Best Jan. singles: Caribou, Ting Tings
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AZCentral.com - Found Mar. 10, 2010 ... track sounds like someone carjacked Gary Numan on his way home from a Kraftwerk show - at least until Beth Gibbons grabs the mike and starts... |
Portishead - "Chase the Tear"
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Pitchfork - Found Mar. 1, 2010 It's a fitting backdrop for Beth Gibbons' alluring croon and fractured lyrical impressionism ("Winter sigh/ Summer's gone/ Holding off... |
Designer bras coming to Nickel Capital next month
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Sudbury Star - Found Feb. 1, 2010 Mary Beth Gibbons, who is the local distributor, learned about the TAB Bra during a visit to Victoria last June. |
Alphastates very last gig!
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HotPress.com - Found Jan. 26, 2010 ... live shows and their two albums, not least for Catherine Dowling?s dynamic vocals that had her compared to Shirley Manson and Beth Gibbons. |
Nedry - Condors 17 Feb 10:23
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Drowned In Sound - Found Feb. 17, 2010 But for all its reach Rhodes? voice never quite had the same emotional intensity as Beth Gibbons? cracked laments and Lamb?s undeniably... |
Nedry - Condors
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Drowned In Sound - Found Feb. 17, 2010 But for all its reach Rhodes? voice never quite had the same emotional intensity as Beth Gibbons? cracked laments and Lamb?s undeniably... |
Closet We Envy: Shingai Shoniwa of The Noisettes
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Essence Magazine - Found Feb. 10, 2010 First, there's her beautifully melancholic voice which hints to a twisted melange of Billie Holiday and Beth Gibbons of Portishead. |
Anna Kashfi - Survival 08 Feb 08:50
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Drowned In Sound - Found Feb. 8, 2010 ... electro-bruised avant garde cinematics (?String Loop?, which suits Webley?s occasional Beth Gibbons tendencies particularly well), and... |
Anna Kashfi - Survival
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Drowned In Sound - Found Feb. 8, 2010 ... electro-bruised avant garde cinematics (?String Loop?, which suits Webley?s occasional Beth Gibbons tendencies particularly well), and... |
10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week (18/01/10)
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NME - Found Jan. 26, 2010 Beth Gibbons resumes where 'Third' left off, as a beguiling cog in the machine where once she was an overpowering force. |
Beth Gibbons Biography
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Beth Gibbons
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Gibbons at the Coachella festival in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Born | 4 January 1965 |
| Origin | Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Electronica, jazz, soul, trip hop |
| Occupations | Singer/songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Go! Beat Records Sanctuary Records |
| Associated acts | Portishead Rustin Man |
| Website | Official MySpace page |
Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965, Exeter, Devon, England) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for English band Portishead.
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Early life
Gibbons was born in 1965 in Exeter1 and raised on a farm.
At the age of 22, Gibbons moved to Bristol to pursue her singing career and began singing locally, where she met Geoff Barrow.
Career
Beth Gibbons is a member of Portishead, and has also collaborated on a separate project with Paul Webb, aka Rustin' Man (ex-member of the band Talk Talk). In October 2002, the album, Out of Season, was released in the United Kingdom, and in October 2003 it was released in the United States.
Discography
Portishead
- Dummy (1994)
- Portishead (1997)
- Roseland NYC Live (1998)
- Melody Nelson (2002)
- Third (2008)
Solo
- Out of Season (2002) with Rustin Man
Other works
- "Orang" in .O.rang's album Herd of Instinct (1994)
- "Jalap" in .O.rang's album Fields and Waves (1996)
- "Lonely Carousel" in Rodrigo Leão's album Cinema
- "Strange Melody" in Jane Birkin's album Rendez-Vous
- "Killing Time" in Joss Stone's Mind, Body & Soul
- Soundtrack for Diane Bertrand's film "L'Annulaire" (unreleased, 2005)
- "My Secret" in Jane Birkin's album Fictions
- "Stranger In This Land" in Fried's album Fried
- "Sing" with Annie Lennox from Songs of Mass Destruction
- Soundtrack for Diane Bertrand's film Baby Blues
- "Requiem for Anna" on Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited - performed as Portishead
References
External links
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