Throughout her career, k.d. lang has brought us beautiful music. Mostly covers, her songs feel both familiar and completely new.

Lang’s album “Hymns of the 49th Parallel” captures a pure, soulful essence in its 11 tracks. The album is all covers of songs by Canadian musicians including Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. Lang’s voice, the arrangements and the songwriting combine to form an album that transports you to a magical place.

Below is “After the Gold Rush”, written by Neil Young. It the opening track of “Hymns of the 49th Parallel”.

The following is her cover of Roy Orbison’s “Crying”.