When Beth Orton first played in New Zealand at the 2000 Big Day Out, she was the odd woman out. She possibly possessed the only acoustic guitar in the entire venue, on a day headlined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails and the Chemical Brothers, the UK electronic duo who had helped introduce her voice to the world on their first two albums.
Orton played in the afternoon on one of the smaller stages to maybe 100 of us in a set that was all elfin smile,
