.QWhK|(.! lP<I|O=z 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
iDb;_? 歌手姓名:Ayo
7_jE[10 唱片公司:Universal
?r_kyuU 发行日期:2008年10月6日
y2Bh?>pg 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
D#rrW?-z 推荐指数:4星
^JeMuU GuQRn 专辑介绍:
%uDG75KP{ .-I|DVHe At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
r#876.JK time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
_2Py\+$ to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
OKue" p first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
@s*,xHE her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
3}Xc71|v taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
L K7Xw3 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
6F0(aGs Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
v"6 \=@ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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.J.vC1 4gi first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
wrv5V M} drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
?m%h`<wgMc Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
%e%7oqR? talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
XX; 6 P her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
Pe^!$ Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
mf$j03tu Polydor Records.
]KK`5Dv|,e I."p Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
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her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
Di(9]:+ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
VV3}]GjC days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
p]|LV)R n organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
*o?i:LE] released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
Fz"ff4Bx [ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
'x%x'9OP b)}+>Wx At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
M@7Xp)S" Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
RIy\u> performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
r|Zi3+ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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u@ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
"ED8z|]j Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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q? z> United States and Canada.
D'i6",Z> XAic9SNu; On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
R{}qK r album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
G2Qjoe`Uc Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
DZ`k[Z.VZ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
%efGt6& includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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(guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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U6j/BJT" Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
lgD]{\O$ip composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
&"S/Lt will be released at the end of September 2008 by
?l6jG Universal Music France.
iD_TP 9%,;XQ 曲目列表:
&9 B_/m3 7sV/_3H+ 1. I Am Not Afraid
YMB~[]$V< 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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sBW3{uK 4. Love And Hate
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/6tcSg) 6. Better Days
Da,Tav%b 7. Change
c ~Kc7}I 8. Piece Of Joy
4M`Xrfwm'[ 9. Lonely
`iYc<N` 10. Sometimes
8F6h#%9 11. What's This All About ?
wh6&>m#r 12. Mother
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m4~]0E 13. Thank You