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radio & interviews archive

October 20, 1991
BBC Studios, London, UK
Mike Raven's Rhythm & Blues Show


01 Leather
02 Silent All These Years (with backing vocals)
03 Winter
(Tori also performed China - not included)



December 12, 1991
WEAR, 103.4 FM
UK, Toscas, Sunderland


[transcript]

01 Ain't No Sunshine
02 Imagine



1992
Amsterdam radio


01 interview
02 Leather
03 interview
04 China



1992 (January?)
Music Box Private Showcase
in New York City


01 interview / excerpts from concert



February 3, 1992
BBC Radio 2, UK
Bob Harris, In Session


01 Crucify intro
02 Crucify
03 Girl intro
04 Girl
05 Girl outro
06 China intro
07 China
08 China outro



February 27, 1992
Westwood One Radio Network
Los Angeles, CA


[transcript]

01 interview (33:29)



March 14, 1992
2 Meter Sessions, The Netherlands


01 Crucify
02 Leather
03 China



June 7, 1992
JJJ FM, Sydney, Australia
JJJ Sessions


01 Precious Things
02 Crucify
03 Winter
04 Leather



June 16, 1992
BBC Radio 2, UK
Steve Wright in the Afternoon Show


01 interview
02 Silent All These Years
03 interview
04 Crucify



August 24, 1992
KLOS 99.5 FM, Los Angeles


[transcript]

01 interview
02 Silent All These Years
03 interview
04 Leather
05 interview
06 Whole Lotta Love
07 interview



August 26, 1992
91X FM, San Diego


01 A Case of You
02 interlude
03 Silent All These Years



September 20, 1992
Charleston, West Virginia
Mountain Stage


01 Crucify
02 story / Silent All These Years
03 Happy Phantom
04 DJ talk
05 Me and a Gun
06 Winter
07 Smells Like Teen Spirit



September 22 & 24, 1992
Hollywood Report (UK radio)

* includes clips from KROQ, Los Angeles
interview on September 10, 1992

01 interview



November 11, 1992
WHFS, Annapolis


[transcript]

01 interview
02 China
03 interview
04 Crucify
05 interview
06 Winter
07 interview



January 19, 1993
KROQ, Los Angeles
Kevin and Bean show


01 Lovesong
02 Sugar



March 3, 1993
Q101 FM, Chicago


[transcript]

01 talk
02 Crucify
03 talk
04 Leather
05 talk
06 Silent All These Years
07 talk
08 Winter
09 talk



March 5, 1993
CFNY, Toronto


[transcript]

01 talk
02 Upside Down
03 talk
04 Sugar
05 talk
06 Q & A



January 31, 1994
Modern Rock Live
(syndicated US radio show)


[transcript]

01 interview
02 Baker Baker
03 interview



February 5, 1994
Johnny Walker Show, Radio 1
London, England


01 Pretty Good Year (album version)
02 interview
03 Past the Mission (album version)
04 interview



February 5, 1994
Virgin Radio 1215, UK


01 intro
02 Crucify
03 interview
04 Cornflake Girl
05 interview
06 The Waitress
07 interview
08 Silent All These Years
09 interview
10 Cloud On My Tongue
11 interview
12 God
13 interview
14 Black Dog (Led Zeppelin recording)
15 interview
16 Pretty Good Year
17 interview
18 If 6 Was 9 (Jimi Hendrix recording)
19 interview
20 If 6 Was 9 (Tori Amos version)
21 interview
22 interview
23 interview
24 A Day In the Life (The Beatles recording)
25 interview
26 Cornflake Girl



February 9, 1994
WNNX, Atlanta


[transcript]

01 intro
02 Crucify
03 interlude
04 Cloud On My Tongue
05 interlude
06 Leather
07 Icicle
08 Baker Baker intro
09 Baker Baker
10 Winter



February 10, 1994
KITS, San Francisco


[transcript]

01 interview
02 Icicle
03 interview
04 Crucify
05 interview



March 2, 1994
Meany Hall Press Conference
Seattle, Washington


01 Q & A
02 Q & A
03 Q & A
04 Q & A
05 Q & A
06 Q & A
07 Q & A
08 Q & A
09 Q & A
10 Q & A
11 Q & A



March 18, 1994
WXPN, Philadelphia
World Cafe (syndicated radio show)


