"Hymns of the 49th Parallel" is the ninth studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter k.d. lang, released in 2004. An album of songs by lang's favourite Canadian songwriters, the album also includes a new version of her original composition "Simple" that initially appeared on her 2000 album "Invincible Summer". Read more on Last.fm.
Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961), better known under her stage name, k.d. lang, is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer and songwriter. She is regarded as one of Canada's foremost female vocalists, as well as a champion of legal equality for LGBT people.
Her singing talent has lent itself to a wide range of genres, although earlier works, such as 'Angel With a Lariat' and 'Absolute Torch and Twang' (the last of which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance) were predominantly country Read more on Last.fm
