SoundCheck

[Original Entry date from my Private Journal: July 13, 2005]

SoundCheck: The Beekeeper by Tori Amos

 In this newest release from fiery haired songstress Tori Amos, you'll see that she is still constant with her soulful vocals and poetic emotion - filled lyrics. Amos puts her whole heart and soul into literally making beautiful music and communicating the depth of her emotion.

 Sleeps with Butterflies is currently making waves in radio station and is the ideal mood music for you as you kick off your heels and choll out after a hard day at work.

If you're into this type of music, I also recommend you to check out her previous album Scarlet's Walk. One of the best track I recommend you to listen to is "A Sorta Fairytale". So what are you waiting for? Go check it out now!

 

~ Biography ~

Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos) was one of several female singer/songwriters who combined the stark lyrical attack of alternative rock with a distinctly '70s musical approach. 

Born in North Carolina but raised in Maryland, Amos was the daughter of a Methodist preacher. By the age of four, she was singing and playing piano in the church choir; she began writing her own songs shortly afterward. Amos won a scholarship to Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory based on her instrumental prowess. While she was studying at Peabody, she became infatuated with rock & roll, particularly the music of Led Zeppelin. She began writing pop ballads and performing in local bars. She moved to Los Angeles in her late teens to become a pop singer.

 The harrowing "Me and a Gun" was an autobiographical song, telling the tale of Amos' own experience with rape. It gained positive reviews throughout the media, andboth the EP and the concerts sold well. Little Earthquakes, Amos' first album as a singer/songwriter, was released in late 1991 and sold well in both the U.S. and the U.K. In 1992, she released the Crucify EP, which featured three covers, including Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Led Zeppelin's "Thank You." Delivered in early 1994, Under the Pink, the full-length follow-up to Little Earthquakes, was a bigger hit, selling over a million copies and launching the minor hit singles "God" and "Cornflake Girl." Two years later, Amos delivered her third album, Boys for Pele, her most ambitious and difficult record to date. The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. Amos spent much of 1997 dealing with personal matters, including a miscarriage and a marriage, and working on her fourth album, From the Choirgirl Hotel, which was released in the spring of 1998. The two-disc To Venus and Back followed in 1999 to coincide with a tour with Alanis Morisette. In 2001,  Amos returned with the covers album Strange Little Girls, which also marked her last release for Atlantic. The next year, she found a new label home with Epic and followed with Scarlet's Walk in October. Her eighth studio album, an autobiographical record titled The Beekeeper, was released in 2005.