The New York Times Profiles The Artists Den

The New York Times ran a piece in the July 4th edition of the newspaper on the upcoming second season of Live From the Artists Den. While ostensibly a piece about the program, touching on its history and evolution and discussing the artists and venues lined up in the second season, it also features quotes from Tori and her manager, John Witherspoon about the nature of the show and performing on it.

Thanks to Lindsay for the link!

read more...

Joe Jackson's Spirit Walk With Tori

In advance of Tori’s upcoming show at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin, The Independent has run a retrospective by celebrity interviewer Joe Jackson where he ruminates on the several times he interviewed Tori in the past and it their relationship has impacted his life.

Perhaps most interestingly, he discusses the behind-the-scenes details about his 1994 Hot Press piece in which Tori most directly addressed her rape and sexual assault that kept it out of the Irish Times and lead to it being published in Hot Press. Additionally, if you go to his website, you can find PDF downloads of the banned Irish Times interview as well as the rewritten article for Hot Press.

Thanks to Stoff for the tip!

read more...

Weiner Interview (May 2009)

I never make records alone, I make them with teams of people. But I compose alone. And that’s a very lonely process, although the songs are rich and depend on themselves. But in order to conjure them, I have to go through something in order to translate them. It can be excruciating.

Back in May of last year, Tori spoke to Weiner Magazine during the promotional period ahead of the album release. While the published interview does not appear to be available on their website, the interviewer has kindly posted a transcript of their conversation her blog. while the topics covered were the usual ones from that period — erotic spirituality, places of power, politics, family, composition— the detail and length that these topics are addressed is much greater in this unedited discussion than what filtered down to the published interviews from the time.

Additionally, a new photograph of Tori was also posted by the author. Several other shots from that session can also be found at her website.

Thanks to Hank for the tip!

read more...

Tori Graces Spring 2010 Issue Of What?! Magazine

Tori graces the cover of the fourth issue of What?!, a magazine edited and published by none other than Karen Binns, Tori’s long-time stylist and friend.

In the editorial, Karen writes:

On the cover of this issue we have my long-time friend and sista Tori Amos, which I guess speaks for itself. She is one of the most insanely attractive people of our time: singer, songwriter, producer and a true Goddess. Knowing and hanging out with Tori is like flying on a silver carpet with candied apples and red wine. She has been an inspiration to my creative being for the last 17 years. Tori is the true channeler of our times, her success is not from the size of her wardrobe but from the spirit of her blood. Her Goddess is always on tap. She was born with that ‘thing’ you just can’t purchase, manipulate or steal – it’s orginial without a price. Not forgetting to mention her dedication to her charity/hotline RAINN – Rape, Absue, and Incest National Network (www.rainn.org).

You can also check out this behind-the-scenes perspective on the shoot from StyleCanteen.net’s Nora Nonah.

Tori looks amazing, doesn’t she? See giant versions of the other pics from the recent shoot here and here.

Thanks to Robert Schrader for letting us know about this.

Guardian Interview (January 4, 2010)

Sure I [care about fame]. The “if anyone else likes my music, it’s a bonus” line is bullshit. If I was writing songs just for me I’d only play them in my living room, alone.

This brief article, a part of The Guardian’s Portrait of the Artist series, appeared in that newspapaer’s January 4th edition.

Thanks to Mark-Alexis for catching it and sending it our way!

read more...

Mark "Midasizes" It!

For a somewhat different and refreshing perspective on touring with Tori, check out this press release from Midas Consoles that goes behind the scenes with Tori’s live sound crew, Mark Hawley (aka “Husband”) and Marcel van Limbeek, to discuss their gear preferences and sound philosophy — albeit with an understandably pro-Midas slant.

The release also includes photographs of Mark and Marcel, the former of which adorns this article (warning: the originals from Midas are quite large!)

Thanks to gerbil for sending in this recent Mix article which reminded me about a reprint in Techie Talk originally pointed out by Clément way back in November. Eek!

read more...

Metro Interview (December 21, 2009)

[Women would] bring different things to the table, because of our life experiences. The issue about war, for example, is that when you carry life and give birth to life, the idea of life being taken away, even if it isn’t your own child… there’s a sanctity a lot of women have for life.

This short interview appeared in today’s issue of The Metro — a free publication available in the London Underground.

Thanks to Mary and Brian for catching it and sending in the link!

read more...

Lemondrop Interview (December 18, 2009)

My daughter is 9 years old and she still believes in Santa — and so does Mark. And I believe in fairies. My daughter will say, “Dad, do you believe in fairies? And he’ll say, ‘I married one!’”

Here’s a sweet little interview from Lemondrop in which Lauren Brown talk to Tori about Midwinter Graces, Santa Claus and family.

Thanks to Google for finding this one for us!

read more...

Tori on ABC's Nightline Tonight!

Per Everything Tori and the other official news channels, an interview with Tori will air tonight on Nightline. Nightline is on the ABC television network in the United States and is shown at 11:35 PM Eastern/Pacific. Check your local TV listings for channel and exact time. The interview will be available on Nightline’s website after the program is aired in the Pacific timezone.

In the meantime, check out the article Nightline has posted to preview the interview segment.

Update The video has been posted on Nightline’s website.

read more...

Popwreckoning Interview (December 17, 2009)

I think you always have some regrets. Sometimes they’re little. It’s how you handle certain situations. I go back to that thing, “Be smart, not right.” I find that when I have to be right over being smart, which can achieve the win that you’re wanting to achieve, that you usually look back and wish you were smart instead of needing to be right.

Dese’Rae Stage had a chance to speak to Tori for music website Popwreckoning and the interview was posted on their site yesterday. While a few of the questions asked revolve around the holiday season, most strayed well off the beaten path of recent interviews that have dealt primarily with Midwinter Graces. As such, it’s a nice departure from the usual!

This interview was also posted on QRO MAgazine’s website

read more...