bv%A; STr&"9c 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
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&/ 歌手姓名:Ayo
Xy0KZ ! 唱片公司:Universal
a*qf\&Vb| 发行日期:2008年10月6日
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/^m3?q[a 推荐指数:4星
3I" <\M4x i*T>,z 专辑介绍:
QJsud{ada |i}5vT78 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
RPXkf71iM time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
q=_&izmE'7 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
|JR;E$ first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
^Hdru]A$2 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
tn"n~;Bh?: taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
r"%uP[H vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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|t1ij'N who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
r8k.I4 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
T!iRg=<bz first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
NV[_XXTv7 drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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jRCf!RO Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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5UTIGla her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
Buv4&.Z} Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
m9&MTRD\ Polydor Records.
_:0)uR LS *<5zMSZO Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
Me.t_) her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
`akbzHOM Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
Zl:Z31 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
$PNS`@B organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
G T3wJQ5N released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
W,g0n=2V 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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kJOSGrg Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
2&k5X-Y performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
IhRYV`: 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
!R`)S7! and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
/=|5YxY Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
4raKhN" 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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]rhxB4*1 M[Kk43;QY! On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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=N+Ou5D Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
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X`,]@c%C` includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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ub#>kCL9 (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
,IODV`L Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
RgPY,\_9+ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
9 aE.jpN will be released at the end of September 2008 by
L&i _ Universal Music France.
5T,In+~Kd K yqFeR 曲目列表:
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{`hi Fp`MX>F 1. I Am Not Afraid
d+6 by,' 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
$oJ)W@> 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
#ilU(39e 4. Love And Hate
c04"d"$ x 5. Get Out Of My Way
]{[8$|Mg 6. Better Days
mp{r$tc 7. Change
}-e 8. Piece Of Joy
{O"?_6', 9. Lonely
`#m>3 10. Sometimes
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8@S5P$b}; 12. Mother
7=o2$ 13. Thank You