The old proverb ‘mighty oaks from little acorns grow’ was never truer than when Beth Gibbons and Geoff Barrow met on an Enterprise Allowance Scheme in Bristol in 1991. Tapes were exchanged on their ...

Portishead’s “Dummy” was released in 1884. Photo courtesy of @portisheadofficial/Instagram Welcome to Ear 2 Da Sky! Each week, I will be going over topics within music culture and reviewing albums and ...

On August 22, 1994, the album that would make Portishead a name in music was released to the world. “Dummy,” a moody, brooding mix of songs using hip-hop techniques like sampling, announced the ...

Portishead‘s Dummy will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its release in 2014 – but the band’s founder and producer Geoff Barrow isn’t interested in marking the occasion, as recent reissues by Nirvana ...

Beth Gibbons and Geoff Barrow formed the seminal trip-hop band Portishead in 1991, merging torch-song tenderness with James Bond-theme grandeur and hip-hop production. After two wildly influential CDs ...

INDIO, Calif. -- As Portishead finished its meticulously sparse evening performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the typically reticent Beth Gibbons suddenly leapt off the stage ...

Portishead’s 1994 debut, “Dummy,” became a cultural touchstone: the cool person’s dinner party soundtrack. But the U.K. band’s latest album, “Third” (Go! Discs/Mercury), won’t be serving as the ...

Portishead will release a new edition of their debut album Dummy. The classic 1994 album will be reissued to mark its 20th anniversary later this year, with pre-orders available from August 13. The ...

Let's think about this. Why the need to make out to Portishead? What is it about the trio's music that makes it the ideal background for the experience of eyes meeting eyes, lips meeting lips, organs ...

1994 was a splendid year for music. At least, we thought so then. As 2004 comes to a close, we're taking a look at some of the albums that tripped our triggers ... can it have been ten years back?