Beth Orton Tickets at Vicar Street

Beth Orton is a BRIT Award-winning, multiple Mercury Prize nominated singer-songwriter. Raised in Norfolk and London, she has released seven acclaimed solo albums over the past 27 years, showcasing her lyrical power as a songwriter and her creative restlessness as a musician and producer.

Beth Orton’s career started via collaborations with electronic artists such as The Chemical Brothers and William Orbit. Orton’s first three solo albums, Trailer Park (1997), the BRIT Award winning Central Reservation (1999), and the UK top 10 album Daybreaker, established her as a definitive voice of the era and won acclaim for Orton’s innovative integration of electronic and acoustic textures. Since that time she has continued to deepen her work as a songwriter, producer, and performer, with her most recent album, 2022’s self-produced Weather Alive, considered by many her best yet.

Orton’s 2006 album, the stripped-down Comfort of Strangers, was followed by a break during which Orton collaborated with British guitarist Bert Jansch. Orton returned with Sugaring Season in 2012, which moved towards a purer acoustic sound, followed by a return to electronic music with Kidsticks, released in 2016. In 2002 Orton released her first entirely self-produced album to date, Weather Alive, on Partisan Records. It was reviewed by Pitchfork as “The best work of her career” and appeared on many year-end best lists including The New York Times, Pitchfork, and NPR.

Orton has also been known for her work as a guest artist with the legendary producer Hal Willner and musicians such as Nick Cave, Emmylou Harris and Beck. Her touring has taken her across the world, including headlining performances at Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Glastonbury Festival, Carnegie Hall and others. She lives in London with her family.