Singer k.d. lang has embraced a bewildering range of musical genres, from cowgirl punk to Tony Bennett standards — but her fans don’t seem to mind. There’s a new reissue of lang’s early country albums called Reintarnation. She joins Kurt to look back on her career and talk about her roots in rural Canada.
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