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…interesting article on a looping artist from Canada, Feist. I bolded and put in red reference to looping.
http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2005/10/1812.cfm
Also copied below.
Kris
LIVE: Feist Gets Magical
Tuesday October 18, 2005 @ 05:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff
October 17, 2005
Danforth Music Hall
Toronto, ON
By Bryan Borzykowski
Sarah McLachlan, K.D. Lang and Alanis Morissette are just a few of the female musicians who come to mind when people think of Canada. While all have carved out their own niche in this country and abroad, the woman young girls and smitten boys should be turning to is Feist, not these multi-platinum artists. With delicate vocals, near perfect songs and intense passion, Feist should be selling out arenas across the world. It's likely that day will come, but for now this Clagray native will have to make do with two sold out shows at Toronto's 1,200 seat Danforth Music Hall.
It was clear, even before Feist took to the stage that her first of two shows would be a memorable one. Arts & Crafts label mate and Broken Social Scener Jason Collett charged through most of his new, alt.country disc Idols Of Exile, bringing Feist out to sing backup and play drums for a song. Unlike most openers, Collett played to a packed and appreciative audience.
As entertaining as Collett is, Feist is a performer of a completely different caliber. To get things started the songstress, dressed in all white, came on stage with sparklers ablaze and after a few minutes of singing and harmonizing with herself (via looping), her band came on to play "When I Was A Young Girl."
While Feist knocked off all the important songs — Ron Sexsmith's "Secret Heart," "Gatekeeper," "One Evening" "Mushaboom" and "Let It Die" — it wasn't the tunes that drew one fans in — she could have played anything and it would have been amazing — it was Feist's ability to jam with herself.
During most of the songs the Paris resident stood on the large stage alone, with just a guitar in hand. She then looped guitar parts and several vocal lines, basically creating a five-piece band with just herself. It was almost magical — in the David Copperfield sense — to watch her solo over a repeating guitar riff or adding a fourth melody to her own three part harmony.
Besides deviating from the traditional band setting, Feist also accomplished what most of her contemporaries have trouble doing — funny stage banter. Out of tune guitars (and there were plenty of those) allowed Feist to take time between songs to talk to her fans. Hilarious lines about wearing only red for four months, or making fun of an audience member who had a broken seat gave her adoring crowd another reason to go home happy.
Another major reason why Feist's show was so well received was the venue. While big, the Danforth Music Hall maintains an intimacy that's lost in other huge — and many small — venues. With seats and great acoustics, Feist was able to put on a quiet, delicate performance that much like an MTV Unplugged show. However, during an MTV Unplugged you wouldn't get 12 guys on stage — including Collett and the night's first opener New Buffalo — to play one of Broken Social Scene's newest songs (from their recently released self-titled disc), the fast paced "Major Label Debut."
After watching Feist glide through one hour and 45 minutes of songs, banter and guitar solos, it's clear why people are starting to notice the prairie girl. Her poise, confidence and musicianship rivals not only her famous female coworkers, but many of her male counterparts as well. It's only a matter of time until Feist moves on to bigger things and larger venues.