6*(h9!_T1 ReHd~G9 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
bG?WB,1 歌手姓名:Ayo
W[1f]w3 唱片公司:Universal
SBN_>;$c5} 发行日期:2008年10月6日
8Y{}p[UFT 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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+}`O^#<qLX 0?5% 专辑介绍:
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|cc At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
!5E%W[ time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
XW&8T"q7 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
Q[ 9rA first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
764}yV> her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
:~0^ib<v; taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
|`94W j< vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
7n\j"0z Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
(4{@oM#H6 who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
_ \v@9Q\ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
a'>$88tl first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
3"^)bGe drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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8d`}, At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
GmmT'3Q Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
Z_^Kl76D talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
y_7XYT!w her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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$5Y^fwIK Polydor Records.
|bG [TOa g]@R'2:1 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
RZ/+K= her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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32-3C6f@oZ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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vVAZSR# released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
xeP;"J} 2007 in the United States and Japan.
u>Axq3F -B3wRAEt At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
9i2vWSga Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
C_^R_ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
7AtXG^lK 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
Dho^^<`c+ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
P B6/<n9# Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
H:{(CY?t 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
4G;`KqR@ United States and Canada.
Bn#HJ17/# y/sWy1P7 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
9J;H.:WH album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
p3A-WK|NX Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
]-s`# is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
Uwm[q+sTp includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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Ppb2"I k (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
/w xxcq Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
z`r4edk3 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
RoM*Qjw will be released at the end of September 2008 by
n%ArA])_& Universal Music France.
U5ud?z()OA f s"V'E2a 曲目列表:
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N[bD< 1. I Am Not Afraid
+$m skj0s 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
TcKKI 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
rgZrE;*; 4. Love And Hate
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F=T.*-oS3 7. Change
x#gmliF 8. Piece Of Joy
cSs/XJZ 9. Lonely
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xo_k"'f+ 11. What's This All About ?
Lp]C![\>U 12. Mother
BiLreZ~" 13. Thank You