Feist

Weekend Audition: Fierce, Feist & Fiasco

Peter Johnson — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:00:01 +0000

FIERCE: Crank up your speakers (but not too much) for some exhilarating “musical caffeine” – a 9-minute blockbuster of a Tchaikovsky finale (Symphony No. 4) – with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the roaring San Francisco Symphony a few years back. It gets the blood pumping, guaranteed. Better yet, consider watching the whole PBS DVD set, part of the series, Keeping Score: MTT on Music. The first disc contains a brilliant narration on the behind-the-scenes painstaking preparation for this performance. Fasten your seatbelt.

What We're Listening To: Feist, Laura Marling & Booker T

Jim Hill — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:01:30 +0000

Sometimes the videos that come out surrounding the release & promotion of a new album are better than the album. In other cases they just refine the visual aspects of the album. That's true this week with two from Feist & Laura Marling as well as a Tiny Desk Concert from the legendary Booker T.

What's New This Week on KUNC Music

Jim Hill — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:47:39 +0000

If new Indigo Girls, Feist, & Laura Marling isn't enough for you, well then, you are in luck. There is more this week in Denver's very own Steve Law, singer/songwriter Mason Jennings, and guitarist Nick Charles. Tune if for KUNC Music every M-F from 9a - Noon.

Feist: A Pop Star With A Punk-Rock Past

NPR Staff — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:33:00 +0000

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 some time off from performing after that surge in popularity.