Beth Gibbons
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Gibbons at Roskilde Festival 2011.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Beth Gibbons |
| Born |
4 January 1965 Exeter, Devon, England, UK |
| Genres | Trip hop, folk,alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboards |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Go! Beat, Sanctuary |
| Associated acts | Portishead, Rustin Man |
| Website | Official page |
Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965) is an English singer and songwriter. She is the singer and lyricist for the English band Portishead.
Gibbons was born in Exeter, Devon, and raised on a farm with two other sisters. Her parents divorced when she was young. At 22, she moved to Bath, then Bristol to pursue her singing career, where she met Geoff Barrow, her future collaborator in Portishead. She sings in the contralto range.
With Adrian Utley, Gibbons and Barrow released the first Portishead album Dummy in 1994 and have produced two other studio albums, a live album, and various singles in the years since. She has also collaborated on a separate project with former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb (Rustin Man). Before she joined Geoff Barrow in Portishead, she had auditioned for the singer's slot in .O.rang, the group formed by Webb after Talk Talk's late-Eighties departure from EMI, but Portishead's sudden success pre-empted matters. In October 2002, they released the album Out of Season in the United Kingdom under the name Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man. The album peaked at number 28 in the UK Albums Chart. It was released in the United States a year later.
She has cited Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, Sugarcubes, Pixies and Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins as musical influences.
Gibbons was also a judge for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
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