Cyndi Lauper on Her Country Album, Donald Trump, Hanging With Lady Gaga

Before Cyndi Lauper was a solo artist – before the blue eyeliner, Captain Lou and those “whoa-whoa-whoas” on “We Are the World” – she fronted- the rockabilly-tinged band Blue Angel. Lauper didn’t initially make the connection between that experience and the country classics she covers on her strong new album,…