With her 60th birthday on the horizon, we celebrate the musician’s passionate voice and unflinching, witty lyrics
July 2022
This much I know
Tori Amos: ‘I prefer ladies’ soccer. The guys are all right, but ladies come out with bloody noses.’ It’s gladiatorial’
The singer-songwriter, 58, on feminine energy, alien life forms, her mum the DJ, and living in the Cornish part of Devon
March 2022
Tori Amos review – flexing her musical muscle on an ecstatic return
Sounding as fresh as ever, the singer-songwriter swivels between instruments in an eclectic setlist scattered with cult classics, B-sides and covers aimed at pleasing the hardcore fans
November 2021
Locked down in Cornwall, the sea brought me energy and spiritual healing
Tori Amos
Grieving my mother and the ceremony of playing live, I collaborated instead with the land, water and muses of Cornwall – they helped me reboard my sonic spaceship
March 2021
The fandom that made me
Tori Amos: the pop star who taught me how to be a woman on my terms
The outspoken piano powerhouse behind hits such as Cornflake Girl spoke frankly about religion, desire and gender
February 2021
'It shook me to my core': 50 years of Carole King's Tapestry
James Taylor, Roberta Flack, Tori Amos, Joan Armatrading, Rufus Wainwright and more on the 70s masterpiece
May 2020
The look I love
Tori Amos: 'Once the wig was on, I allowed the character to take over. I think my husband quite liked it'
Books that made me
Tori Amos: 'Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel cracked me wide open'
October 2018
How Tori Amos's Boys for Pele rewrote pop by daring to be ugly
In an extract from her new book in the 33 1/3 series, Amy Gentry explains why its rejection of the ideals of feminine and musical beauty are crucial to an understanding of Amos’s 1996 album
September 2017
Five of the best… new gigs
Dizzee Rascal and Dua Lipa: this week’s best UK pop and rock gigs
The grime star is back on form and back on tour, while the much-hyped trop-popper is celebrating her No 1 single with a couple of south coast shows
Tori Amos: Native Invader review – calls out society's political and human ills
Tori Amos: 'Menopause is the hardest teacher I've met. Harder than fame'
A walk in the Smoky Mountains in the footsteps of her late Cherokee grandfather helped the musician rediscover her muse – and write an album that confronts the US’s rapacious violence
November 2016
10 of the best
Tori Amos – 10 of the best
Baroque, dissonant and unapologetic in confronting taboos, Amos has never been bound by conventions. Here are her career-defining tracks
October 2015
Culture webchats
Tori Amos webchat – as it happened
Music blog
Tori Amos's Boys for Pele: a much misunderstood work of dark, wounded magic
June 2015
Bergenfest: hot acts brave hypothermia to make Norway's coolest toes tap
The Norwegian pop festival packs big names like Patti Smith into a Viking castle with Scandi stars for an eclectic weekend of nostalgia, dance and waterproofs
April 2015
30 minutes with …
Tori Amos: 'I’m too raw for straight men. They are tortured by my shows'
Almost 25 years since her debut album, the ‘Cornflake Girl’ has a teenage daughter, knows how to handle onstage malfunctions and still loves Madonna
November 2014
Tori Amos review – a dark queen presiding over longing and elation
The 51-year-old singer projects playfulness and power, and clearly takes delight in playing live
August 2014
Tori Amos review – back on tour, and the crowd goes wild
After 14 studio albums, Tori Amos is playing live shows again, and Megan Carpentier finds more than just her hardcore fans singing along
July 2014
Vinyl cut
Vinyl Cut: Tori Amos goes record shopping with the Guardian
The Guardian took Tori Amos record shopping at Rough Trade's New York store. Amos chose music from artists including The Doors and Joni Mitchell, but also revealed how she was inspired by Public Enemy
