Tori on Music Express on Ovation

The episode of Music Express, a program consisting of interviews of pop and rock musicians by RTE 2FM DJ Dave Fanning, featuring Tori will be aired several times in the coming days on Ovation, an arts cable television station in North America. Airtimes, all Eastern, are:

• Saturday, July 15, 2006 – 8:00 PM
• Sunday, July 16, 2006 – 12:00 AM
• Wednesday, July 19, 2006 – 8:00 AM
• Wednesday, July 19, 2006 – 3:00 PM
• Wednesday, July 19, 2006 – 7:00 PM

As mentioned on The Dent, this program was originally broadcast on July 23, 2005. No one sent in any information about the interview to Mikewhy then, so if anyone can provide some details, we’d be happy to post them for posterity!

Thanks to Jessica for pointing this out (and apologies for taking a few days to get it posted—long story!).

What Sparks Creativity? Ann Powers Knows!

Ann Powers, co-author of Tori Amos: Piece By Piece will participate in a DoubleTake panel discussion entitled What Sparks Creativity?. She, along with Greg Bear and Michael Klein, will discuss the creative process in the context of popular music, science fiction and fine art, using, respectively, Tori Amos, Ray Bradbury and Beverly Semmes, as their examples.

The panel takes place at 7pm on Thursday, July 13th at the Experience Music Project’s JBL Theatre in Seattle, WA. Admission is free. The reservation period is past, so e-mail Talks@DoubleTakeExhibit.org or call (206) 770-2702 to check on availability.

Thanks to Richard and Melissae for the head’s up!

Swedish Photographer Blaise Reuterswärd To Do Tori's Next Album Cover

Rob tells us that Swedish newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad has reported that the cover of Tori’s next album will be done by high-fashion photographer, Blaise Reuterswärd.

The article, which is actually a review of a Reuterswärd exhibition in the town of Påarp, is in Swedish, but Rob was kind enough to translate the relevant paragraph for us:

But the important thing is that they [women] seem to like having him photograph them. Many think that it is a woman who has taken my pictures, he says by way of explanation. Perhaps that is why singer Tori Amos wants him to do her next album cover. He’s come directly from a meeting with her in London on his way from New York where he also has an exhibition.

You can visit Blaise’s website to view some tantalizing samples of his work in his online portfolio. Google also contains links to a large number of pages with information and articles on Blaise as well.

Tori Comments On Her New Album at the AOL Music News Blog

Thanks to Sweet Shiseido for letting us know about this post on AOL’s Music News Blog which addresses recent activity from the Tori camp. Jessica Robertson covers the forthcoming release of A Piano: The Collection and the new album, mentioning a Spring 2007 release, and includes a new quote from Tori about her current song-writing:

“It’s a real challenge, allowing myself to not have any kind of subject limits [this time] because I was trying to protect my child,” she said of her new album. “But that’s not the only reason I’ve written what I’ve written and done what I’ve done the last five years. Now that I’ve addressed things coming from the mother, the minister’s daughter and a sexual creature, it’s time to do something else energetically. I’m not quite sure how to put it in words yet and I think it’s better to let the music speak for itself.”

Biography Release Date Pushed Back Again

The eagerly anticipated unofficial biography, Pretty Good Years, was not released on June 30th as expected. The publisher tells us that the book has been back-ordered and should be available in August.

Matt's Photos from the Recording Session

Matt Chamberlain has posted some pictures taken during the recording sessions for Tori’s new album in Cornwall on his myspace. While the picture taken of Matt and Tori in front of the recording desk appears to have been removed, there is still a shot of Matt playing with his drums all miked up.

UPDATE: Matt has deleted his myspace profile from the site so that photo is no longer available.

Nashville RAINN Benefit Concert

On August 24th, the Nashville RAINN Benefit Concert will be held at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, TN. Performers include The Gabe Dixon Band, Garrison Starr, Rachael Sage, Sandra McCracken and Tyler James. The show starts at 7:00pm and admission is a $10 minimum donation at the door, all proceeds of which go directly to RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline. For more information, visit the concert’s website at http://myspace.com/rainnbenefitconcert.

Sounds like an excellent night of music, so if you are in the area, head on down and help support a great cause!

More New Album News From Matt Chamberlain!

Matt Chamberlain has updated his website again and says that he has completed tracking Tori’s new record:

Hello—-just finished tracking the new Tori Amos record out in Cornwall England. It was a really fun and intense 3 weeks of non-stop playing, eating, playing, sleeping and playing. All I can say it that it rocks! I was really excited to put my new Ludwig drums to the test and they definitely sounded really focused, subsonic, full with a nice woody tone. I tracked a few songs with some 60’s era ludwigs, some random Slingerland Radio Kings and the old trusty roundbage Gretsch kit from the 40’s really helped on a few tracks. I also really got into using Ableton Live software quite a bit which I think it probably one of the most innovative and intuitive things out there for making long-form audio/electronic loops and phrases.

Thanks to Jenny for bringing this to our attention!

2007 Tori Amos RAINN Benefit Calendar

The 2007 Tori Amos RAINN Benefit Calendar is now available for purchase from the RAINN store. The limited-edition calendar features original artwork by artists Rick Berry, Michelle Chang, Echo Chernik, Dave Dorman, Michael Dringenberg, Matt Hughes, Petar Meseldzija, Ken Meyer, Jr., Christopher Moeller, C.F. Payne, Joe Jusko, Herb Leonhard, David Mack, and Mark Summers and a special, full-size centerfold tour poster by Bob Masse. All artists have donated their work to this project to ensure that all of the calendar’s proceeds directly benefit RAINN.

UPDATE: The calendar is also available from The Tori Store.

Tori To Judge RAINN Poetry & Art Contest

RAINN has announced that it will hold its first ever Art & Poetry Contest in celebration of its 12th anniversary and Tori will be its judge. Tori will select the two winners of the contest, one for art and one for poetry. The winners will be featured on a special-edition t-shirt that will be available in the Fall. Entrants must submit a completed entry form with their art or poetry and a $50 entry fee by August 22nd. The guidelines for the contest are at the link above as well as included with the entry form available from RAINN as a PDF.