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The Lockdown Playlist
Saluting Beth Gibbons: The Very Best of Portishead
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IT seems that 4th January…
is quite a packed day when it comes to significant birthdays of musicians. I am going to do one or two others and post them before that date, so we can have Lockdown Playlists of various artists. The wonderful lead of Portishead, Beth Gibbons, celebrates a birthday on 4th January – what better excuse to have a great selection of Portishead tunes?! I have been a fan of the Bristol group since the 1990s and, alongside Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow, Gibbons helped to popularise and transform Trip-Hop music. Portishead’s most-recent album, Third, was released in 2008. Many are hoping that they release another album soon as they create such stunning and important work. To nod to a hugely important lead who has one of the most distinctive and memorable voices in all of music, here are some classic Portishead cuts with Beth Gibbons…
RIGHT at the front.