Tori on Silver Rain Today!

Just a quick reminder that Tori will be appearing on Russian radio station Silver Rain today at 2:00 PM Moscow time (just a little bit after I’m writing this). They now have this prominently shown on their home page so it’s a go! If you’re not within their broadcast range, you can listen online to their stream.

Silver Rain To Broadcast Moscow Concert And Interview

Artur Pivovarov let us know that the radio station Silver Rain has announced on-air that they will be broadcasting the convert live! So far, while there doesn’t appear to be anything about this on their website at this time, we’ve heard the announcements so it looks like it’s going to happening. It’s not clear whether or not the complete performance will be aired but whatever is will be on between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM Moscow time.

Additionally, Tori will also be making an interview appearance on Silver Rain the day before the concert, Thursday, September 2nd at 2:00 PM Moscow time.

For those in Russia, you can tune in Silver Rain at 100,1 FM in Moscow and a number of other frequencies in other cities.

Outside of Russia? Don’t fret! They have a live stream at both low and high bitrates. The top two links there are for their embedded player while the bottom two will launch your external mp3/media player.

On a related note, Tori’s first live performance in Russia has caused a few ripples in the Russian press, such as this preview in Russia Prime Time pointed out by Stoff. While none of the pieces are terribly revealing, it’s good to see some promo for the concert. And it’s not just limited to the press as this little television commercial for the concert show:

Thanks to our friends at toribr for bringing it to our attention!

Happy Birthday Tori!

While we here at Undented are at the tail-end of the international day (it’s Monday in Australia, yo!), our birthday wishes for Tori are no less heart-felt. Here’s hoping for a lovely, relaxing birthday for her — and for many more!

Map The Music

After the unexpected death of her father, Samantha Hale embarked on a journey following Imogen Heap around on tour, much in the same way that many of us do with Tori Amos, albeit for a different reason. Music was her path to healing; as she says, “Music has been my therapy ever since. And going to a live show was my group therapy.”

While out on the road following Imogen and other artists, she started documenting her fellow travelers and how live music matters so much to so many people. The result is Map the Music, a documentary film that “explores the power and importance of music.” Tori and we Toriphiles are featured in the film, as well as other artists including Imogen Heap, Rachael Yamagata, Cary Brothers, Kate Havnevik, Joshua Radin, Jim Bianco, Zoe Keating, Charlotte Martin and, of course, their fans too.

Check out the trailer below and, if you’re interested in picking up a copy, it can be pre-ordered from Insound. It’s currently slated for a September 7th release.

Tori in Pori: The YleX Interview

While Tori was in Finland recently, she sat down and chatted with the Finnish radio station Ylex about performing in Finland, her work and other current projects. During the interview, she indicated that The Light Princess musical is currently expected to be shown in 2012 (and, as a result, that she probably will not tour again until after that), talked at length about the upcoming performance with The Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam and mentioned a secret project that she has been approached about. While she didn’t provide many details about this project, she did say that it didn’t fit into the standard pop mold and that was one of the reasons why she found it an intriguing possibility.

You can listen to the interview on YleX’s website.

Thanks to the fine folks at toribr for alerting us to it!

Update: YleX also reported on Tori’s performance at the Festival and, even if you don’t understand Finnish, the photo gallery there is worth the visit!

Update: Thanks to SweetOnes from the yessaid forum, here is a transcription of the interview. Jump the fold to check it out!

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Tori in Pori: The Aftermath

Our apologies for the belated coverage of the final show of this little summer jaunt that Tori took through Europe. The last show took place on Friday at the Pori Jazz Festival in Pori, Finland, bookending the tour nicely as it started at another jazz festival in Montreux. Tori played a short outdoor set which included “Girl,” “Space Dog” and “Personal Jesus/Body and Soul.” The full set, thanks to the lovely @NicotineLove who updated it live on Twitter, can be found, along with YouTube video of the entire show and quite a few photos from the performance, in the Tour section.

If you’d like to contribute your opinion of the concert, please do so using the comment form at the bottom of that page — we’d love to hear what you thought! Photos are always welcome too!

Tori has two more concerts lined up this year: her first trip to Russia with a performance in Moscow on September 3rd and a special show with the Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam on October 8th. While we won’t be attending either we’re looking forward to see what Tori has in store for both shows and reporting on what happens for y’all!

Site Update: Brief Silence

Just a short note to say that neither Violet nor I will be able to doing any site updates over the next couple days. As a result, we’ll be getting the Pori Jazz Festival show setlist will probably be posted on Sunday. If you need a fix, keep an eye on the #toriamos hashtag on Twitter or follow along on one of the freak-out threads on the big Tori Amos forums (Unforumzed, Yessaid and The Afterglow.

Update: @NicotineLove is updating today’s setlist on Twitter — check it out there!

Bloemendaal, Are You Out There?

While we were briefly uncertain of the order of the songs Tori played tonight at the lovely outdoor stage at Openluchttheater Caprera in Bloemendaal, we were sure it was a cracking performance as more than a few people in attendance called it the best show so far this summer— and not just because she opened with “Flying Dutchman” and included “Caught A Lite Sneeze.” “Honey.” “Crazy,” “Carbon,” “Spark” and “Spring Haze.” Of course, there is still one more concert this month and the Moscow and Metropole Orchestra performance later this Fall, so there is still time to out-do tonight…

Thanks to @arjanwelles for sending in the songs included in the set and to the fine folks at Everything Tori for clarifying the order in which they were played Check out the set on the Bloemendaal page and, as always, reviews from those who were there are most welcome!

Snow Cherries in a Parisian Summer

At L’Olympia tonight in Paris, Tori turned the tables from the start, opening the performance with “Curtain Call,” and then proceeded to stroll through a full-bodied set featuring “Mrs. Jesus,” “Twinkle,” “Snow Cherries From France,” “Another Girl’s Paradise” and a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” A two-songs encore included “Crucify” and the “Personal Jesus”/“Body and Soul” combination. The full set, thanks to our fine friends at toriamos.fr who updated the setlist on Twitter, has been posted in the Tour section.

Y’all know the routine now: if you would like to send in a review of the concert, please use the comment form at the bottom of that page and we are more than happy to host your photos or embed your videos of the performance. Links to Flickr galleries, Photobucket images, Youtube or Vimeo movies, what-have-you is always welcome!

Barnes & Noble: The Return of the Pre-Order

In the latest — and hopefully final — chapter of the Barnes & Noble exclusive pre-order for the Tori Amos – Live From the Artists Den DVD, several people (including myself) have received 30 day extension approval requests from B&N. In the note, they apologize for being unable to fulfill the pre-order and explains that unless ones approves the extension within 24 hours, the order will be canceled.

This is all very mysterious as several others canceled their pre-orders, reordered the DVD and have already gotten shipment notices!

However, a quick call to their customer service number shed some light on the mystery: turns out that the pre-orders are shipped from one location where they do not have the DVD in stock. Meanwhile, new orders were being shipped from another location where the item is. Why they couldn’t just automatically change the source location for the pre-orders, the world may never know…but it does mean that those who are still hanging on to your pre-orders, you might as well re-order (or pick up a copy at a store) and, once you get a shipment notice, go ahead and cancel the pre-order.