In 1992, American singer-songwriter Tori Amos was applying a defibrillator to piano-led rock with her uncompromising debut album Little Earthquakes. Her catalogue has mixed sometimes harrowing personal experience with cultural commentary channelled through art-pop chops and progressive arrangements, ultimately making her one of the most imaginative and thought-provoking artists around.
Today, Amos is in her Cornwall studio rehearsing for a huge European tour, and reflecting on the making of In Times Of Dragons. The two-disc album is her second concept record, influenced by current political events.
