Singer/songwriter Beth Orton has taken the last decade to create her own musical genre, combining acoustic folk music with electronic trip-hop beats, ending in a mixture of roots and rhythm. The talented vocalist shifted around to the backgrounds of many bands for several years before releasing solo albums, but once her solo career took off it was nearly impossible to catch the fresh young star.Orton was raised in Norwich, England, and only considered a musical career when she joined William Orbit to create the duo Spill. Co-writing and singing Orbit songs like "Water From a Vine Leaf," Orton soon moved on to the group Red Snapper, contributing to their hit songs "Snapper" and "In Deep." Adding the Chemical Brothers to her resume, Orton contributed to the band's hit song "Alive- Alone," off their album Exit Planet Dust. Gathering the musical minds of Ali Friend (bass), Ted Barnes (guitar), Lee Spencer (keyboards) and Wildcat Will (drums), Orton began working on music under her own name. The first music to come out of the collaboration is the four-song EP She Cries Your Name in 1996, followed and perfected by the full-length album Trailer Park in 1997. Also in 1997 came Orton's Best Bit EP, which was spiced up with duets from the folk-jazz legend Terry Callier. Central Reservation, Orton's 1999 release, peaked at the number two slot on the Heatseekers chart that year, and the hit singles "Central Reservation" and "Stolen Car" also fared well on the charts. Horton's 2002 release Daybreaker featured the Chemical Brothers and ex-Whiskeytown performer Ryan Adams, and in 2006 Orton released her most recent album, Comfort of Strangers. The album was recorded in just two weeks, but its quick turnaround time was forgotten when the album made the European, Billboard 200 and Top Internet charts in '06.