APOLOGIES, but details are somewhat sketchy about the return of Miss Orton, forerunner to the fashionable new folk revival led by Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons.
These are the facts: Norfolk singer-songwriter Beth is doing a few solo acoustic shows, low key and intimate, and almost bound to mention sleepless life as a mum in her twixt-song banter.
Now signed to Anti Records, the one-time Buddhist nun is apparently preparing a new album, her somewhat tardy follow-up to 2006’s Comfort Of Strangers.
Amazingly, 15 years have passed since Trailer Park, her groundbreaking folktronica fusion of, er, folk and trippy electronics that remains her definitive recording.
Expect selections from her subsequent albums, 1999’s Central Reservation and 2002’s Daybreaker, and hopefully a preview of those promised new songs. For returns, phone 01759 301547.
Beth Orton, Pocklington Arts Centre, Wednesday, 8pm. Sold out
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