Che Shannon Wright non sia ormai più considerata 'un'esordiente' è alquanto ovvio, visto il cospicuo numero di dischi a suo nome (ben sette se non si conta l'eccezionale collaborazione con il cantore d'oltralpe Yann Tiersen ), ma che potrebbe far sorgere dubbi circa la qualità della scrittura o il peso specifico delle composizioni nonché il livello dell'ispirazione, che non sempre è facile da mantenere alto. Dubbi che si rivelano assolutamente infondati, vista l'eccezionale caratura di questa nuova uscita: nove affreschi sonori, ora sognanti ("Father"), trasversali (le taglienti "Trumpet's on New Year's Eve e "Embers In [...]
"Join hosts Nick and Helen Forster at this 2-plus hour special recording of the nationally syndicated radio variety show "eTown." This "more-than-a-concert" experience will feature live performances PLUS up close and personal conversations with musical guests Tori Amos and Jesse Winchester as well as the presentation of this week's prestigious E-Chievement Award®." That describes what's going on at The Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center on December 7th. Tickets are on sale. Lady Gaga has added two more shows at Radio [...]
Boys for Pele by Tori Amos 1996, Atlantic, 18 tracks at 70 min. Listen Buy CD RATING: 4.7 out of 5 Ah, Boys for Pele. A clumsy, difficult introduction to Amos; an introduction not recommended by her fans largely for those reasons. Keep in mind, though, that Tori Amos fanatics are far from being on any radical end of the musical spectrum. There's nothing 'radical' about any of Tori Amos' records—feminism, a piano, [...]
Mass Fiction: Genre Fans of Dubious Ranger should knowledgeable of Jonathan Eccles. He's the guitarist. When Eccles isn't jamming out with Dubious Ranger, he's playing in Mass Fiction. Eccles produced Genre with the band and released it November 10th through The Nothing Room. Most of the band is apparently classically trained. But the only way to describe the band is Power Pop mixed in with some good old rock. Lead singer Greg Hoffman plays piano, and his voice sounds like a young Billy Joel. In fact, the third track "Slow Fat Animals" sounds like [...]
Wanna own a copy of Midwinter Graces? If so, then leave a comment on this post! FIVE winners (US only) will be randomly chosen on 11/30 @ NOON. Read my review of Tori Amos @ NYC's Radio City Music Hall here. Visit Tori Amos at her official site. MP3: Tori Amos - Maybe California
I'm rather partial to a bit of Tori Amos and her wild piano playing. Her "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover is a classic. But not for posting here. Instead, this week and next, two blogs on her remixed work of the mid-1990s. For starters, here's 1996 single "Talula" given a remix workout by, normally dubious, US trancer Brian Transeau (better known as BT). The Synethasia Mix goes on a bit but is pretty good. Tori's voice is better than so many of the 'big lung' belters that dance music sadly prefers. [...]
Tori Amos released Midwinter Graces , her first seasonal album. Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her very own seasonal tracks Tori adds her own twist to the traditional holiday season. Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces - Our New Year tracks: 1. What Child, Nowell 2. Star of Wonder 3. A Silent Night with You 4. Candle: Coventry Carol 5. Holly, Ivy, and [...]
Back in September, I announced the Potentially Annual 2009 DJs Bronwyn and Kelly Xmas Xontest right here p on WFMU's Beware of the Blog because last year DJ Kelly and I had a competition to see who would be the first to hear Christmas Music Played in a Store. I won! November 10, 2008, in the dark and deserted men's department at Lord & Taylor. But now I don't work in Midtown anymore, and I doubt I will ever go to L&T again, so this year we opened the Xontest to All Listeners and solicited [...]
Regina Spektor (Nokia Theater): I know I'm really supposed to hate Regina Spektor, but I just don't. She kind of sounds like a more Billboard-friendly Joanna Newsom mixed with the cocky tendency to do revisionist versions of classic songs on piano; something that many piano players and keyboardists tend to do, and I'm thinking of everyone from Tori Amos to Sean Kirkpatrick . Some people pull it off beautifully, some don't. Spektor is somewhere in the middle. Even though I know this is pretty much music for children, I [...]
