B6b {hsO `QlChxd 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
,Mwj`fgh 歌手姓名:Ayo
s^$zOp9 唱片公司:Universal
i.Qy0 发行日期:2008年10月6日
&?<o692 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
^kMgjS}R 推荐指数:4星
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}($J At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
h^5'i}@u time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
Ui46p to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
"rr,P0lgX first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
Q[y75 [ her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
PU^Z7T); taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
s!2pOH!u vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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|:tFQ.Z'2 who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
:R<n{%~ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
yl%F}kBR first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
56m|gZcC drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
;%#@vXH[Oo Ss&R!w9p At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
jv]:`$}G\ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
rK2*DuE talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
*~|xj,md her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
QP?Z+P< Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
![iAALPNl Polydor Records.
Ng,#d`Br %97IXrE Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
D;|4ZjM- her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
!G#3jh:kiY organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
J+LFzl07q released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
]v 6u 2007 in the United States and Japan.
F[c;iM(^ n}yqpW!%n At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
q"A( l Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
x1$tS#lS performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
mD)_quz.sk 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
oZ@_o3VG and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
8KW}XG Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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ZSMOq4Y 9 United States and Canada.
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c`y[V6q9 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
Vcl"qz@Fj Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
Fp06a!7< is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
;EE*#"IJ includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
xk}YeNVj (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
OXzJ%&h (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
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Bh\w Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
7k:}9M~ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
Srz.-,2 PF will be released at the end of September 2008 by
Kig.hHj@ Universal Music France.
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D Ni{(=&*= 曲目列表:
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=Z I, .`w/I+ 1. I Am Not Afraid
9+SeG\Th 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
gNzQ"W= 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
nKh._bvfX 4. Love And Hate
>)U 7$<&b 5. Get Out Of My Way
v/Z}|dT" 6. Better Days
Zcz)FP# 7. Change
uyxU>yHV<g 8. Piece Of Joy
5 8p_b 9. Lonely
3U@p 10. Sometimes
IX^k<Jqr 11. What's This All About ?
Jnm{i|6N 12. Mother
yGH'|` 13. Thank You