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SunWalkers get orchestra's backing

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.

Posted on July 3, 2009, 5:54 am

Portishead - Dummy CD Review

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.

Posted on June 16, 2009, 9:26 am

HOT GOSSIP

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...

Posted on June 19, 2009, 1:45 pm

Tori's sinfully good

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...

Posted on June 9, 2009, 3:39 am

Stars support SunWalk Bristol for breast cancer

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...

Posted on May 29, 2009, 5:05 am

Mia Calderon CD Release

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...

Posted on June 8, 2009, 8:37 am

'Hiccups are making my life a misery'

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

Posted on May 24, 2009, 9:10 am

Todd Marion

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 ...

Posted on April 30, 2009, 3:58 am

St Vincent @ Hoxton Bar + Kitchen, London

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.

Posted on April 23, 2009, 1:36 pm

On Second Thought: The Mixed Up And Permanently Set Edition

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 ;

Posted on April 29, 2009, 6:10 am

Beth Gibbons Biography

Beth Gibbons
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Beth Gibbons
Gibbons at the Coachella festival in 2008
Gibbons at the Coachella festival in 2008
Background information
Born 4 January 1965 (1965-01-04) (age 44)
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

Solo

Other works

References

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