Singer Tori Amos finding refuge and inspiration in Cork

For Tori Amos, spending time in Co Cork has provided both refuge and inspiration, writes Ed Power.

ASTRANGE smile tugs at the corners of Tori Amos’s mouth. “Fifty is great. From where I’m sitting today, it is fantastic,” the singer says of her recent milestone birthday. “This time a year ago, I didn’t see it quite like that. I was still getting my head around it. A lot of my new album is about me wrestling with those emotions.”

As a woman in the entertainment industry, Amos can’t ignore age. But making her latest LP, Unrepentant Geraldines, she realised she was not unique.