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Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Her hits include the songs " Constant Craving " and " Miss Chatelaine ". Lang has also been active as an animal rights , gay rights , and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. After secondary school, lang attended Red Deer College , where she became fascinated with the life and music of Patsy Cline and decided to pursue a career as a professional singer.

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Lang answered Jim Alexander's classified ad in the Edmonton Journal looking for a singer for his country-swing band. After a show at Devil's Lake Corral which drew over people, lang joined with label owner and manager Larry Wanagas to form a Patsy Cline tribute band , the Reclines, in The Reclines regularly played Edmonton's popular Sidetrack Cafe, a local venue that featured live bands six nights a week.

In , lang presented a performance-art piece, a seven-hour re-enactment of the transplantation of an artificial heart for Barney Clark, a retired American dentist. In August , lang was one of three Canadian artists to be selected to perform at the World Science Fair in Tsukuba , Japan along with other performing and recording contracts throughout Japan.

Singing at country and western venues in Canada, lang began to establish an appearance and style referred to as "cowboy punk". I was broke at the time, so I'd find things at Value Village or get my mom to make me a skirt from the curtains she was about to throw out. I loved playing with the clothes as much as the music. Lang made several recordings that received very positive reviews and earned a Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist.

She accepted the award wearing a wedding dress borrowed from her male roommate. She has won a total of eight Juno Awards.