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Best Jan. singles: Caribou, Ting Tings

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...

Posted on March 10, 2010, 4:55 am

Portishead - "Chase the Tear"

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...

Posted on March 1, 2010, 10:28 am

Designer bras coming to Nickel Capital next month

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.

Posted on February 1, 2010, 8:32 am

Alphastates very last gig!

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.

Posted on January 26, 2010, 9:09 am

Nedry - Condors 17 Feb 10:23

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...

Posted on February 17, 2010, 4:31 am

Nedry - Condors

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...

Posted on February 17, 2010, 4:25 am

Closet We Envy: Shingai Shoniwa of The Noisettes

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.

Posted on February 10, 2010, 8:58 am

Anna Kashfi - Survival 08 Feb 08:50

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...

Posted on February 8, 2010, 3:50 am

Anna Kashfi - Survival

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...

Posted on February 8, 2010, 3:47 am

10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week (18/01/10)

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.

Posted on January 26, 2010, 3:43 am

Beth Gibbons Biography

Beth Gibbons
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Beth Gibbons

Gibbons at the Coachella festival in 2008
Background information
Born 4 January 1965 (1965-01-04) (age 45)
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

Solo

Other works

References

External links