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TALKS & DISCUSSIONSFEIST: IN CONVERSATION AND PERFORMANCEElmwood HallSunday 30 August8:00pm | £15/£13 | 75 minsA festival exclusive and a rare UK public appearance by the Canadiansinger/songwriter Feist. In conversation with actress Lisa Dwan, shetalks about her musical heroes and performs both their songs and herown.Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with Monarch, hersubsequent studio albums, Let It Die (2004), and The Reminder(2007), were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, sellingover 2.5 million copies. The Reminder earned Feist four Grammynominations, including a nomination for Best New Artist. She was thetop winner at the 2008 Juno Awards with five awards, includingSongwriter and Album of the Year. Her fourth studio album, Metals,was released on 30 September 2011.“Rich in atmospheric beauty. Feist’s quivering voice oozes sensuality,and acts as a focal point for the drowsy piano, rumbling blues workoutsand ethereal soul ballads which segue Roberta Flack into Kate Bushwith bewitching elegance.” Daily Telegraph on MetalsCurated by Lisa Dwan.LUGHNASA INTERNATIONAL FRIEL FESTIVAL 2015 31