The Line of Best Fit Interview (September 29, 2012)

This is a collaboration record, ok? They’re not just backing string-players. It’s Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Jules [the conductor Jules Buckley] is really my dance partner, though, because the orchestra is a creature, you know? They’re a dragon and he’s the brain of the dragon and I’m riding the dragon.

Tori sat down with The Line of Best Fit’s Doron Davidson-Vidavski and they ended up discussing each song on Gold Dust, including the iTunes bonus track “Maybe California.” In addition to addressing some of the questions lingering in the minds of fans about the record (the length of “Yes, Anastasia,” for example), she also drops the news that there will be dance remixes of some Gold Dust tracks coming in October.

Thanks to mkgtweety for the link!

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The Amazon Gold Dust News Roundup

At long last, the digital deluxe edition of Gold Dust has been added to Amazon.com’s MP3 Store (it’s been on Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr and Amazon.de for a little while now) and, as expected, it includes “Snow Angel” as a full-album-only bonus track.

Curiously though, while the British, French and American Amazon stores are all including “Snow Angel” with the digital deluxe edition of the album, the German digital deluxe edition does not. Not sure if this is an oversight or if it is not available there for other reasons though.

However, as a consolation prize, the regular digital edition of Gold Dust is on sale at Amazon.de as part of their Neu für 5€ promotion.

Still no sign of a vinyl release yet…

De Kruitfabriek Sessies Video

Tori also recorded a session for the Belgian television program De Kruitfabriek earlier this week that was broadcast on Friday night. During the show, she talks with the hostess (who gives her a nice bottle of burgundy wine!) and plays a handful of tunes solo at the piano: “Leather,” “Cloud on my Tongue” (the whole thing this time!), and a goosebump-inducing “Purple People.”

As some may recall, an additional song, “Silent All These Years,” was recorded and shared on the web earlier this week as a teaser for the full broadcast. That tune was not included in Friday’s broadcast.

Check out the complete session below. The individual songs, Leather, Cloud On My Tongue, and Purple People, are also available on De Kruitfabriek’s website as well.

De Wereld Draait Door Video

Earlier this week, Tori performed “Cloud on my Tongue” with the Metropole Orkest on De Wereld Draait Door. You can check out their brief gig at the Vara Web site:

Thanks to Jurgen and mkgtweety for the link!

NME Interview Video

NME has posted a brief video interview with Tori, in which she talks about Pussy Riot and Putin, the careers of women pop artists today, and whether she feels the need to make “confessional” records now. Watch it below:

Thanks to Ravi and Mondale31 for the link!

American Songwriter Reviews "Gold Dust"

American Songwriter magazine recently reviewed Gold Dust, giving it 4 out of 5 stars and calling it “lushly orchestrated” and “equally compelling and dynamic.”

Thanks to AngieZ and mkgtweety for the link!

Huffington Post "Gold Dust" Interview

“Somebody said to me recently, ‘How can you sing Silent All These Years when you’re not silent anymore? And I said, ‘How do you know I’m not silent any more, about something that happened two weeks ago and I didn’t speak up like I should, or was intimidated to say something?’ Maybe there are things that I don’t speak up about, so that song can still be very current, even to me, but the pictures change.”

Tori recently chatted with Huffington Post writer Chris Wimpress in a lengthy interview on the new album, U.S. politics, and much more. Follow the jump to read the whole thing!

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NPR Presents Tori In New York City

NPR will be presenting Tori in concert on Friday, October 5th at Poisson Rouge in New York City. The special performance, hosted by Ann Powers, will be webcast by NPR and archived as well.

Tickets are not being sold for this concert — rather, they be given away via ToriAmos.com and local NPR radio station WFUV. You can register to win a pair of tickets from ToriAmos.com at this webpage. (Note: that page says the concert is October 6th, but the correct date is the 5th.) We’re guessing that WFUV wll be giving tickets away to their members via their Member Line so keep an eye there and an ear on the broadcasts for more information about that.

De Wereld Draait Door Appearance Tonight

According to this news item from the Metropole Orkest, Tori, along with some members of the orchestra, will be on the Dutch television program De Wereld Draait Door tonight,

You can catch the show on NL3 at 7:25 PM CEST.

De Kruitfabriek Session Coming On Friday

This Friday, September 28th, Tori will be in session on the Belgian television program De Kruitfabriek.

To whet the appetite, they’ve posted her performance of “Silent All These Years,” which was broadcast on Monday night, on their website and on YouTube. Not sure if this performance was broadcast live or recorded earlier on Monday (but the latter possibility is backed up by comments Tori made on BBC 6 Music on Tuesday).

De Kruitfabriek airs on Vier at 7:45 PM CEST.

Thanks to Shireen, Erik with a k and mayfly for the pointers!