[transcript]

01 intro
02 Precious Things (live 1992)
03 talk
04 Pretty Good Year
05 talk
06 Icicle
07 talk
08 God (album version)
09 talk
10 Cloud On My Tongue
11 talk
12 Past the Mission (album version)
13 talk
14 Baker Baker



March 28, 1994
WHFS, Annapolis
Modern Rock Morning Show


01 interview
02 Baker Baker
03 interview
04 Pretty Good Year
05 interview



March 30, 1994
BBC Radio 1, UK
Simon Mayo Show


[transcript]

01 interview - confession
02 interview
03 Crucify
04 interview
05 PGY intro
06 Pretty Good Year
07 PGY outro
08 God of the Day intro
09 God of the Day segment
10 PtM intro
11 Past the Mission
12 interview



June 2, 1994
WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.
The Derek McGinty Show


[transcript]

01 interview



July 5, 1994
National Public Radio
Washington, D.C.
All Things Considered


[transcript]

01 interview



August 24, 1994
KROQ, Los Angeles


[transcript]

01 interview
02 interview
03 Wrapped Around Your Finger
04 interview



August 24, 1994
KSCA, Los Angeles


[transcript]

01 interview
02 Honey
03 interview
04 Icicle
05 interview



August 30, 1994
KITS, San Francisco


[transcript]

01 interview
02 Honey
03 interview
04 Landslide
05 interview



September 10, 1994
KFPA, Berkeley


[transcript]

01 She's Leaving Home
02 interview
03 A Case of You
04 interview
05 Honey
06 interview



November 22, 1994
BBC Radio 1, UK
The Story of Pop


01 interview



December 2, 1994
JJJ FM, Australia


[transcript]

01 interview



February 25, 1995
KABC, Los Angeles


01 interview (36:44)



December 12, 1995
KDGE, Dallas


[transcript]

01 phone interview



December 12, 1995
Q101, Chicago


[transcript]

01 phone interview



December 12, 1995
WBCN, Boston


[transcript]

01 phone interview



December 12, 1995
WFNX, Boston


[transcript]

01 phone interview



December 12, 1995
WHFS, Annapolis


[transcript]

01 phone interview



January 9, 1996
BBC Radio 1, UK


01 interview
02 Leather
03 interview
04 Hey Jupiter
05 interview



January 25, 1996
2 Meter Sessions, The Netherlands


01 Fool On the Hill / Horses
02 This Old Man / Putting the Damage On
03 Apollo's Frock / Doughnut Song
04 Muhammad My Friend
05 Caught a Lite Sneeze



January 30, 1996
WBCN, Boston


[transcript]

01 intro
02 Blood Roses
03 interview
04 Doughnut Song
05 interview
06 Losing My Religion
07 closing



January 30, 1996
WXRV, Boston


[transcript]

01 interview
02 Marianne
03 interview
04 Little Amsterdam
05 interview
06 This Old Man
07 interview



February 1, 1996
WXRT, Chicago


[transcript]

01 intro
02 Little Amsterdam
03 talk
04 Here. In My Head
05 talk
06 Doughnut Song
07 talk
08 Caught a Lite Sneeze
09 talk
10 Putting the Damage On
11 talk



February 2, 1996
WHFS, Annapolis / Washington, D.C.
Just Passin' Through

broadcast on February 11, 1996

[transcript]

01 intro
02 improv / Little Amsterdam
03 talk
04 Marianne
05 talk
06 Putting the Damage On
07 talk



February 4, 1996
Modern Rock Live, New York
(syndicated radio show)


[transcript]

01 intro
02 Caught a Lite Sneeze (album version)
03 interview
04 Doughnut Song
05 interview
06 interview
07 For Mark
08 interview
09 Putting the Damage On
10 interview
11 interview
12 Losing My Religion
13 interview
14 Leather
15 interview
16 Father Lucifer (album version)
17 outro



February 5, 1996
WDRE, New York


[transcript]

