The Afterglow Blog

Tori sat down for a chat with Nylon magazine to discuss music packaging when everyone’s gone digital, her musical The Light Princess and the things she hasn’t done so far in her career.
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source : RollingStone.com

At her recent standing-room-only performance at this year’s South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Tori Amos premiered songs from her tenth studio album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, due May 19th. It’s her first studio LP since 2007’s American Doll Posse, and the record finds the singer-pianist exploring familiar territory: power in all its guises, be it sexual, monetary or political. “Before, we used to think power was if you had a job and you had money,” she says. “And if that’s our definition of success, then very few people have it — the money part anyway. So [I’m] redefining what it means, because power is also an aphrodisiac.”
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Matt confirmed via a blog post on his website that he will not be joining Tori for the 2009 tour :

Just got home from a really fun week of traveling and recording. I plan on doing as much music here in my home studio as possible this year.I should have a page on this site up soon listing all the gear and options for having me track drums for projects. My friend and great bass player Kaveh Rastegar will be up here this week for some playing and recording for a project we have going on..In other news, i will not be touring with Tori Amos this year due to prior engagements.

It will be interesting to see what this means for the tour and I’m sure we will find out in the coming weeks!

source : MattChamberlain.com