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!

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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The Week of the Artists Den

Just a quick reminder that the episode of Live from the Artists Den featuring Tori is slated to air on PBS stations across the United States during this week. In most markets, the program airs towards the end of the week (Thursday in Philadelphia, Friday in New York City, Sunday in Los Angeles), but check your local PBS station’s listing to make sure.

If you can’t wait that long, a commercial DVD of this performance, which includes two songs not shown during the broadcast, is released today through Barnes & Noble.

Backstage at Bonnaroo With WXRT

Before taking the stage at Bonnaroo this past weekend, there was promotion to attend to. Tori played a short set consisting of “Upside Down,” “Roosterspur Bridge” and “Silent All These Years” for media and, as it turns out, must have done a few interviews.

Chicago radio station WXRT has shared their chat with Tori, where she discussed the differences between performing alone as opposed to with a band, on their blog. Additionally, they’ve posted all three songs she played backstage.

Thanks to @Shireen86 for bringing this to our attention!

Bonnaroo Webcast Information

For those of us who unfortunately (or, if crowds, camping and mud are not your thing, fortuantely) not attending Bonnaroo this weekend, much of the festival will be webcast on YouTube and npr.org.

We weren’t sure if any of Tori’s performance on Friday would be included in the live streams but Everything Tori has now confirmed that part of her set on Friday will be webcast on Youtube starting around 7:15 PM CDT. She is scheduled for 6:45 to 8:15 PM so it looks like we’ll get to see the middle portion of the performance though we’d guess not all of it.

Needless to say, we’ll be here Friday night minding the store and, if we can get updates from folks in Manchester, posting the setlist on Twitter as well as on our page for the performance. So if you’re headed the festival and would like to help us spread the news about the setlist, please get in touch!

One last point: we note with interest that many Bonnaroo performances are made available for purchase after the fact via Live Bonnaroo. Given Tori’s history with releasing live “bootleg” recordings, it sure would be nifty if her set were to see the light of day via that route. We don’t know if that’s in the cards or not but it’s certainly something to keep an eye on.

Thanks to Josh for noting the webcast!

More Details From The Artists Den

If one takes a quick tour around the website for WLIW, one of the co-producers of Live at the Artists Den, one will find a number of interesting items on their press page for the show. In addition to a couple of very high-quality (and large) promotional photos from the performance, there is also a program description that includes the songs to be included in the episode. Alas, a few songs were cut from the performance to fit into one hour. Hopefully, though, they will be included on the commercial release of the program.

The description is a PDF so we’ve included its text — behind the cut for those who want to remain surprised by the broadcast.

Thanks to BMac for the tip!

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Join Tori in the Artists Den in July

Live From the Artists Den has announced the line-up for the second season which includes the performance Tori taped at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory in December 2010 2009 (d’oh!). Tori’s episode will be premiered during the week of July 12th, the second episode of the new season.

Live From the Artists Den is carried by many public television stations in the United States and US territories — check their station finder to find the one in your area and check their listings to see if the show is available in your market.

To whet your appetite for the upcoming broadcast, check out this preview of the performance available now through The Artists Den’s website:

Thanks to Stoff for the heads-up!

No-Tori-ous Nudity

As news goes, this may not be the most noteworthy but for completeness’ sake and your edification, we note that Tori made MSN’s 25 Famed Naked Celeb Moments earlier this month. Tori comes in at #19 for the infamous photograph of her nursing a piglet from the Boys for Pele album artwork. While seemingly pretty innocuous, especially in the post-wardrobe malfunction era, the photograph did stir up some debate back in the day so it’s not as innocent as it might seem.

Thanks to Emily, Lauren and Matthew for catching this!

Stream "Why Don't You Love Me?" At DavidByrne.com

“Why Don’t You Love Me?”, the duet by Cyndi Lauper and Tori that closes out Here Lies Love, is this week’s featured track from the forthcoming collaboration by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. In addition to a complete stream of the song, you’ll also find an except from the hardcover book that accompanies the deluxe edition of the release about the song as well as its complete lyrics.

Thanks to Lico and waitressboy for the tip!

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