:prx:7 zvv/|z2(r 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
W:8{}Iu< 歌手姓名:Ayo
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唱片公司:Universal
--vJR/- 发行日期:2008年10月6日
+5:9?&lH 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
wj Kc!iB 推荐指数:4星
')WS :\J 2UBAk')O} 专辑介绍:
T-js* A#F6~QX(.9 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
u3jLe=Y'\ time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
!G'wC0 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
qzu(4*Gk6 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
7G Jhc her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
mF>{cVTF taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
{JfL7% vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
zUWWXC%R Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
YTfi g{a who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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#1'p?%K. first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
^*,?x drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
J8&0l&~6 &~=d;llkT At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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_akpW talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
m9ky?A, her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
PoRP]Q*n Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
4`?WdCW8 Polydor Records.
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a+DiD>./ Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
v#5hK<9 her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
hu~XFRw15 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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$A98h-*x organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
"(p&Oz released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
1<0Z@D~F 2007 in the United States and Japan.
B2)5Z] <II>io; At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
fV!~SX6S Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
?]_A~_J! performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
- G=doP0 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
7Ewq'Vu`y and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
*M6j)jqV Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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i\ )$ United States and Canada.
b,#?LdQ% cfc=a On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
ypTH=]y album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
Rvj[Csgi Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
T7(U6yN is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
jGDuKb@: includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
T^2o'_: (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
q9nQ/]rkHF (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
MX|@x~9W Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
_u#r;h[ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
5^N`~ will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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Et;Ubj"+ j__l'?s 1. I Am Not Afraid
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G;J!3A;TE 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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X$SXDb~G 5. Get Out Of My Way
[qxDCuxq 6. Better Days
y# IUDnRJ 7. Change
CmtDfE 8. Piece Of Joy
1@q"rPE^ 9. Lonely
fs,>X!l+ 10. Sometimes
zy8D&7Ytf 11. What's This All About ?
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|#22pq?RP 13. Thank You