01 intro
02 interview
03 Hey Jupiter
04 interview
05 Toodles Mr Jim
06 interview
07 Thunder Road
08 interview
09 Doughnut Song
10 interview
11 Gary's Girl
12 interview



February 5, 1996
WNEW, New York


[transcript]

01 interview
02 Marianne
03 interview
04 Muhammad My Friend
05 interview
06 Blood Roses
07 interview
08 Never Seen Blue / Sugar
09 interview



February 6, 1996
KEWD, Seattle


01 Crucify
02 Blood Roses



February 9, 1996
KROQ, Los Angeles
House of Blues


[transcript]

01 talk
02 Doughnut Song
03 Take to the Sky
04 talk
05 talk
06 talk
07 Marianne
08 talk
09 Landslide / Hey Jupiter



February 9, 1996
KSCA, Los Angeles


[transcript]

01 Doughnut Song
02 Leather
03 This Old Man / Samurai



March 1996
Virgin Radio, UK


01 intro
02 Doughnut Song



March 1, 1996
WXPN, Philadelphia
World Cafe (syndicated radio show)

(the songs are not included because they're all CD tracks)

[transcript]

01 interview / intro
02 interview
03 interview
04 interview
05 interview / outro



April 14, 1996
99X, Atlanta


[transcript]

01 intro
02 Freezing Cold In the Studio (improv)
03 Doughnut Song
04 Past the Mission
05 Blood Roses
06 Landslide
07 Mr Zebra
08 Putting the Damage On
09 outro



April 16, 1996
94.1 FM, Nashville


01 interview



April 16, 1996
100.1 FM, Nashville


01 interview
02 interview



June 12, 1996
KPNT, St. Louis


[transcript]

01 interview



June 27, 1996
Loveline (syndicated US radio show)


01 talk
02 talk
03 talk
04 talk
05 talk
06 talk
07 talk
08 talk
09 talk
10 talk
11 talk
12 talk
13 talk
14 talk
15 talk



July 12, 1996
KITS, San Francisco
Alex Bennett Show


01 interview



September 27, 1996
Acoustic Cafe (syndicated US radio show)
Ann Arbor, Michigan


[transcript]

01 intro
02 interview
03 Oom La Boomleigh
04 interview
05 Anna Karenina/This Old Man
06 interview
07 Abbey Road
08 outro



December 10, 1996
KROQ, Los Angeles
Kevin and Bean show


01 talk
02 talk
03 talk
04 talk
05 talk
06 talk
07 talk
08 talk
09 talk



December 13, 1996
KROQ, Los Angeles
Almost Acoustic Christmas


01 intro
02 Losing My Religion
03 Precious Things
04 Little Earthquakes
05 Cornflake Girl
06 Silent All These Years



January 18, 1997
UK, BBC Radio 1


01 interview



January 26, 1997
Modern Rock Live
(syndicated US radio show)


phone interview



July 6, 1997
BBC Radio 1, UK
The Net


01 interview



April 30, 1998
Album Network Radio Special
Chicago pre-show interview


01 interview
02 interview
03 interview



May 7, 1998
KROQ, Los Angeles
Breakfast with Tori


01 interview
02 interview
03 Black-Dove (January)
04 interlude
05 interview
06 Spark
07 interlude
08 Waitress (ending)
09 interview
10 interlude
11 She's Your Cocaine
12 interview
13 Cornflake Girl
14 outro



June 1, 1998
Nord Holland, The Netherlands
backstage at the Pinkpop Festival


01 interview
02 interview
03 interview



July 16, 1998
Triple J FM, Australia
J-Files interview with Richard Kingsmill


01 interview (8:58)



September 11, 1998
KNDD, Seattle
End Sessions


[transcript]

01 talk
02 Sister Janet
03 talk
04 Leather
05 talk
06 Purple People
07 talk
08 Playboy Mommy
09 talk
10 Honey



September 15, 1998
KLLC, San Francisco


[transcript]

01 talk
02 Cooling
03 talk
04 Purple People
05 talk
06 Honey
07 talk



August 21, 1999
99X, Atlanta


[transcript]

01 talk
02 Concertina
03 talk
04 Take to the Sky
05 Cloud On My Tongue
06 talk
07 Sugar
08 1000 Oceans
09 talk
10 Lust



