Leslie Feist, known mononymously as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release of Monarch.
Feist was born on 13 February 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Her parents are both artists. Her father, Harold Feist, was an American-Canadian abstract expressionist painter who taught at both the Alberta College of Art and Design and Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick.
Her mother, Lyn Feist, was a student of ceramics from Saskatchewan. After their first child, Ben was born, the family moved to Sackville.
Feist is also the niece of guitarist Dan Achen, who played in the 1990s rock band Junkhouse and had also produced for numerous artists (Achen died in 2010 due to a heart attack).
Feist (singer) Children: Does Feist (singer) have a child?
Feist does not have a biological child but has one adopted daughter, who was born at the end of 2019. Her name is identified as Tihui.