ljb7oA3cP4 *{L)dW+: 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
[n :<8ho 歌手姓名：Ayo
zx)z/1 唱片公司：Universal
+mn ,F}; 发行日期：2008年10月6日
(L/_ ^!ZX 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
O6LS(5j2 推荐指数：4星
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FY# C.mL YB2VcF.LU At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
JsODzw time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
'h,VR=e< to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
* -8&[D0 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
Sy0$z3 9 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
>&}%+r\ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
>s<^M|S07 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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u!jhx Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
uC( V who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
%-1O.Q|f in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Zg{KFM% first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
ppVHLr Uh drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
]SLP}Jwy toBHkiuD At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
Xg;}R:g ' Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
}khV'6"'| talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
|R/%D%_g her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
A;]}m8(* Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
{+Rog/;S' Polydor Records.
8~@c)Z; Na]:_K5Dp Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
^LoUi1j her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
6\q]rfQ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
r E.; g^4p days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
Ezd_`_@R organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
J;8IY = released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
n<z [J=I 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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%[ Z \S0C Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
e?8FN. q performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
+ |n*b 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
JR@`2YP- and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
hG12ZZ D Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
gc-@"wI? 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
G}b]w~ML ~ United States and Canada.
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Y[}>CYO album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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kuszb~`zPY is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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s %j_H (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
<7/R,\Wg~ (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
3TeY%5iVt Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
vqDu (6!2 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
OR~8sU will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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qNB<T(' jCOIuw 曲目列表：
)rn*iJ.e8 v3~? ;f ,l 1. I Am Not Afraid
SB H(y ) 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
a|t$l=|DD 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
cUKE 4. Love And Hate
6t[+pL\b 5. Get Out Of My Way
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h-q3U%R4}@ 7. Change
. qO @Q = 8. Piece Of Joy
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Nlt H/I 9. Lonely
y" RF;KW> 10. Sometimes
{Fe Dvhv 11. What's This All About ?
H1|? t+oP 12. Mother
.o(fe\KHf 13. Thank You
