kd lang on her new album, Oprah and being gay

She's been a cowgirl, a punky bride, a smoky crooner and an ingénue. But no matter what the outward incarnation kd lang's honesty and introspection always seems to shine through.

It's been 25 years since Canada's preeminent dyke singer first captured the country's heart. None who saw it could ever forget that first televised entry into the nation's consciousness: A gangly tomboy with spiky hair, galumphing joyfully onto the Juno stage to accept her first award, wearing a wedding dress, work boots and a sly grin. Few knew what to make of her and plenty were ready to ridicule this exuberant misfit — that is, until she opened her mouth and shared that glorious voice with the world.

"Used to be I'd laugh it off," lang sings on "Upstream" from her new album. "Now it's just this joke I've got/ A halo's promise and a sinner's dream/ The punch line is/ I always swim/ Upstream." See  kd lang on her new album, Oprah and being gay
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