过去几年，独立女性唱作人Tori Amos发行了一系列古典与流行音乐跨界作品。新作《Unrepentant Geraldines》中，她终于回归熟悉的流行/摇滚领域。离开管弦乐团的合作，转回个人创作演绎空间，并汲取一些视觉艺术和画作的精髓，让作品更开放，更鲜活。(by 虾米) I've always been inspired by visual artists of all mediums because, as with Music, Art is not a job you can go to and leave from; but it is something that defines who and what you are. Visual artists shake up our brains and force us to look at everything, from objects we don't normally think twice about to people we might not have cared about. In one image they can remind us of Nature's power to enchant, as well as humankind's fruitless attempt to overpower her or simply second-guess her. Through the Visual Artist's application of tone, shape, pattern, and pigment I not only begin to see, but I can honestly say I begin to hear. --Tori Amos After over 12 million albums sold and countless broken girls healed, Tori Amos has announced the release of an upcoming new album, Unrepentant Geraldines, set for spring 2014. Unrepentant Geraldines will mark Tori Amos’ 14th studio album, and will be supported by an extensive world tour starting May 7th 2014 in Dublin and heading across Europe including shows at Londons Royal Albert Hall and dates in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow, Warsaw and other major cities. Dates in the U.S. and the rest of the world will follow later in 2014 and will be confirmed soon. Unrepentant Geraldines is a return to her core identity following a series of more classically-inspired and innovative musical projects of the last four years. These have included the seasonal collection Midwinter Graces, the classically influenced Night of Hunters, and Gold Dust, a collection of orchestral re-workings of songs from across her career. Released in October 2012 Gold Dust included “Flavor,” which was remixed by the late DJ Peter Rauhofer and peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Club Dance Chart in February 2013. Last month Tori Amos also launched her most ambitious project to date as a composer, along with book writer Samuel Adamson, when their musical The Light Princess premiered at Londons National Theatre for the start of an initial run which is confirmed until at least February 2014. At the prestigious UK Evening Standard Drama Awards earlier this month The Light Princess was nominated for Best Musical and leading lady Rosalie Craig won the Best Musical Performance category.