sort of outfit. And she stayed in motion throughout her ample set of new material, older hits and choice covers. Barefoot (as usual), the strapping diva danced with quirky abandon; skipped and marched and shimmied; flirted with, wooed and gently sassed the crowd. Strapping on a banjo to sing the countrified "Sorrow Evermore" (from her strong 2010 album, "Sing It Loud"), one of pop music's first lesbian icons signaled to her female fans to gather around the stage. "It turns out that the banjo," she announced with deadpan panache, "is a real chick magnet." The woman knows how to put on a show, sure enough. What's remarkable is how she maintains the focus and breath control to sing so sublimely while working the stage like a whirligig. (more)
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