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= QHf$f@bjI 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
"i'bTVs 歌手姓名:Ayo
$]d*0^J 6 唱片公司:Universal
Qqs"?Z,P 发行日期:2008年10月6日
T!q_/[i~7 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
P1 +"v* 推荐指数:4星
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RcY[rnI6 专辑介绍:
_[Gb)/@mM :x>T}C<Y At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
{'3D1#SK time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
/dHs &SU, to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
_45cH{$sA first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
O?K./So& her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
irxz l3 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
4~?2wvz G4 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
)@QJ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
='Oj4T who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
G^h_YjR`* in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Z-Wfcnk first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
(*^DN{5 drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
10N,?a #0y<a:}R At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
%&] 1FhL Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
UKB_Yy^Y talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
2PC5^Ni/9@ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
&W_th\% Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
P;foK)AM Polydor Records.
T`L}[?w &{^eU5 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
5rN_jC*U her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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ria Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
U~is-+Uq days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
1 tfYsg=O organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
L4974E?S released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
#qL9{P<} 2007 in the United States and Japan.
2ChWe}f ]S/G\z At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
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~@M7&%] performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
}5S2p@W) 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
7c1+t_ Ew and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
XI}I.M Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
?z.Isvn 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
.P/xs4 United States and Canada.
}""p)Y& W7e4pR?w On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
=y;@?=T album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
aPBX=;( Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
3ut_Bt\ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
7>je6*(K includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
'C]jwxy (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
(KF7zP (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
<c%n?QK{ Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
Z;*`fd?8 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
FN{/.?w( will be released at the end of September 2008 by
U1\MA6pXW Universal Music France.
I)[B9rbe "Pdvmur 曲目列表:
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uVCR 1. I Am Not Afraid
Sr7@ buF 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
:uR>UDlPX 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
wiV&xl 4. Love And Hate
Vu|dV\N0* 5. Get Out Of My Way
cyc>_$/;1 6. Better Days
'5WN,Vy8. 7. Change
iPFL"v<#J 8. Piece Of Joy
(4ZLpsbJ 9. Lonely
,)uPGe"y 10. Sometimes
.HD ebi 11. What's This All About ?
1Zq 12. Mother
S-,kI 13. Thank You