There is an award party on April 23, 2013.
The party is in Regina, Saskatchewan.
This party is called the Juno Awards.
The Junos are Canadian music awards.
On this night, a famous Canadian singer will be there. Her name is “k.d. lang”.
Kathryn Dawn Lang, (k.d.lang) Lang was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1961. She is a singer.
She sings pop music. She sings country music.
She writes songs, too.
Awards Lang has won eight awards for her music.
She won four awards in Canada.
She won four awards in the U.S.
Famous people sing with her.
Roy Orbison sang “Crying” with her in 1988.
They got an award for this song.
k.d. lang — “Absolute Torch and Twang” album cover Photo by I’m Heavy Duty! (Tracy Sigler), Flickr
The Canadian Music Hall of Fame Famous singers belong to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
On April 13, k.d. lang will also belong to the Hall of Fame. Hallelujah! Lang sang Leonard Cohen’s song, “Hallelujah!” at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
Cohen belongs to the Hall of Fame, too.
To see other Canadian singers in the Hall of Fame, click on the slideshow on our blog.
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Leonard Cohen (Photo: Lena Dahlstrom - Flickr)
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Neil Young, 2009 (Photo: Perole - Flickr)
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Blue Rodeo at the Junos, 2008 (Photo: Duane Storey - Flickr)
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Bruce Cockburn, 2007 (Photo: Bryan Ledgard - Flickr)
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Shania Twain, 2011 Juno Awards (Photo: Tony Felgueiras - Flickr)
Yes, try that! Stump is great word, Azin! I bet they don’t know the singer is k.d. lang…. Leonard Cohen wrote the lyrics. He is also Canadian.
Check them out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE
You may have seen her on TV during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in 2010.
I heard the song at my daughters’ choir concert.It is so nice and beautiful song.I did not know the singer.It is good to have new information.Maybe I would stump my daughters!
Yes, try that! Stump is great word, Azin! I bet they don’t know the singer is k.d. lang…. Leonard Cohen wrote the lyrics. He is also Canadian.
Check them out on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE
You may have seen her on TV during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in 2010.
I heard the song at my daughters’ choir concert.It is so nice and beautiful song.I did not know the singer.It is good to have new information.Maybe I would stump my daughters!