In 23 years as a celebrated singer and songwriter, k.d. lang has navigated a diversity of material to consistent acclaim. Audiences, critics and the Recording Academy have warmly embraced her through collaborations with Tony Bennett, self-penned albums such as Ingenue and All You Can Eat, and, most recently, her creation of a Canadian songbook with the critically lauded Hymns of the 49th Parallel.

Produced by lang and her longtime collaborator Ben Mink, the forthcoming collection, Reintarnation--named after a neologism defined by The Washington Post as "coming back to life as a hillbi...