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

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Discography 3.1 Portishead 3.2 Solo 3.3 Other works 4 References 5 External links

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

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)
• 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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Beth Gibbons

• Beth Gibbons at MySpace
• Beth Gibbons at the Internet Movie Database
• Guardian: Portishead (02/2008)

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