-24.[E/5 {Psj#.qP1 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
@TprSd 歌手姓名:Ayo
=B:poh[u 唱片公司:Universal
wMUnZHd{| 发行日期:2008年10月6日
C\; 8l}t 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
j41:]6 推荐指数:4星
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K(5&u "EHc&,B` 专辑介绍:
;MMFF { >YfOR%mS4 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
wtUG2 ( time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
OL'=a|g|c to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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)QE_+H}p her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
10J*S[n1 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
xY S%dLE" vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
YXtGuO\q Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
d<Os TA who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
!LJ.L?9qw in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
:=Q|gRTL* first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
+)@>60y drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
9y5\4&v p~.@8r( At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
<e^/hR4O Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
DPwSg\*) talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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'O`3FI Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
7&3URglsL" Polydor Records.
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W.|6$hRl) her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
/wTf&_"mTL Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
[86'/:L\2 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
;SW-dfo2i organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
' XF`&3i released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
*[H+8/n_ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
XOCau.# c-.>C) At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
wuzz%9;@B Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
XNUqZ-M: performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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FZ9<Q and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
^kr)U8 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
W/>?1+r.Z 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
j;v%4G United States and Canada.
[hL1PWKs `X='g96C1 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
tD]&e
t album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
\V>%yl{8 Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
2eU[*x is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
f}X8|GlBo includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
L:M9|/ (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
.A\ \v6@ (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
xp&!Cl>C3\ Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
S=}~I composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
mr!I}I7x&x will be released at the end of September 2008 by
DQ\&5ytP Universal Music France.
Hg`{9v mM}Ukmy 曲目列表:
'pY;]^M +q/h:q.TV 1. I Am Not Afraid
Qu,k 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
2&0<$> 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
*Zi%Q[0Me 4. Love And Hate
p'uz2/g 5. Get Out Of My Way
$ rYS 6. Better Days
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7. Change
CFm1c1%Hg 8. Piece Of Joy
5|CiwQg|,p 9. Lonely
3\n{,Q 10. Sometimes
1fFb7n~3 11. What's This All About ?
=&pN8PEn\ 12. Mother
&fW=5' 13. Thank You