A is for ACO, B is for Beth Orton

Recently I have set myself the challenge of listening to my iTunes, from start to end, A to Z. Mostly this is because I seem to have a lot of stuff that I don't want anymore, or infact, that I never wanted yet somehow have managed to accumulate along the way, so it's time to get those in my recycling bin. It's taking me a while, I've been going about three weeks and I'm only almost done on B. Even so I am enjoying it, listening to things I don't usually listen to, and things that I had forgotten how much I liked. To accompany this task I am going to choose one song/band/singer for each letter of the alphabet, just to make sure I'm paying attention to what I am listening to.

So, here's my choice for A, Japanese singer ACO. I first heard about her on Adam and Joe go Tokyo, and the song they introduced me to is probably still my favouite, Machi, which is a collaboration with Múm. It's a very pretty little song, as is the video.

My B choice is a much more long standing favourite, Beth Orton. I got her album Daybreaker. From a friend as a Christmas present and fell in love with it instantly. It's difficult to pick a song, as to me it is more of just an album that I listen to straight through, and did so almost everyday for well over a year, as I enjoyed both falling asleep and waking up to it. I've decided to link to Concrete Sky for this case, it's not an amazing video, and it's probably not my favourite song, but I think it represents the part of her music that I like, and it's a good song to listen to on a train.