5e6 f)[} <T,vIXwu+ 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
9Y3_.qa(. 歌手姓名:Ayo
%[l5){:05 唱片公司:Universal
@/g%l1$` 发行日期:2008年10月6日
$<OX\f% 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
~K 5eO- 推荐指数:4星
=]K;" g:7S/L0] 专辑介绍:
79^Y^.
D /PafIq At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
40w,:$ time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
?Id3#+-O to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
c|.~f+ first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
&Op_!]8`U her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
o$)pJ#";F taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
W$>srdG0$ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
QpxRYv Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
A)/8j2 who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
ND $m|V-C in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Wn6~x2 LaV first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
ZfsM($|a drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
TwJiYXHw? b&BkT%aA(G At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
;n]GHqzY_ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
;\-f7!s talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
{| ~ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
r*_z<^d Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
r&!Ebe- Polydor Records.
Jy<hTd*q ggn C #$ Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
Uao8#<CkvJ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
^#i3JMq Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
VS`
tj days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
r:N =?X`N organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
8[v9|r released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
4gD;X NrV 2007 in the United States and Japan.
}OZut!
_ m{#?fR=9 At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
9d kuvk}: Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
_EHz>DJ9 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
y0}3s)lKv 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
xD.Uh}:J and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
Z01BzIsR Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
)}!Z^ND* 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
3 bK.
8 United States and Canada.
srL|Y&8 p qe/dWJBa On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
etw.l~y album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
7=3'PfS Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
Th.Mn}1%L is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
SHow~wxw includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
npCiqO (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
rd_!'pG (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
y@Gl'@-O Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
57|RE5]|! composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
18eB\4NlD will be released at the end of September 2008 by
6lAHB*` Universal Music France.
HuI?kLfj\ ITssBB9 曲目列表:
2%Mgg,/~ DS|HN 1. I Am Not Afraid
1CmjEAv%/ 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
Pd8zdzf{ 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
zn)Kl%N^ 4. Love And Hate
7Zw.m
M!i 5. Get Out Of My Way
Vi*HG &DD 6. Better Days
~PZIYG"D 7. Change
UFl+|wf 8. Piece Of Joy
qP5'&!s&! 9. Lonely
~Gj%z+< 10. Sometimes
y[A%EMd 11. What's This All About ?
elDt!9Pu 12. Mother
&YOks.k 13. Thank You