It’s a risky, gutsy move for an artist to perform new material in its entirety. Calgary’s Leslie Feist took such a risk, performing her newest album Pleasure in its entirety during a 3-night stint at the Bella Concert Hall on the MRU campus.

The risk paid off – Feist’s latest work is dark, haunting and beautiful. The Bella was a perfect venue for her. Although she could have sold out a larger venue, the performance felt as intimate as could be. Just Feist and 780 of her closest friends. Combined it made for a stunning first half of the show. Songs like I Wish I Didn’t Miss You and A Man Is Not His Song were early highlights. Feist charmed between songs, chatting about memories of former band members in attendance, inviting fans on stage to dance, and telling stories about songs.

The audience was very receptive to the new album, there was no sense of waiting for her more familiar parts of her catalogue. Those songs would be delivered, the second half of the show kicking off with A Commotion and My Moon, My Man. The encore kicked off with Mushaboom before the song that sold a ton of iPod Nano’s and lead to multiple Grammy and Juno nominations – 1234. Starting off slow and folksy with just Feist on guitar before the full song came into effect.

It’s been a decade since The Reminder exploded. Feist hasn’t faded from the spotlight but instead embraced the artist she always has been. For those lucky enough to get tickets to see the latest show, it was a night of magic and pure pleasure.

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Contributor Jason Clevett |

Locale Calgary |

Person Feist |

Topic Concert Review |