ContactMusic — Tori Amos played her first gig in a gay bar when she was just 13 years old The Professional Widow hitmaker always knew she wanted to be a professional musician and says the shows - to which she was accompanied by her minister father - taught her a... more info

Stereogum — Last year, the eminently lovable hardcore pro-wrestling legend Mick Foley wrote a weirdly fascinating Slate article about how he came to become a Tori Amos superfan. In the piece, Foley writes how a wrestling colleague named Maxx Payne first played L... more info

Guardian Music — From Tori Amos's dad chaperoning her at her first paid gig, to Don Letts DJing with only one deck, a host of stars recall the formative moments that kicked off their careersThe first time I was paid to play live Tori AmosI'd been kicked out of the P... more info

411 Mania — Doing one of her classics... more info

Perez Hilton — Wow! Not gonna lie, one of her best performances of this song to date! Truly! This is so on point and so beautiful. We may actually cry. Stand back. Tori Amos was on The Rosie Show this week and beautiful performed some of her best music, including o... more info

411 Mania — She covers "Total Eclipse of the Heart"... more info

Perez Hilton — Oh man! We can't believe we missed this! We adore her so much! We can only imagine how this sounded live. Back in December, when Tori Amos performed at the Orpheum Theater in L.A., she did a cover of one of our fave songs: Total Eclipse of The Heart.... more info

Guardian Music — The producer and musician, also known as Jeymes Samuel, who has a star-studded Plan B style "concept album" on the wayWho he? He's producer/musician Jeymes Samuel, aka the Bullitts. Having already worked with Damon Albarn, Mr Hudson and Estelle, he n... more info

Chicago Tribune — Valerie Simpson: With the recent passing of her husband and songwriting partner, Nick Ashford, Simpson will go it alone for the first time in what should be an emotional evening of memories and classic songs, 8 p.m. Saturday with the Whispers at the... more info

Topix — Perhaps that's because the music on this, her 12th studio album, perfectly marries her classical and pop/rock artistry. more info