All That Jazz (Cafe)

Just a quick note before heading into the office to say that the setlist for last night’s show at The Jazz Cafe has been posted — thanks to Colin Michael and Mark & Sean for sending it in. The songs chosen look mighty tasty with a nice sample of tunes from Midwinter Graces as well as some unexpected choices sprinkled in: “Dragon” (!) and “Mrs. Jesus.”

There’s one review posted already and would love to hear from more people if you were lucky enough to attend and have some thoughts you’d like to share on the evening. Just use the comment form at the bottom of the concert page for the show.

In the meantime, NME’s review can also give you a taste of what the show was like.

Live On Facebook From Electric Lady Studios

On Friday, December 11th at 3:00 PM EST, Tori will perform live and chat with fans over the web from New York City’s Electric Lady Studios. The webcast will be viewable at Tori’s Facebook and Livestream.

Thanks to Lucie_S and Josh for the tip!

Operation Wristband Complete!

Several people have reported success in picking up wristbands at the Oxford Street HMV for tonight’s special performance at The Jazz Cafe. According to Mike, the HMV staff were very efficient and the queue, once it got going, moved very quickly. There were reputedly around 300 wristbands available.

Glad to hear that fans were able to get their ticket into the show tonight and we’re looking forward to hearing the reports from the performance and hearing what people have to say about it!

Amazon's 25 Days of Free

As part of it’s 25 Days of Free promotion, Amazon.com is giving away a holiday song every day of December up through Christmas. “Snow Angel” from Midwinter Graces is the song of the day for December 2nd and you can pick it up at Amazon — regardless of whether you’ve been naughty or nice!

A Silent Night With You - Video and Single

Hot on the coattails of the “Pink and Glitter” video, AOL Music has added a solo, acoustic performance of “A Silent Night With You” that, as Spinner reports, was recorded in a Los Angeles studio.

Perhaps not coincidentally, “A Silent Night With You” was released as a single in the United Kingdom this week — that’s the cover artwork over there to the right. The single includes two b-sides: acoustic versions of “Pink and Glitter” and “Jeanette, Isabella.” At this point, the single appears to be digitally released only and can be found on iTunes UK, Amazon.co.uk, Play.com and presumably other fine digital outlets.

While we curmudgeons wait for a physical release of the single, everyone can enjoy this live performance of the song, courtesy of AOL:

Thanks to John, Mark-Alexis, Alfred and “Josh* for the tip!

Win Jazz Cafe Wristbands From Toriamos.com!

Don’t have time to wait outside the Oxford Street HMV on the morning of December 2nd in hopes of getting a wristband to get into Tori’s special performance that evening at The Jazz Cafe? Well, Toriamos.com and Everything Tori are giving away ten pairs of wristbands to concert! To enter the drawing, just fill out this entry form. They don’t specify when the winners will be picked, but one presumes that it’ll be on Tuesday, December 1st so get your entries in soon if you want a shot at winning.

Thanks to Josh for catching this and letting us know.

Same Same Interview - Part Zwei

Same Same has posted the second part of their interview with Tori. In this segment, she tackles the weighty subjects of religion, homosexuality and the gay community.

Thanks to David Michael Conner for sending the link our way!

The Scotsman Midwinter Graces Review (December 1, 2009)

Midwinter Graces is one of a slate of Christmas and seasonal albums reviewed in The Scotsman by Fiona Shepard. It’s only a paragraph-long but positive and even manages to squeeze in a Kate Bush reference!

Tori Amos wins points on her Midwinter Graces (Universal Republic, £12.72) *** for choosing the sublime Coventry Carol over the regulation Silent Night. A solemn O Come O Come Emmanuel and an appropriately pagan arrangement of The Holly and The Ivy nuzzle up beside her own seasonal compositions about harps and snow angels which float along in the vein of Kate Bush’s December Will Be Magic Again.

Tori's Turn on The Sound

Tori took over the Los Angeles airwaves on The Sound’s My Turn earlier this evening and spun a selection of songs of her choosing and told some fun stories about the artists in between.

The songs she played were:

• Cocteau Twins | Blue Bell Knoll
• Pretenders | Tattooed Love Boy
• Siouxsie and the Banshees | Cities in Dust
• Damien Rice | The Blower’s Daughter
• The Smiths | How Soon is Now
• Led Zeppelin | No Quarter
• The Cure | Pictures of You
• The Eurythmics | Here Comes the Rain Again
• Jeff Buckley | Grace
• The Clash | Rock the Casbah

The Sound also has an exclusive video interview with Tori where she discusses Abnormally Attracted to Sin and The Light Princess at the bottom of her My Turn page which is a good view as well.

Note: there is no archived stream of the program on The Sound’s website; just the track listing.

Win Tickets to the eTown Holiday Taping!

New York City radio station WFUV is giving away five pairs of front row tickets to the December 7th eTown Holiday Show at Manhattan Center! In addition to the tickets, the five winners will also receive passes to a reception after the show where they will get to meet Tori, a copy of Midwinter Graces and a signed, limited-edition Midwinter Graces poster.

To enter the contest, just fill out the entry form at WFUV.org. One entry per person and you must enter before Midnight Eastern on December 2nd. Winners will be notified on December 3rd.