# Episode 320 - Beth Orton

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Podcast: [Sodajerker On Songwriting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sodajerker-on-songwriting-954213)
Published: 2026-07-04T10:38:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2402

## Resource

Singer-songwriter and producer Beth Orton joins Simon and Brian for a conversation about the writing of her latest record The Ground Above . Beth shares how she turns instinctive first ideas into finished songs, the independence that came with producing her own records, and the influence of two formative relationships: her early collaborations with William Orbit and her guitar lessons with Bert Jansch.

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