Worth the Drive
Feist at Bowl
07/17/2008
Feist It’s been a long, hard road for Canadian songstress Leslie Feist. She started her musical career in a punk band that played its first gig opening for the Ramones, then spent the proceeding five years touring the country, a whirlwind beginning that shredded Feist’s vocal chords and nearly ended her life as a singer before it even really had a chance to get off the ground. She fought her way back, though, regaining her voice and switching to a more delicate pop sound for herself. After a stint as sidekick for electroclash nympho Peaches and as a member of Broken Social Scene, in 2004 she released her solo debut, Let It Die, a collection of sultry tunes elegantly mixing folk, bossa nova, vocal jazz and indie rock into a seamless, shimmering blend. Since then, the singer has enjoyed critical success as well as the growing admiration of her contemporaries who continue to hit her up to lend her voice to their projects and to remix her own tracks. And then, of course, there’s “1234,” the incredibly catchy ditty you might know as “that song from the iPod commercial,” which she has played everywhere from the Grammys to Sesame Street. Not bad for someone who, just a few years ago, thought she’d never sing again. She performs at the Hollywood Bowl on July 20 with neo-soul/funk outfit Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings opening up.
Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave.,
Los Angeles, (323) 436-2827
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