4Qh\3UL~ qw={gZ 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
Hyx%FN= 歌手姓名:Ayo
.hd<,\nW 唱片公司:Universal
mVUDPMyZ 发行日期:2008年10月6日
V bQ9o 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
sz}YXR=m 推荐指数:4星
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i )xwWig. 专辑介绍:
HMDQEd; o0t/ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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M`^;h: DN^ to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
0].*eM first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
gwHNz5 a*V her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
TNs;#Q taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
(o`"s~) vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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~s Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
AT.WXP0$A who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
PO9<g%qTf in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
c@iP^;D first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
"uK`!{ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
N]qX^RSb XoI,m8A At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
=73""ry Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
nu|paA talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
l{OU\ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
Hp`Mp)1s Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
9;,_Qq Polydor Records.
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5AgI7I, Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
aI @&x her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
t<'-?B2g Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
^@V$'Bk days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
,#;%ILF4% organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
2Hltgt, released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
% heX06 2007 in the United States and Japan.
[;O 6)W Ji%6/zV At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
7I.7%m,g Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
M`{x*qR performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
57:Wh=x 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
5\1C@d and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
B1\@ n$ Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
PP{2{ 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
~xz3- a/ United States and Canada.
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'J*)o<% album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
,":l >0P[ Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
%) A-zzj is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
JUBihw4 includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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(guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
) {=2td$=$ (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
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Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
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TM_ MJp will be released at the end of September 2008 by
-.#He Universal Music France.
|cZKj|0> VeT\I.K[ 曲目列表:
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uh 1. I Am Not Afraid
<cTusC< 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
'W0?XaEk- 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
RJMrSz$ 4. Love And Hate
P(N$U^pj 5. Get Out Of My Way
F,B, D^WD 6. Better Days
+{* @36A5A 7. Change
n[2[V*| mI 8. Piece Of Joy
e[D'0L 9. Lonely
"],amJ 10. Sometimes
e%#8]$ 11. What's This All About ?
h#p1wK;N 12. Mother
NG!~<Kx 13. Thank You