~)#xOE} (G 9Ku 8Y 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
q9B5>Ye) 歌手姓名:Ayo
b8h6fB:2 唱片公司:Universal
(AT)w/ 发行日期:2008年10月6日
vpP8'f. 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
B&sa|'0U 推荐指数:4星
9=9R"X>L .#_g.0< 专辑介绍:
P,bis7X. "9OOyeKu% At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
1Ba.'~: time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
w-5_Ru to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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i)[~]D.EH8 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
S~\u]j^%y taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
IRbZ ;*3dO Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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@ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
G\Q0{4w8 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Mo&Po9 first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
Z`yW2ON$' drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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tL!3 cpQhg-LY| At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
18JAca8Zs Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
'_%`0p1 talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
=%0r_#F%= her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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Ew2ksZ>B]& Polydor Records.
J72YZrc Os)}kkja Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
D1~3 3; her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
a*?,wmzl Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
G;;iGN days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
e2Df@8> organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
O^4Ko} released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
''wF%q 2007 in the United States and Japan.
;op8r u W_ubgCB At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
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performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Hv .C5mo 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
8EAkM*D w and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
qW t 9Tr Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
bS*oFm@u 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
/;xmM2B' United States and Canada.
T^.W' [(/IV+ On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
A!p70km2 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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y-2 is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
^?gs<-)B includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
zP#%ya:I (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
ZH=oQV)6 (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
28d=-s=[ Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
j:J{m0 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
Uv(Uj3D will be released at the end of September 2008 by
^6Y:9+ Universal Music France.
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5wYfN 曲目列表:
9 e0Oj3!B ompkDl\E 1. I Am Not Afraid
\&5t@sC 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
[9xUMX^} 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
EFS2 zU 4. Love And Hate
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5. Get Out Of My Way
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7. Change
U#1,]a\ 8. Piece Of Joy
d=8q/]_p 9. Lonely
]BBL=$* 10. Sometimes
G9P)Y#WB 11. What's This All About ?
nK5FPFz8 12. Mother
)gP0+W!u 13. Thank You