Leslie Feist got the reverential crowd at the Academy of Music up and dancing in the aisles during her folk-song rave-up of "Sea Lion Woman" on Sunday night. But while the Canadian chanteuse's two-hour show rocked-out every now and then - and included an excellent, almost-bluesy take on the Bee Gees' "Inside and Out," far different than the version on her 2005 album Let It Die - it was mostly a you-could-hear-a-pin-drop vibe at the classical music hall, so much the better to highlight Feist's supple, expressive voice. I could have done without the low-fi shadow light show that added to a precious quality to the proceedings, and the show was sleepier, on the whole, than when she came through last September to the Tower Theatre in support of The Reminder. Lots of lovely moments though, including a troika of mid-set covers that included boyfriend Kevin Drew's "F---ed Up Kid," Tony Scherr's "In My Hands," and Sarah Harmer's "Open Window," accompanied by a cornet solo. (The YouTube video below of the latter is from a San Francisco show last year.) And along with the obligatory "1-2-3-4," singalong, there was a propulsive "I Feel It All." Feist will do that song, and be interviewed, tonight on The Colbert Report.
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