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Qwzh Mu%,@?zM^/ 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
AB\4+ CLV 歌手姓名:Ayo
%([H*sLX 唱片公司:Universal
\hN2w]e 发行日期:2008年10月6日
!I_4GE, 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
cSk}53 推荐指数:4星
", ) 9(j!#`O7& 专辑介绍:
cpnwx1q@ wwn}enEz,x At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
rtE,SN time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
V1A3l{>L to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
.y+U7"?s* first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
$8r:&Iw her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
B4aZ3.&W taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
oD\+ 5[x vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
1PSb72h< Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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9 To6Rc; in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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[=+/ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
e,8-P-h~T `f]O At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
GNOC5 E$I Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
3(5Y-.aK}^ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
9<S-b |!@ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
6<Z9p@6 Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
lV'83 Polydor Records.
=w-H ) q?&&:.H"?5 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
rI/KrBM her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
U w" Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
G2D<LRWt4 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
$ cSZX#\ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
(.o'1' released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
W( YJz#]6_ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
pdSyx>rJ *gVv74;; At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
fZ$2bI= Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
E"=$p$k performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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9OUhV[D and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
Je,8{J |e Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
;rgsPVbVf 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
*en{pR' United States and Canada.
^ a:F*<D c&&UT-Z On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
#Gx@\BE{ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
uE(w$2Wi Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
1CbC|q is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
?*,q#ZkA9W includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
^MUM04l (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
hM}2++V (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
z/b*]"g, Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
l<0V0R( composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
odDt.gQXU will be released at the end of September 2008 by
DxHeZQ"LL Universal Music France.
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mE>2 曲目列表:
2dfA}i>k STe;Sr&p 1. I Am Not Afraid
V 6F,X`7 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
/hQ!dU.+ 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
s/V[tEC*z 4. Love And Hate
P}gh-5x 5. Get Out Of My Way
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dIm m}, 7. Change
#7{a~-S 8. Piece Of Joy
I8y\D, 9. Lonely
?=/l@ d 10. Sometimes
\XC1/LZQ 11. What's This All About ?
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#u_-TWVt 13. Thank You