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[email protected] Press materials: http://pressroom.pbs.org or http://www.thirteen.org/13pressroom k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special Premieres Nationwide Friday, December 14 on PBS Iconic singer-songwriter k.d. lang performs complete “Ingénue” album in honor of its 25 th anniversary at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio Iconic singer-songwriter k.d. lang performs a 25 th anniversary concert celebrating her critically acclaimed 1992 album “Ingénue” from the Majestic Theater in San Antonio, Texas, in k.d. lang – Landmarks Live in Concert – A Great Performances Special , premiering nationwide Friday, December 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Lush and subtle, “Ingénue” allowed lang and co-writer-producer Ben Mink to explore jazz, cabaret and Tin Pan Alley songwriting, resulting in some of her greatest compositions. This Landmarks Live in Concert special features an uninterrupted performance of the complete “Ingénue” album, including lang’s GRAMMY ® Award-winning hit “Constant Craving,” “Save Me,” “Wash Me Clean,” “Season of Hollow Soul” and “Miss Chatelaine.” The concert also includes the beloved Leonard Cohen song “Hallelujah” and a previously unreleased song by lang and Joe Pisapia, “Sleeping Alone.” The special also features an interview with lang by James Reed, an entertainment editor at Los Angeles Times. Twenty-six years ago, k.d. lang was embraced by the music world, its elders (including collaborators such as Tony Bennett and Roy Orbison) and audiences all over the globe for her powerfully emotional voice and often quirky take on country music.