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16 Awesome Led Zeppelin Covers

Trent Reznor and Karen O recently released a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for the soundtrack to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We liked it so much, we went on a search for some other covers of Zeppelin classics.  read more

Tori Amos Announces Classical Album, U.K. Tour Dates

Tori Amos is set to release her new, classical-inspired album, Night Hunters, in September, followed by a string of U.K. tour dates in November....  read more

Tori Amos Writes Musical for UK Theatre

Tori Amos wrote the score for a musical that will run at Britain’s National Theatre. According to Yahoo! News, the veteran singer-songwriter created the music for a play based on 19th-century fairy tale, “The Light Princess.” The project will be staged in 2012....  read more

17 Great Non-Hallelujah Leonard Cohen Covers on His 76th Birthday

There are reportedly over 1,500 covers of Cohen songs. While it may seem like 1,499 of them are covers of "Hallelujah," the Canadian songwriter has a deep, rich catalog that's been well mined. Here are 17 worthy takes on his work.  read more

David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Santigold, More Commemorate Imelda Marcos

Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, is perhaps best known now for collecting 2,700 pairs of shoes during her 20-year tenure, if not fleeing the country with crates of gold and pesos. But former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has realized, there is more to Marcos than her material wealth....  read more

Tori Amos: Midwinter Graces

Famously idiosyncratic songwriter continues mid-career slump with album of holiday songs Given that holiday-themed releases are just a step above albums of pop standards on the continuum slumping toward creative irrelevancy, Midwinter Graces presents a career crossroads for Tori Amos. Having long wandered between pagan and Christian themes, here Amos attempts to combine the familiar spirit of well-known Christmas carols with Winter Solstice mysticism but eventually sinks into the same sentimentality and overproduction that often mars her more conventional projects. Struggling to stick to the script, her rendition of “Star of Wonder” starts off shrouded in a haze of pattering...  read more

Tori Amos Announces Seasonal Album, Midwinter Graces

Tori Amos' songs have blanketed a variety of subjects over her long and lauded career, but rarely of the merry/jingle/deck-the-halls variety. Perhaps she was saving the holiday sentiment up until now....  read more

Tori Amos Tours North America

In support of her upcoming album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Tori Amos will trek across North America this Summer....  read more

Tori Amos-inspired Comic Book Tattoo set for July release

The music and comic book worlds have converged once again to create Comic Book Tattoo, a 480-page compendium of 50 story arcs based on songs by Tori Amos. Several notable comic book artists collaborated in the four-color adaptation of Amos' discography, ranging from young illustrator Jason Levesque—who illustrated the cover, seen above (left)—to seasoned award-winning artist Ted McKeever. Neil Gaiman—author of The Sandman comic saga—wrote the introduction to Comic Book Tattoo. Also a close friend to Amos, Gaiman has often compared her to his comic book character Delirium, while Amos herself references The Sandman in several of her songs. Coming...  read more

Tori Amos sells concert bootlegs to fans

Tori Amos, come on down! You're the next contestant on "Direct to Consumer Tactics!" The songwriter will make several live sets from her current American Doll Posse tour available for fans to download via her Legs & Boots website. The first show, Amos' Monday evening set at Philadelphia's Tower Theater, is already up for consumption. The material comes either as 256k mp3s (take that, Radiohead!) at $9.99 or super hi-res FLAC files for $14.99. The mp3s will go up a few hours after each show, while the FLAC versions will pop up 4-6 days after that. Those who purchase the...  read more