Concert Sutra Attracts to Tori Amos’ Sin

Concert Sutra Attracts to Tori Amos’ Sin

by terri sapp

Photographs by Leah Yetter and terri sapp

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Tori Amos

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Tori Amos is another of those Concert Sutra favorites that we always try to see whenever we can!  Until this tour at ChastainParkon July 27, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia, we had found that photo passes were nearly impossible to obtain for our girl Leah to be able to shoot photos with her major equipment of the lady!  Somehow at the last minute, and with the help on my fancy new iPhone, we were able to procure ourselves access with Leah’s photo equipment for only the first song!  Now, that is not much time, but we will take it!!!  The photographers were also asked to position themselves back by the sound board (where Tori’s husband was running sound again), which was even behind where we were sitting.  Thank goodness for Leah’s awesome huge telephoto lens!  We had Ginger with us, who was a Tori show virgin, so we felt that was a good omen for us.  To view Leah’s photos (and a few from my little Canon Elph), please either visit this link to our photo gallery: http://www.concertsutra.com/090727cstoriamos/ or click any of the photos within the story that are linked directly to the gallery.

Tori opened up with “Give” from the current touring album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, which is a dark sounding song with an awesome vocal part.  It is hard to think of a Tori Amos joint without an awesome vocal track.  One of the Tori Amosthings I like the most about Amos, evident in “Give,” is that as many songs as she has released, they all have their own personality and charm.  Tori, like most artists, has her own sound, but I never find myself thinking the songs all sound the same.  I know I am not alone when I say that Tori was on fire at this show.  As always, Matt Chamberlain (drums) and Jon Evans (bass) rattled the Chastain Amphitheatre with their musical magic.

“Siren” from the Great Expectations soundtrack was written specifically for the movie, and played for us at Chastain.  What a special treat!  From Under the Pink, and an old favorite, “Cornflake Girl” is always welcomed by my ears.  It never gets old.  Like many of her classics, she always seems to give them a different spin live.  I realized when writing this piece that I have actually attended every tour Tori has come around with since her third!  My first show was her first tour with the band, and I have loved seeing them ever since!  I can’t imagine not seeing one of Concert Sutra’s favorite drummers, Matt Chamberlain at least every couple of years.  There have been tours when she left them at home, but having the boys adds so much depth to her always deep songs.  I have also noticed a pattern in many of these tours of running into the same familiar faces… Kendra Triesenberg, Rhett Thomas, and Caitlin Glennon (not necessarily together) being the regulars.  Continue reading

Concert Sutra & Tori Amos’ Original Sinsuality Tour

Concert Sutra & Tori Amos’ Original Sinsuality Tour

by terri sapp

Photographs by Leah Yetter

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Tori Amos

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Every time Tori Amos (pianist, singer, songwriter) puts out an album, the buzz gets going surrounding what that tour will bring.  Tori’s new album, The Beekeeper, is no different.  The Original Sinsuality Tour offers Tori at the essence of her best, just her and her instruments: the Bosendorfer Piano, two Hammond Organs, a Rhodes Keyboard, and that hefty set of vocal pipes.  Although her band mates Matt Chamberlain (drums) and Jon Evans (bass) are missed terribly when they are not around, it is something special to experience the one woman show that is Tori Amos in the midst of a sea of keys!

Even though Tori’s boys aren’t around to entertain her, Mark Hawley (Husband, sound) is always there to make sure she is taken care of on tour and sounding great.  It’s a family affair.  On the “Original Sinsuality Tour” Tori is wearing the flowing feminine clothes tailored from Bora Aksu’s Spring/Summer 2005 collection.  For a glimpse of the clothing line, go to: http://www.boraaksu.com/ss05/index.html Continue reading

Tori Amos “Welcome to Sunny Florida”

Tori Amos “Welcome to Sunny Florida”

By: terri sapp
“Welcome to Sunny Florida” is a very special DVD, weather you are a Tori fanatic or just a fan.  Tori Amos has a quality about her that is mesmerizing, so if you have never seen her bring her “babies” (the way she refers to her songs) to life at the same time give an enormous Bosendorfer such an animated voice, you should check “Welcome to Sunny Florida” out, as it is a wonderful depiction of her immense talents and love of what she does.  Filmed at the final performance of Tori Amos’s “Scarlet’s Walk” tour at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida on September 4, 2003, “Welcome to Sunny Florida” was previewed for fans in Atlanta and San Francisco on May 12, 2004 (an example of Tori’s dedication to her fans) and released to the masses on May 18, 2004.  Having seen her performance the night before she recorded this DVD, and several other times on her extremely long Native American inspired “Scarlet’s Walk” journey, I can honestly say that this was a tour that deserved to be memorialized. Continue reading