I really like Beth! I have 'Trailer Park' and love the whole thing including the more experimental stuff which grew on me. Need to get 'Central Reservation' too because I love 'Stolen Car'. Not sure about 'Daybreaker' though! Heard some stuff on the radio and really hated it and thought it was dull. Sounds like she's trying too hard to be commercial but maybe the singles don't represent the whole album!
STEVE T "The snow falls like bolts of lace" ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike pritchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:32 AM Subject: Re: P.J. Harvey NJC > I have no comment to make about PJ Harvey, I have only heard her duets with > Nick Cave and none of her solo stuff. However, I'd like to put a word in for > Beth Orton. She's not yet a great singer; she doesn't yet have a great stage > presence, she's not yet very relaxed and comfortable on stage and is not the > greatest guitar player on the planet. However, her albums have been getting > better and better and her songwriting skills are second to very few people I > think. She has great musicians working with her and her choice of material is > very good, in general. Give her words a listen. She's saying some very > important things and she's saying them in a very interesting way. She's going > to be a real real talent if she keeps developing as she's done so far. Highly > recommended. > mike in barcelona > NP Beth Orton - Daybreaker.
