SunWalkers get orchestra's backing
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Bristol Evening Post - Found 4 hours ago Bassoonist Wendy Bertram is walking as part of Team Portishead, which is being led by Beth Gibbons from the Bristol-based band. |
Portishead - Dummy CD Review
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TheCelebrityCafe.com - Found Jun. 16, 2009 First of all, unlike other trip-hop bands, the woman singer here is a real person! Beth Gibbons handles the vocals here with a lot of class. |
HOT GOSSIP
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Gay Community News - Found Jun. 19, 2009 Regularly channelling Portishead's Beth Gibbons, she belts into each and every song with electric attitude, ultimately making Music for Men an... |
Tori's sinfully good
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Asiaone - Found Jun. 9, 2009 The opening track Give bears a haunting similarity to a Beth Gibbons opus, dominated by drum loops and Amos' eerie refrain: There are some... |
Stars support SunWalk Bristol for breast cancer
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Bristol Evening Post - Found May. 29, 2009 Among them will be the lead singer of band Portishead, Beth Gibbons, who will be taking part in this year's SunWalk with her friends and any... |
Mia Calderon CD Release
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Nashville Scene - Found Jun. 8, 2009 Equal parts Astrud Gilberto, Beth Gibbons and Sade, Calderon's vocals are the perfect foil for Coolout's propulsive percussion and spaced-out... |
'Hiccups are making my life a misery'
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News of the World - Found May. 24, 2009 Email your health questions to drhilary@fabulousmag.co.uk Compiled by Jo Upcraft. Beth Gibbons Photography: Alamy, Camera Press |
Todd Marion
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The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register - Found Apr. 30, 2009 Surviving is his companion Beth Gibbons and two sons Bryce and Brent Marion both of home and his parents Tony and Sharon Marion and family of ... |
St Vincent @ Hoxton Bar + Kitchen, London
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MusicOMH - Found Apr. 23, 2009 ... shimmery, almost Hawaiian-sounding melodies and her voice fed through a distorted blues microphone in the style of Portishead's Beth Gibbons. |
On Second Thought: The Mixed Up And Permanently Set Edition
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Souled On (Music, Art, Politics, and Life) - Found Apr. 29, 2009 Portishead (LimeLinx) "The Rip (Hidden Cat Remix)" --- Portishead (YSI) *Written by Geoff Barrow , Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley ; |
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 |
| Genre(s) | Electronica, jazz, soul, trip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer/songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Label(s) | Go! Beat Records Sanctuary Records |
| Associated acts | Portishead Rustin Man |
| Website | Official MySpace page |
Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965, in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for English band Portishead.
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Early life
Beth Gibbons was born 4 January 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
Gibbons, a member of Portishead, released "Dummy" in 1994, followed by "Portishead" in 1997 and "Third" in April 2008.
Gibbons 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)
- 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
References
- ^ "Full Beth Gibbons Biography". Perfect People. http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/2746/beth-gibbons.htm.
External links
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