“Sometimes, being a badass isn’t about being tough — it’s about being vulnerable. Tori Amos does both, and by her example many people have been helped to survive. It doesn’t get more badass than that.”
- Lesley (xoJane)
Tori Amos shares a crumpet with Matt Pinfield
“In this latest edition of 120 Seconds, Matt Pinfield sits down with Tori Amos, and along with having some baked goods and giant glasses of tea, the two discuss her latest record, Night of Hunters, and how her cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” transformed the song from grunge hit to delicate piano ballad.”
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Tori Amos.
Finally pictures with interesting colors, am I right??? This is so going into the new layout of the forum!
Omgoddess, where did these come from, they’re amazing!
“Tori Amos has made music history with her new Deutsche Grammophon album Night of Hunters, becoming the first woman ever to simultaneously land on Billboard’s Classical, Alternative and Rock Charts all in the Top 10. Her critically acclaimed new disc debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Classical Crossover and Classical Overall Charts, while also nabbing the #5 position on the Alternative Chart and #7 on the Rock Chart.”
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Tori Amos stopped by the Rolling Stone studio recently to talk about how working on a stage musical for the past few years influenced the creation of Night of Hunters, her first classical-based song cycle. She also explained why she loves to customize her setlists to suit the mood of the city she’s in and told us why Bach, Beethoven and Brahms “make some of our icon rock stars today look very tame.”
Next year sees the 20th anniversary of the release of Little Earthquakes, the debut album that put Amos on the map. Our time together almost up, I remind Amos of another landmark, namely the 1994 Q magazine cover that saw her photographed alongside Björk and PJ Harvey under the caption “Hips….
“With a delicate ruthlessness”
The interview with Tavis Smiley is now avaliable to watch at Tavis’ PBS page
There have been a lot of good interviews in this era, this is definitely one of them!
