9UlR fl C-Y~T;53 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
i>Wsc? 歌手姓名:Ayo
?K9&ye_rgw 唱片公司:Universal
B:5\+_a! 发行日期:2008年10月6日
;{mKt%# 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
HD^ Ou5YB 推荐指数:4星
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9* h!l&S2)D` 专辑介绍:
:l~^un|<2Y C+\c(M a At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
UYJMW S= time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
u0^Vy#@_ to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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dO/iL7K& her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
QN`K|,}H^ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
^2C)Wk$ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
-1'O Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
hKa<9>MI` who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
kY d'6+m in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
:iW+CD)j first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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CJ+/j=i;~c mO];+=3v8 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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D!e& Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
(bpO>4(S talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
HLMcOuj her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
ko-| hBNv Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
|C;8GSw>|F Polydor Records.
uL!QeY>k\ hp ?4w) , Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
.!#0eAT her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
1+wmR4o Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
S0-f_,( days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
(9g L organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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x"/DCcZ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
&>Zm gz 1%Yd ] 1c( At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
bYsK|n Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
b,vSE,&xP performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
(>~:1 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
`" BFvF# and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
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Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
q [}<LU 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
%H)^k${ United States and Canada.
`6bIxb{ awYnlE/Z1 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
_p;>]0cc. album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
L!:8yJK Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
>9-$E?Mt is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
9i9'Rd`g includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
2HA-q),6 (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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owXyQ2mK (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
dJYsn+ Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
"AN*2)e4 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
o2AfMSt. will be released at the end of September 2008 by
6}z-X* Universal Music France.
Z5x&P_.x[ HL8onNq 曲目列表:
*dmBJi} qr$h51C& 1. I Am Not Afraid
Sj=x.Tr\ 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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SSr#MIS? 4. Love And Hate
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* A<vrkHz 6. Better Days
\zCwD0Z 7. Change
%:/@1r7o> 8. Piece Of Joy
V{A_\ 9. Lonely
E`0mn7.t 10. Sometimes
:mYVHLmea 11. What's This All About ?
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azK7kM~ 13. Thank You