k 1a?yH)= $) M2 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
@u`W(Ow 歌手姓名:Ayo
l =t/"M= 唱片公司:Universal
pN)x,<M) 发行日期:2008年10月6日
TFm[sO0RZ 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
s)fahc(@E 推荐指数:4星
4x}U+1B f _$hK9I 专辑介绍:
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At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
_VRxI4q time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
4:S]n19nq to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
xMNQT.A first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
%[5GG d5w her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
+ kT ]qH taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
hJ]Oa7r vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
jl>TZ)4}V Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
a]7g\rg) who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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(_!I2"Q* first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
T9%|B9FeJ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
z/+{QBen8 Bm,Vu 1]t At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
J _dgP[ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
49M1^nMvoo talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
W90!*1 her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
jc )7FE Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
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+|d]\WlJ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
8ta@@h Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
\Z3K ~ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
*l{epum; organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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7~QI4'e 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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ceE]^X;p Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
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O7VEyQqf5 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
CUI+@|]% and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
#O}}pF Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
aim\3y~ 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
|A'I!Jm United States and Canada.
Cn3_D A)sYde( On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
5\b GCf album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
Pn">fWRCx Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
&}k7iaO is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
g) u%?T includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
WsV"`ij# (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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"g"a-{8 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
H\ejW@<;h composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
6^]| will be released at the end of September 2008 by
jn V=giBu Universal Music France.
|^1U<'oM# a('0l2e<u9 曲目列表:
vhrf 89-q .<hHK|HF 1. I Am Not Afraid
N"S`9B1eD( 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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MpCPY"WLL 5. Get Out Of My Way
1V%tev9a 6. Better Days
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RM2Ik_IH[l 8. Piece Of Joy
hY"eGaoF" 9. Lonely
.p#kW:zspA 10. Sometimes
p _gN}v 11. What's This All About ?
m}]{Y'i]R 12. Mother
tr0b#4 13. Thank You