A review by katekate_reads_
Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage by Tori Amos
4.0
Is there an artist or album or song that takes you right back to a certain time in your life? For me - one of those albums is Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos. I hear it and immediately time travel to fall of 1997.
It’s really incredible the power that music has - to remind us of a time, to amplify or change our mood, to make important statements, to teach us to look at something differently.
I didn’t read much of the description of this book before starting it - just got excited about a new book by Tori Amos. I expected it to be like other songwriter books I’ve read - a memoir interspersed with some behind the scenes info on song lyrics.
This book has a bit of that - but really it’s more about ways artists can really use their art/music to amplify a political view. Amos covers a lot of heavy topics through the book - female genital mutilation (fgm), sexual assault, September 11th, the 2016 political election - but all through the lens of her music and art.
I learned that when touring - Tori Amos doesn’t have a set list she uses every night. She works to make each show appropriate to what’s going on in that location - and really works to learn what the issues are in that place.
I learned a lot from listening to this book and recommend it, especially if you are an artist or musician. Even if you aren’t (I’m not) - there is a lot to take away from this read.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance reading copy.
It’s really incredible the power that music has - to remind us of a time, to amplify or change our mood, to make important statements, to teach us to look at something differently.
I didn’t read much of the description of this book before starting it - just got excited about a new book by Tori Amos. I expected it to be like other songwriter books I’ve read - a memoir interspersed with some behind the scenes info on song lyrics.
This book has a bit of that - but really it’s more about ways artists can really use their art/music to amplify a political view. Amos covers a lot of heavy topics through the book - female genital mutilation (fgm), sexual assault, September 11th, the 2016 political election - but all through the lens of her music and art.
I learned that when touring - Tori Amos doesn’t have a set list she uses every night. She works to make each show appropriate to what’s going on in that location - and really works to learn what the issues are in that place.
I learned a lot from listening to this book and recommend it, especially if you are an artist or musician. Even if you aren’t (I’m not) - there is a lot to take away from this read.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance reading copy.