Tori Amos

At this point in her career, I’m not even sure what genres to classify Tori Amos under. Or even if she really fits into conventional genres at all anymore, given that she’s kind of done it all by now. Regardless of what you think of piano-driven female singer-songwriter fare, Amos is a sonic and visual performance artist everyone ought to see live at least once. All those other girls on the keys, the ones who your mom loves their singles when they come on the radio? Pretty much all read the Being Tori For Dummies manual, just skipping the chapter on how to be edgy and progressive. - Brien Overly