ACjf\4Q |*,jU;NI 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
(_9|w|( 歌手姓名:Ayo
;t]|15]u 唱片公司:Universal
?A7Yk4Y.?N 发行日期:2008年10月6日
!Zbesp KZ 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
t]^_l$ 推荐指数:4星
,fnsE^}.U !U BVPR* 专辑介绍:
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LGIW At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
=V|Nn0E time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
.}9FEn 8 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
IX?ZbtdX$` first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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sIm#_+Y taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
I}v]Zm9 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
135vZ:S Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
zH'2s-.bi who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
g]`bnZ7 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
PaVO"y]C first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
b4 hIeBI\ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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7CrpUh Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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qa}>i&uO her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
v_sm Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
7aQcP Polydor Records.
7nz!0I^ Isovwd Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
8mgQu]> her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
Z~3u:[x"; Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
z/1hqxHl days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
ma9ADFFT organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
DzPs!(5[I released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
A/Khk2-: 2007 in the United States and Japan.
WF/l7u#4i kUHie At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
;aK.%-s-Z Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
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Ko}2%4on 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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~tNY"{OV# 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
!"! ii$@ United States and Canada.
xeB4r/6 8^w/HCC8O On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
\|Qb[{<:, album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
Z( #Ln Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
VD#!ztcY' is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
n+quSF) includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
0VIZ=-e (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
k_Tswf3 (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
l#6&WWmr Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
-SJSTO[/J composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
GEtbs+ [ will be released at the end of September 2008 by
N?+eWY Universal Music France.
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IIaxgfhZ 曲目列表:
& z gPN8u m;h<"]< 1. I Am Not Afraid
|yAK@Hl' 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
4p x_ZD#J 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
MW]8;`|jC 4. Love And Hate
,xj3w#`zaf 5. Get Out Of My Way
bp Ml =_ 6. Better Days
M]B3vPA/v 7. Change
3G&0Ciet 8. Piece Of Joy
?48AY6 9. Lonely
@,YlmX} 10. Sometimes
sJ7sjrEp1 11. What's This All About ?
</yo9. 12. Mother
h^d\xn9GT# 13. Thank You