Tori Amos: Gold Dust
Tori Amos Gold Dust Deutsche Grammophon I’ve wanted to like Tori Amos a lot longer than I’ve ever liked Tori Amos. I’m not sure I could even bring myself to listen to any of her albums by choice these...
View ArticleLisa Crawley: All In My Head
Lisa Crawley All In My Head Centrifuge Music/MGM Records/Rhythmethod Lisa Crawley’s second album really ups the game, shows her commitment to the craft, the songs are smarter, sharper, cooler, wiser –...
View ArticleTori Amos: Unrepentant Geraldines
Tori Amos Unrepentant Geraldines Mercury Classics I had a long break from Tori Amos; from her music. I just couldn’t care about it. It seems Tori Amos fans really care about her music. And they really...
View ArticleNicole Andrews: In The Shallows
Nicole Andrews In The Shallows Nicole Andrews Music To write and record one song as if sniffing a lock of Tori Amos’ hair would be, well, creepy. But (possibly) human. A mistake maybe, or explained...
View ArticleTori Amos: Gold Dust
Tori Amos Gold Dust Deutsche Grammophon I’ve wanted to like Tori Amos a lot longer than I’ve ever liked Tori Amos. I’m not sure I could even bring myself to listen to any of her albums by choice these...
View ArticleLisa Crawley: All In My Head
Lisa Crawley All In My Head Centrifuge Music/MGM Records/Rhythmethod Lisa Crawley’s second album really ups the game, shows her commitment to the craft, the songs are smarter, sharper, cooler, wiser –...
View ArticleTori Amos: Unrepentant Geraldines
Tori Amos Unrepentant Geraldines Mercury Classics I had a long break from Tori Amos; from her music. I just couldn’t care about it. It seems Tori Amos fans really care about her music. And they really...
View ArticleNicole Andrews: In The Shallows
Nicole Andrews In The Shallows Nicole Andrews Music To write and record one song as if sniffing a lock of Tori Amos’ hair would be, well, creepy. But (possibly) human. A mistake maybe, or explained...
View ArticleMilos Karadaglic: Blackbird – The Beatles Album
Milos Karadaglic Blackbird: The Beatles Album Mercury Classics Wait! Wait! This is a contemporary classical guitar album covering The Beatles. But this is the work of Milos Karadaglic – most often...
View ArticleSweetman Podcast: Episode 118 – Chris Tse
Welcome to episode 118 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a conversation with Chris Tse. He’s a Wellington poet. He’s done some...
View ArticleSt. Vincent: MassEducation
St. Vincent MassEducation Loma Vista I rather like St. Vincent’s music – but just recently, I watched her rather amazing performance at Austin City Limits (a highlight, topped only by Sir Paul of...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 159
Tori Amos, Boys For Pele (1996) The other week a guy I know on Twitter sent me a message offering me a copy of this Tori Amos album. No catch. He’d ordered it and doubled-up. He didn’t need it, had no...
View ArticleTori Amos: Broken Silence (Live 1992)
Tori Amos Broken Silence (Live 1992) Shockwaves Another day another bootlegged radio broadcast – this one from Toronto; this one from Tori Amos around the time of the release of her debut album. What a...
View ArticleTori Amos: Resistance – A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage
Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage Tori Amos Atria Books As soon as I caught the news that it was happening I was excited about this book – I see myself as something of a...
View ArticleRNZ Feature: Tori Amos
I always love having a chat about music on RNZ – I look forward to the chance every month or so to have a natter and for this feature I got to talk about Tori Amos – specifically the early albums – I...
View ArticleBat For Lashes: The Boys of Summer (Live at EartH, London, 2019)
Bat For Lashes The Boys of Summer (ep) Bat For Lashes I’ve long been a fan of covers that go deep beyond anything resembling a ‘novelty factor’; covers where the artist (always a gifted songwriter of...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 11
Tori Amos, Under The Pink (1994) It’s been a pretty good year for reappraising Tori Amos. I’ve been back through most of the catalogue, I talked about her live on air (RNZ), I loved her memoirand I got...
View ArticleTori Amos: Christmastide (ep)
Tori Amos Christmastide (ep) Decca (UMO) Tori Amos has released a Christmas EP – it’s a clever bit of holiday-related merch for her fans but this is Christmas-adjacent as much as it is anything...
View ArticleIn Praise of Audiobooks
How do you get on with audiobooks? Are you into them? Do they work for you? And most importantly, do you count them as a book? I was never much of an audiobook guy – but I guess podcasts won me over....
View ArticleTori Amos: Ocean To Ocean
Tori Amos Ocean To Ocean Decca For her first new set of songs in about four years, and her 16th studio album, Tori Amos is, as always, recognisable. This is her. She hasn’t ever really messed with the...
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