Leslie Feist: Canadian singer and songwriter (and that girl in the iPod nano commercial)
Feist who? For real. For the most part, mainstream American has just recently been introduced to Leslie Feist, although most of them probably just refer to her as "that girl in the new iPod Nano commercial" where she sings "1234." But she has much more than that going on. Check out her various ventures, albums and great voice below.
Feist was up for four Grammys in 2008 - Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album (The Reminder), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (1234) and Best Short Form Music Video (1234) - but came home empty handed. If you count getting to sing at the Grammys as a nothing!
Feist was up for four Grammys in 2008 - Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album (The Reminder), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (1234) and Best Short Form Music Video (1234) - but came home empty handed. If you count getting to sing at the Grammys as a nothing!
Three Reasons to Love Leslie Feist
Leslie Feist (pronounced like feisty) is known to most Americans through work featured in commercials, such as the new iPod nano commercial with her song 1234 and for Verizon Wireless' Chocolate phone with the song My Moon My Man.Check out her myspace page for concert information, videos (including her Letterman visit) and more. Her main website is back up and really swank. Check StubHub for concert tickets for those April and July concerts.
So what I like ...
1. Lists among her musical influences Etta James, one of my all-time favorite singers, although I'm not really sure I hear Etta in her current stuff.
2. She started her own punk band at the age of 15 and won a Battle of the Bands contest. Love that kind of initiative and verve! (I was what, struggling to not make a fool of myself in front of my crush of the week?)
3. The cool kind of minimalist sound to her music. Many of her songs seem to feature her voice and just people snapping or clapping the rhythm in the background. Her voice is really the focus, not a lot of instrumental mumbo-jumbo. (Although there is that remix of One Evening that's just a piano solo. Totally unexpected among the other selections.
And the winner is ... Feist!!
Congratulations to Leslie on her 2008 honors!
Feist has had a big year in 2008 due in large part to the recognition earned by the use of her "1 2 3 4" song in the Nano commercial. She's not a newcomer by any means, but for many people, she has been a recent and welcome discovery.Grammys
Nominated:
Won: None
Junos (Canadian Grammys)
Nominated: Single of the Year for "1234"; Album - "The Reminder"; Pop Album - "The Reminder"; Artist of the Year; Songwriter of the Year
Won: All
Other honors
Finalist in the Brit and Indie awards
2007 Shortlist Music Prize, a U.S. award designed to highlight emerging artists
Leslie Feist Makes It To Sesame Street
You know you've hit the big time when you can tell us how to get to Sesame Street.
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Leslie Feist: Grammy nominee
Here's the nominee for Best Short Form Music Video. You'll recognize if from the Nano commercial.
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A Taste of Leslie Feist's Music
Songs from three of Leslie Feist's albums to give you a taste.
Leslie Feist: What's the Buzz?
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- Feist: "I want to learn how to make bread on my fire."
- by genevieverosen on Feb 09 2012, 01:00PM Leslie Feist's salient, seductive voice resounds through silence long after she has stopped signing. Her new album, Metals, is a deeply introspective meditation that touches on poignant experiences ranging from ...
![Europe 2 TV & Sequence SDP presentent: Feist-Trabendo Session. [© Lagardere Active Pole TV] Featuri](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hysbjX2r7GE/default.jpg "Feist - When I Was A Young Girl (Paris)")
Leslie Feist: Articles on, Interviews with and Reviews of
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2008/03/31/5151136-sun.html
- San Francisco Gate
- Interview
- JAM
- Interview
- Rolling Stone
- Review of her latest album, The Reminder
- Blog concert review
- With pictures from the show
- Filter Magazine
- Interview
- Toronto Life
- Article
- Glenna Gordon
- Interview
- Exclaim Canada
- Interview from 2004
- Music Omh
- Review of Let It Die
- New York Times
- Article
- Music MP3
- Review of Open Season, her remix album
- NPR
- Story/semi-review of The Reminder
- Q&A From Westward
- Goes with the short article linked in the first graph.
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LivingInParis
Dec 4, 2009 @ 9:30 am | delete
- I like Feist's French songs (like "Tout Doucement" and "L'amour Ne Dure Pas Toujours"), but either way, I love her voice.
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Jany
Jul 30, 2009 @ 6:11 pm | delete
- If I may Diane, I understand your frustration through your words. Once, in 1995, I saw "Starmania" in Mogador theater in Paris. I was invited by a very close friend of the family, and we were all in the very first row. Seated. :)
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Treasures-By-Brenda
Jan 14, 2009 @ 8:36 pm | delete
- 1,2,3,4...Feist certainly did have a great year, in Canada and, I believe, elsewhere! Nicely done lens.
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SusanVillasLewis
Jul 19, 2008 @ 5:48 pm | delete
- Umm, Diane, I'm sorry you had a bad time at the concert. But this isn't Feist's page. I'm not sure that she even knows it exists. I'd suggest leaving the same note over on her official website listed above.
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Diane Thomas
Jul 19, 2008 @ 3:17 pm | delete
- My husband and I attended your concert in Deer Valley this month and were very disappointed in your attitude of those who were in a 'roped off seating area' as you put it. We were among the many people, including sponsors, who financed your coming to Deer Valley. We are a small community and are not all "rich". We paid extra money to see you as we love your music. I just had a hip operation, my friend had a knee operation and we were excited to come see you in a 'seated' position. That is why we paid extra. Not all of us are into rocking with you near the stage. We didn't see a thing through the second half of your show. We finally decided to stand in order to join in, but still could not see you. You have to realize that if we wanted to go to a 'rock concert' we would do so. You specified to our director that you wanted the crowd to come up front. Please be respectful of those of us who paid to have you come to our small town. You let your ego take away our enjoyment.
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