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W;yZ$k#q}( 歌手姓名：Ayo
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T4= 唱片公司：Universal
eZo%q,L 发行日期：2008年10月6日
4Yk (ldR~ 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
|'#NDFI>} 推荐指数：4星
rZ7 Ih of }Qo8Xps 专辑介绍：
6UTdy1Qq> s4*,ocyBP At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
1Zzw|@#>o time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
X[}%iEWzT to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
y+<HS]vyV first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
uLht;-`{n her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
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lCH* vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
sIe(;%[` Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
\ Ld7fP who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
C7:Ry)8'I in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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pDT6>2t drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
|\ L2q/u eA_4,"{ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
73X]|fy Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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L|Iq#QX| her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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=lnz5H Polydor Records.
vhW '2<( V2X(f 6v Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
-fv.By yA her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
a gz G Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
s.R(3}/ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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OX2 \H released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
gsAO<Fy 2007 in the United States and Japan.
Uw!v=n3#! .N 2Yxty8> At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
7 +bzCDKU Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
bC|~N0b performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
/r6DPR0\ Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
75%!R 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
@dGj4h. United States and Canada.
Tc{r}y[) [ $B On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
CB |Z~_Bm album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
-V(5U! ^B Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
X mLH Z,/ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
;+cZS= (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
41$7P[M; (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
s<n5^Vxy Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
$6R<)]6 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
gJ : Z7b will be released at the end of September 2008 by
lr=*Ty(V Universal Music France.
Z>'.+OW 7u0!Q\ 曲目列表：
Y8( g8RN _ u/N#*D 1. I Am Not Afraid
H~fZA)W 4Y 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
D.X%wJ8 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
"QA!z\ 0\ 4. Love And Hate
" J$vt` 5. Get Out Of My Way
wtaeF+u-R- 6. Better Days
8M V=? 7. Change
'xhX\?mD 8. Piece Of Joy
4?;1cXXA 9. Lonely
n hS=t8H 10. Sometimes
ob-y {x,R 11. What's This All About ?
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13. Thank You
