Joy mixed with steel

Exhausted by touring, Feist cast off music for nearly two years. But now she's back, and her album Metals reveals a steelier side to the happy-go-lucky songsterMost people who love music get annoyed by the way it is used in adverts, but hooray to Apple for choosing Leslie Feist's "1234" to be a buy-me backing track for its 2007 telly campaign for the iPod Nano. That small sample of Feist's quirky talent – the ad showcased her wonderful dance-alonga video too – was all that was needed for her...

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