I have loved love kd Lang's music since 1987, we did this interview once face-to-face and my tape didn't record! But kd kindly went to a studio in LA, while I sat in my studio in Dublin and we did the interview down the wire. It is a positively uplifting half-hour - minus music - discussion about Bobby Sherman, classical music, kd coming out at 17 to her mother, Percy Faith, Joni Mitchell, performance art, subverting stereotypes in Nashville, "I was a Buddhist, vegetarian and lesbian!" - Roy Orbison, and her own astounding songs such as Season of Hollow Soul. She is a joy to listen to - singing or talking.

kd Lang 2004 The Music That Made Me. kd talks about her performance art and music, Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison, and Leonard Cohen

Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.

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kd Lang 2004 The Music That Made Me. kd talks about her performance art and music, Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison, and Leonard Cohen

kd Lang 2004 The Music That Made Me. kd talks about her performance art and music, Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison, and Leonard Cohen

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