August 25, 1999
WHFS, DC/Baltimore
Just Passin' Through


[transcript]

01 talk
02 Jackie's Strength
03 talk
04 Lust
05 talk
06 Concertina
07 talk
08 1000 Oceans



August 31, 1999
WFNX, Boston


01 interview



September 15, 1999
Q101, Chicago
Mancow show


[transcript]

01 talk
02 Purple People
03 talk
04 Concertina
05 talk



September 16, 1999
WXPT, Minneapolis


[transcript]

01 Purple People
02 talk
03 Concertina
04 talk
05 Lust
06 talk
07 1000 Oceans



October 8, 1999
KFOG, Berkeley


[transcript]

01 intro
02 Lust
03 talk
04 Purple People
05 talk
06 Concertina
07 talk
08 1000 Oceans



October 30, 1999
BBC Radio2, UK
Billy Bragg show


[transcript]

01 Lust
02 talk
03 Winter
04 talk
05 Concertina
06 talk



November 5, 1999
Wisseloord Studios FM
Hilversum, Netherlands


01 Concertina
02 Take to the Sky
03 Cooling
04 1000 Oceans



November 28, 1999
Star 98.7 FM, Los Angeles
Star Lounge at the Virgin Megastore
in Orange, California


01 Take to the Sky
02 talk
03 Cooling
04 talk
05 Upside Down
06 talk
07 Pandora's Aquarium
08 talk / Noelle improv
09 talk
10 Tear In Your Hand
11 Josephine



December 3, 1999
WFNX, Boston
AIDS Benefit


01 intro
02 talk / Purple People
03 talk
04 Concertina
05 talk
06 Cooling
07 talk
08 Jackie's Strength
09 talk
10 1000 Oceans
11 talk
12 Merman



December 17, 1999
103.1 FM, Los Angeles
at Studio C


01 intro
02 Concertina
03 talk
04 Purple People
05 talk
06 Lust
07 talk



December 16, 2001
Radio 3, Poland


01 intro
02 Leather
03 Purple People
04 Rattlesnakes
05 Take to the Sky
06 Lust
07 Upside Down
08 Cloud On My Tongue
09 Cooling
10 Winter



August 19, 2002
KROQ, Los Angeles
Kevin and Bean show


[transcript]

01 interview (20:44)



October 1, 2002
Radio FM 4, Vienna, Austria

(broadcast on October 28, 2002)

01 talk
02 talk
03 Scarlet's Walk
04 Mrs. Jesus
05 Pancake
06 A Sorta Fairytale
07 Virginia
08 Strange
09 audience questions
10 audience questions
11 talk



October 4, 2002
Radio RTL, Paris, France

(broadcast on October 26, 2002)

01 Scarlet's Walk
02 Mrs. Jesus
03 Pancake
04 improv / Crazy
05 interview
06 A Sorta Fairytale
07 Carbon
08 Strange
09 Virginia



October 8, 2002
NDR Studio 1, Hamburg, Germany

(broadcast on November 11, 2002)

01 Scarlet's Walk
02 Mrs. Jesus
03 Pancake
04 A Sorta Fairytale
05 Virginia
06 Strange
07 Crazy



October 9, 2002
UK, BBC Radio 6
Tom Robinson show


01 talk
02 talk
03 talk
04 talk
05 talk



October 10, 2002
Munich radio, Germany
Bayern 3 at Studio 2

(broadcast on October 21, 2002)

01 Scarlet's Walk
02 Crazy
03 A Sorta Fairytale
04 Strange
05 Mrs. Jesus



October 15, 2002
BBC Radio 4, UK
Woman's Hour


01 interview



October 16, 2002
Radio Uno, Rome, Italy
(broadcast on October 17, 2002)


01 Scarlet's Walk
02 Mrs. Jesus
03 Pancake
04 A Sorta Fairytale
05 Little Green improv / Carbon
06 Crazy
07 Virginia
08 Strange
09 applause
10 improv / Purple People
11 Wednesday / improv
12 Cooling
13 interview



October 31, 2002
UK, BBC World Service


01 interview



November 12, 2002
104 FM, Washington, D.C.


