Beth Orton

Beth was born in Norfolk in 1970 and was raised there until the mid '80s whereupon she relocated to Dalston in North London. Beth's older brothers were punks, yet her own private musical rebellion was folk, immersing herself in everything from Nick Drake and Rickie Lee Jones to The Slits and, eventually, The Stone Roses. These influences shaped Beth's own musical output - a voice that could sooth angels, shatter glass and reduce the hardest of hearts to tears, all within the space of one song; songs as soft as early morning sunshine with lyrics drenched in yearning - songs that ended up as so much more than the sum of just being inspired by the music she held dear. Beth began writing songs based on her personal experiences - an introverted childhood growing up in the sticks, break ups, broken hearts and destructive relationships.