More slim pickins for Drake this week as he runs down the latest live effort from the prolific Robyn Hitchcock . -ed. Drake's Take: New Releases 11.10.09 Another week closer to the holidays, and even more gift-oriented releases - this week featuring live ( Robyn Hitchcock ) and greatest hits ( Snow Patrol ) collections. There were a few new releases as well, from The Cribs (featuring Johnny Marr ), Asobi Seksu, Wale, Grant-Lee Phillips, Caroline Herring, Ray Davies, Pants Yell! and [...]
As Dangerbird Records co-founder Jeff Castelaz wends his way toward Los Angeles on his Pablove Across America bicycle trek, plans are in place for the big final bash — a benefit concert on Nov. 21 at the Avalon. This week, Band of Horses and Sea Wolf were added to a lineup that already included the Nightwatchman (Tom Morello), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Shirley Manson, Butch Walker, Tom Gabel of Against Me! and Charlotte Martin, among others. It will be an evening of acoustic or semi-acoustic performances benefiting the charity, named for Castelaz's late son, Pablo Thrailkill [...]
Another week closer to the holidays, and even more gift-oriented releases -- this week featuring live (Robyn Hitchcock) and greatest hits (Snow Patrol) collections. There were a few new releases as well, from The Cribs (featuring Johnny Marr), Asobi Seksu, Wale, Grant-Lee Phillips, Caroline Herring, Ray Davies, Pants Yell! and Echo & the Bunnymen. Playlist: New Releases 11.10.09 Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains in New York Stream / [...]
Quattro anni separano "Wrought Iron", il nuovo disco di Nancy Elizabeth , dall'ep di esordio, "The Wheel Turning King", ed altri due dal precedente lavoro alla lunga distanza, l'apprezzato "Battle And Victory", che nel 2007 ci aveva presentato un'artista capace di lavorare su composizioni classiche e ricche di riferimenti alla tradizione colta del folk anglosassone degli anni '60 e '70. Due anni durante i quali l'artista ha intrecciato collaborazioni varie ed interessanti, tra le quali spiccano i nomi dello scozzese James Yorkston e del giapponese Susumu Yokota , per i quali ha partecipato ai crediti degli [...]
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In this week's new releases, we'll be looking at new albums from Dashboard Confessional and Tori Amos, as well as reissues from Anthrax and the Tubes. Dashboard Confessional's Alter the Ending se... Continue reading "New releases, Tuesday, November 10" >
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Tori Amos will play an intimate -- and free -- gig in London next month at the Jazz Cafe. For entry to the Dec. 2 event, fans must get a wristband at HMV on Oxford Street, beginning at 8.00AM that same day. Allotment for wristbands will be one per person. Amos, who kicks off a brief Australian jaunt on Nov. 12, will be performing tracks from her just-released season album, 'Midwinter Graces,' along with a handful of [...]
Imagine the surprise to find that a holiday album is Amos's best work in years. Whenever an artist releases a Christmas album, it is understandably received with more than a bit of trepidation. Will it be a diluted version of that artist's talent buried under tinsel and sentimentality? Will a rock star suddenly sound like a Jesus freak in the spirit of the holiday season? Those fears -- and more -- were certainly in effect upon first listen to Tori Amos's Midwinter Graces. Imagine, then, the surprise to find that...
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Tori Amos's first winter offering, some might say Christmas album, has leaked. Midwinter Graces is a collection of some of Tori's favorites in her own style. To stray away from the christianization of the album, we'll call it a "seasonal" album. After all, Christmas has Pagan roots. The album contains a duet with Tori's daughter and a bunch of obscure seasonal ditties. We are sure we will love. Click here for more information. Posted in Beats, Yankee Panky Tagged: amos, depositfiles, download, leak, leaked, leaks, mediafire, mediafore, megaupload, mp3, rapidshare, rar, tori, [...]
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