01 interview



November 19, 2002
Mix 98.5 FM, Boston


01 talk
02 Crazy
03 talk
04 A Sorta Fairytale
05 talk



November 23, 2002
101FM, Columbus, Ohio


01 talk
02 Crazy
03 talk
04 Pancake
05 talk
06 improv / Mrs. Jesus
07 talk



December 5, 2002
KBCO, Boulder, Colorado


01 intro
02 Silent All These Years
03 talk
04 A Sorta Fairytale
05 talk



December 17, 2002
KCRW, Santa Monica


01 Mrs. Jesus
02 Pancake
03 Strange
04 Wednesday
05 Your Cloud
06 Carbon
07 Amber Waves



January 18, 2003
BBC Radio 2, UK
Jonathan Ross


01 Taxi Ride (album version)
02 talk
03 talk
04 A Sorta Fairytale
05 talk



April 11, 2003
KCNC 104.9 FM
Up Close and Personal


01 talk
02 Pancake
03 talk
04 Upside Down
05 talk
06 Strange



August 26, 2003
WXPN, Philadelphia
World Cafe (syndicated radio show)


01 interview
02 Honey
03 Putting the Damage On
04 interview
05 After the Gold Rush
06 Twinkle
07 interview
08 Seaside
09 Baker Baker
10 interview



October 3, 2003
Boston, Massachusetts
Mixfest X at the Fleet Center


01 House of the Rising Sun
02 I'm On Fire
03 Take to the Sky
04 The Needle and the Damage Done
05 Leather
06 Smells Like Teen Spirit



November 18, 2003
Thoughts of a Librarian:
A Musically Punctuated Conversation
The Shaw Theatre, London

Moderated by Lucy O'Brian

01 interview
02 Angels
03 Jackie's Strength
04 Winter
05 interview
06 Silent All These Years
07 Take to the Sky / I Feel the Earth Move
08 Seaside
09 Pretty Good Year
10 Cooling



December 1, 2003
KROQ, Los Angeles
Kevin and Bean show


01 interview
02 Honey
03 outro
04 intro
05 Crucify
06 interview



June 11, 2004
MSNBC.com Open Interview


01 interview(27:18)



February 24, 2005
An Evening with Tori Amos
hosted by Ann Powers
New York, New York


01 intro 1
02 intro 2
03 intro 3
04 conversation part 1
05 conversation part 2



March 9, 2005
Polish Radio 3
Warsaw, Poland


01 intro
02 Parasol
03 Seaside
04 The Power of Orange Knickers
05 Sleeps with Butterflies
06 Mother Revolution



March 10, 2005
The Source on Sirius Satellite Radio
Behind the Beekeeper

(scroll down to February 16, 2006
for a higher quality re-broadcast of the songs)

01 intro
02 Parasol
03 talk
04 talk
05 The Power of Orange Knickers
06 talk
07 Jamaica Inn
08 Sleeps with Butterflies
09 Barons of Suburbia (a few lines, a capella)
10 talk
11 talk
12 Mother Revolution
13 talk
14 talk
15 talk
16 talk
17 talk
18 talk
19 talk
20 talk
21 talk



March 27, 2005
Radio 3FM, The Netherlands
BNN That's Live


01 interview
02 Sleeps with Butterflies
03 Leather
04 DJ closing first part
05 Quiz
06 improvisation
07 DJ closing quiz
08 questions from listeners
09 The Power of Orange Knickers
10 Winter
11 DJ closing second part



April 11, 2005
WXPN, Philadelphia
World Cafe (syndicated radio show)


01 intro
02 interview
03 Sleeps with Butterflies
04 interview
05 The Power of Orange Knickers
06 interview
07 interview
08 Parasol
09 interview
10 Mother Revolution
11 outro



April 22, 2005
KMTT 103.7 FM, Seattle
The Mountain Music Lounge


01 interview
02 Sweet the Sting
03 interview
04 Sleeps with Butterflies
05 interview



June 4, 2005
BBC Radio, UK
Jonathan Ross show


01 interview
02 Sweet the Sting (album version)
03 interview
04 The Power of Orange Knickers (performance)
05 interview



