Tori Amos: Gold Dust

Tori Amos: <i>Gold Dust</i>

All the way back to Y Kan’t Tori Read, Tori Amos has always been the feral Kate Bush—slightly more muscular, possibly more grounded on terra firma, but absolutely given to an ethereal sense of melody, a fraught tension that pushes the limits juxtaposed by a celestial voice that quivers in ways mere mortals could never affect. For Gold Dust, a career-spanning redux of 14 songs, the dervish diva of lush song structure enlists Netherlands’ 52-member Metropole Orchestra, a progressive big band/symphony amalgam that’s also worked with Chaka Khan, Andrea Bocelli, Ella Fitzgerald, Brian Eno, Steve Vai and Sarah Vaughan....  read more

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Album Stream: Tori Amos- Gold Dust

Album Stream: Tori Amos- <i>Gold Dust</i>

Amos's latest album Gold Dust, which will be released Oct. 2, re-imagines some of her greatest hits.  read more

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Tori Amos Announces Release Date For New Album

Tori Amos Announces Release Date For New Album

To say that Tori Amos has had an impressive career would be an understatement. For the past 20 years she has touched the lives of her fans, sold over 12 million albums and won numerous awards. Amos’ new album Gold Dust will celebrate her career and now has a release date....  read more

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Tori Amos Announces New Album, Gold Dust

Tori Amos Announces New Album, <i>Gold Dust</i>

Singer-songwriter Tori Amos has announced the release of her 13th studio album, Gold Dust, which will be comprised of re-imaginations of songs spanning Amos’ career. The album, which was recorded with the Metropole Orchestra, was produced by Amos and features arrangements by longtime collaborator John Phlip Shenale....  read more

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10 Songs of Betrayal

10 Songs of Betrayal

In honor of the Ides of March—the day in 44 B.C. when Julius Caesar was famously sold out by his friend Marcus Junius Brutus and fatally stabbed 23 times in the Roman Senate—we've compiled a list of songs of betrayal.  read more

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16 Awesome Led Zeppelin Covers

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

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

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

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Tori Amos Writes Musical for UK Theatre

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

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17 Great Non-Hallelujah Leonard Cohen Covers

17 Great Non-Hallelujah Leonard Cohen Covers

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

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

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

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