Beth Gibbons
Netti Habel/Courtesy of the artist
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Set Record
- “Past the Solar”
- “Floating on a Second”
- “Tom the Mannequin”
- “Whispering Love”
Beth Gibbons is thought for having one of the crucial distinctive and mesmerizing voices in music.
Followers of Portishead know all too effectively that it has been over 15 years because the band final launched an album (2008’s Third). Past that, they’ve deliberately keep away from the highlight. Information in 2013 that Gibbons was recording solo music quickly pale into the ether.
However earlier this 12 months, Gibbons introduced that she’d lastly completed that file. Launched to crucial acclaim, Lives Outgrown is a special beast than the work of her outdated band, with extra folks parts than digital ones. The album’s additionally simply been nominated for the Mercury Prize.
Immediately, we’re diving right into a mini-concert from Beth Gibbons, recorded on the Royal Albert Corridor in London with an eight-piece band.
Manufacturing Credit:
- Recorded by: Will Doyle
- Combined by: Animesh Raval, James Ford
- Eoin Rooney: guitars, marching snare, backing vocals
- Emma Smith: violin, clarinet, guitar, backing vocals
- Tom Herbert: bass, Fender VI, backing vocals
- Jason Hazeley: keyboards, ondes
- Howard Jacobs: contrabass clarinet, vibraphone, timpani, baritone sax, flute, bombo, percussion, steel and gongs, recorder, hammered guitar, backing vocals
- Richard Jones: viola, guitar, backing vocals
- James Ford: drums, harmonium, tenor recorder, backing vocals, musical director
This episode of World Cafe was produced by Will Loftus. The online story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our senior producer is Kimberly Junod.