June 6, 2005
BBC Radio 2, UK
Live from the Stables


01 Mother Revolution
02 You Belong to Me (with house band)



August 24, 2005
XM Radio
Artist Confidential

(broadcast on October 17, 2005)

01 opening
02 intro 1
03 intro 2
04 interview
05 interview
06 Sleeps with Butterflies
07 interview
08 audience questions
09 interview
10 Cars and Guitars
11 interview
12 interview
13 audience questions
14 interview
15 interview
16 Sweet the Sting
17 interview
18 audience questions
19 Ribbons Undone
20 interview
21 outro

Artist Confidential - Sweet the Sting



September 10, 2005
KINK, Portland, Oregon

KINK Live 8 mini-concert
at Pioneer Square

01 intro
02 Crucify
03 Take to the Sky
04 Sweet Dreams
05 Silent All These Years
06 Cars and Guitars
07 Leather



February 16, 2006
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Left of Center
(taped on March 10, 2005)

01 Leather
02 The Power of Orange Knickers
03 Sleeps with Butterflies
04 Parasol
05 Mother Revolution
06 Jamaica Inn



March 14, 2006
BBC 6music digital radio
Tom Robinson's Evening Sequence


01 intro
02 interview
03 interview
04 interview
05 interview
06 outro



September 15, 2006
Radio Ulster

interview by Ralph Mclean

01 interview



September 15, 2006
Studio 360 on WNYC, New York

interview by Kurt Anderson

01 interview



September 17, 2006
BBC Radio 2
Simon Mayo Show


[transcript]

01 interview
02 interview



September 17, 2006
BBC Radio 6 Music
The Music Week show


01 interview



September 28, 2006
KROQ, Los Angeles
Kevin and Bean show


01 interview



October 27, 2006
BBC Radio 6 Music's 6 Mix


01 interview



November 12, 2006
BBC Radio 3, Private Passions
with Michael Berkeley


01 interview / music (58:40)



December 14, 2006
BFBS Radio 1
The UK Evening Show


01 interview



April 10, 2007
Radio Eins


01 Velvet Revolution
02 Father's Son
03 Silent All These Years
04 Beauty of Speed
05 Leather
06 Almost Rosey



April 26, 2007
KROQ Kevin & Bean Interview


01 interview
02 interview
03 interview
04 interview



April 29, 2007
Living Doll Phone Interview

for web article

01 interview



April 30, 2007
CBC Radio Interview


01 interview



April 30, 2007
Monte Carlo Nights In Studio
The Living Room (Italy)


01 interview
02 Father's Son
03 interview
04 Beauty of Speed
05 interview
06 Almost Rosey
07 interview
08 Silent All These Years
09 outro



May 1, 2007
Sirius Satellite Radio
Live on the Spectrum ADP Release Party


01 intro
02 Velvet Revolution w/ Bouncing Off Clouds intro
03 Beauty of Speed
04 Roosterspur Bridge
05 improv / Naughty Tori
06 Almost Rosey
07 Father's Son
08 interview
09 interview
10 interview



May 02, 2007
WNYC's "Soundcheck"
with John Shaefer


01 interview
02 interview
03 interview
04 Father's Son
05 interview
06 Almost Rosey
07 Father's Son
08 Velvet Revolution
09 Programmable Soda
10 interview



May 17, 2007
WFUV NYC
Words and Music from Studio A
Interview with Rita Houston

running time : 47:47
recorded on : May 04, 2007

01 interview



May 19, 2007
BBC radio2 U.K.
with Jonathan Ross


01 interview
02 interview
03 Father's Son
04 outro



July 17, 2007
BBC Radio U.K.
with Radcliffe and Maconie


01 interview
02 Beauty of Speed
03 interview
04 Cooling
05 outro
06 Big Wheel from T in the Park



September 13, 2007
Triple J Studios AUS
Top Shelf with Robbie Buck


01 interview




November 06, 2007
WXRT Live from Studio X in Chicago


01 interview
02 A Sorta Fairytale
03 interview
04 Almost Rosey
05 interview




Thanks to Richard Handal and woj for providing many of the radio shows.


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