Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — The Rocktober hit parade rolls on, with new albums from KISS, Tori Amos, Ben Gibbard, Martha Wainwright, Coheed & Cambria and many more. Don't get left behind. more info

DrownedInSound — Ahead of her full orchestral show at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this week, DiS got to sit down for a cup of tea with the legendary songstress *Tori Amos to talk about what still drives her creatively as an artist, her hatred of the term "confessio... more info

Guardian Music — The singer and musician talks about her familyMy childhood was extreme. When I was growing up [in Maryland] in the 60s – my father a minister, my mother, part native-American but a Christian woman – going to church was mandatory. Four times a wee... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonOne of Tori Amos's ambitions was to record with an orchestra. Now she's done that with Gold Dust, a collection of her greatest hits rerecorded with Holland's 52-piece Metropole Orkest, she's fulfilling another goal and touri... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — PopMatters explores the feminist side of singer-songwriter Tori Amos. Wired talks science fiction with author Junot Diaz. Wired: You were recently featured in The New Yorker’s first-ever science fiction issue. Why do you think they chose this momen... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Minister's daughter moves to the Big Apple, filled with dreams and ambitions and ends up waiting on tables. Jana Fisher. Thankfully she has a sense of humour and she came up with the song 30k to "prove her lover wrong". It's the stand-out track of ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — With a solo career spanning 20 years, Tori Amos is one of the strongest female voices in music today. Her diverse discography shows her range as an artist and proves that she isn’t afraid to take risks. Read more » more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Fresh Air interviews Neil Young about his new memoir, Waging Heavy Peace. The Rumpus interviews Junot Diaz about his new short story collection This Is How You Lose Her. PopMatters is spotlighting singer-songwriter Tori Amos this week. The Poly Post.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Denver Post reviews Michael Chabon's novel Telegraph Avenue. Like Michael Jordan, Chabon does everything well, and Telegraph Avenue could serve as a master class on how to write a novel. Here is how you write dialogue as an expression... more info

Guardian Music — The musician, 49, on playing the piano at two and a half, rage and big earsI was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano. According to my mother, I just started playing with both hands. I got into the Peabody Conservatory for Music ... more info