Beth Orton plays the Norwich Arts Centre with Family Stereo, headlining the PERRL tour and promoting her album 'The Ground Above'.
Beth Orton plays Norwich Arts Centre on Wednesday 21 October, as part of the PERRL tour. She's touring her new album, The Ground Above, which came out on 26 June on Partisan Records. She's described it as her most direct and unapologetic music to date, and the lead single, 'Waiting', is a life-affirming track with subtle nods to Laura Nyro, Carole King and her early collaborator Terry Callier.
Orton's been active for more than thirty years, and the discography runs through a few distinct phases. There's the pioneering folktronica of 1996's Trailer Park, the classic-rock miniatures of 2006's Comfort of Strangers, and 2022's self-produced Weather Alive, before landing at The Ground Above. She's been called a 'poet laureate of forces too vast to take in all at once', which fits the way she's moved between folk, electronic and rock over the decades.
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Family Stereo open the night, playing from 8:00 to 8:30, with Beth Orton taking over from 9:00. Doors open at 7:00, so there's plenty of time to get in and settle before the first act. Tickets start at £37.50, with a £42 option for NAC supporters, and it's free for under-26s.
