'The entire room went mental': Beth Orton on her dance days and new music
Beth Orton is at Cyprus Avenue in Cork on Friday.
Beth Orton is at a busy arrivals lounge, struggling to be heard over a mewling baby. “Sorry for that child. I always say, if you want to have a baby - come to an airport,” she laughs.
A yammering airport is a strange environment in which to speak to Orton, who will be forever synonymous with the chill-out scene of the 1990s when she was christened pop’s “comedown queen”. Screaming kids and stressed parents – these are not the images you associate with an artist whose diaphanous vocals delivered heady shots of bliss to an entire generation of clubbers.
