Our tender hearts were cradled when Feist released her don’t call it a comeback record, “Pleasure,” last Friday. It’s a slow-build track that comes to life with soft guitars and harmonies until it ...

There’s always been a disconnect between Leslie Feist’s music — soothing, thoughtful, deliberately crafted — and her warm, wryly funny personality. We got to witness both in her long-awaited Tiny Desk ...

If you’re familiar with Feist, who is celebrating her 40th birthday today, you likely got to know her from the song “1234.” Back in 2007, the Canadian singer-songwriter had a huge hit seemingly from ...

The Canadian songwriter’s most intimate-sounding album is also her most ambitious statement. By Jon Pareles “Fear … fearless … oh fear … fearlessness ...

Leslie Feist, the Canadian singer and guitarist who plays under her nom de rock, Feist, would seem to be a thoroughly modern pop star. And her visibility is about to increase dramatically, thanks to ...

Leslie Feist knows what she's talking about when it comes to lo-fi. When she was about 13 years old, she would put her boom box next to the radio and tape her favorite songs -- through the air -- off ...

Wilco — “The Whole Love” Often labeled as Country-Rock or Americana, Jeff Tweedy and his gang of musicians that make up Wilco quietly evolved little by little with each release following their 1995 ...

Feist's Multitudes is one of this year's 10 Polaris Music Prize-nominated albums, and CBC Music's Shortlist Shortcut series is back to help music fans find out the key details about the shortlisted ...

Less is more on Feist’s stunning and spare new album Pleasure, one of the best works of Leslie Feist’s career - and a marked departure for fans who best know the Canadian singer-songwriter for quirky ...

It's been four years since Leslie Feist released "1234," the career-making single that also became a testament to the power of a still-nascent YouTube. Feist, who performs under her last name, took ...

Leslie Feist had made a serious mistake. That’s the realization this Canadian singer and songwriter seemed to reach, anyway, just a few minutes after she came onstage Friday night at downtown’s Palace ...