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- <title>
- Aug. 28, 1989: Even Cowgirls Sing Blues
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Aug. 28, 1989 World War II:50th Anniversary
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- PEOPLE, Page 53
- Even Cowgirls Sing Blues
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- <p>By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- <p> "Canadians have always been demure neighbors," says k.d.
- lang. Not that the singer-songwriter from tiny Consort, Alta.,
- holds back at all when she's onstage. Now on an eight-month
- worldwide tour, she's filling sold-out theaters with a big,
- clear voice that's as fresh as a prairie wind. "Performing is
- my element," says the quirky, punk cowgirl. "It's what I live
- for." Deejays aren't sure what to make of the country-pop-bluesy
- blend, so her songs sometimes lag in radio play. That's O.K.
- with k.d., as long as it leaves her free to keep doing her
- exuberant torch and twang. Says she: "I wouldn't have got this
- far without sticking to my guns."
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