ud('0r',D &%J08l6 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
8$}<, c( 歌手姓名:Ayo
vdwsJPFbc 唱片公司:Universal
. $vK&k 发行日期:2008年10月6日
_oeS Uzq. 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
C,4e"yynb 推荐指数:4星
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6Z"X}L,* LKDO2N At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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j0q&&9/Jj to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
o }m3y first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
3!_XEN[ her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
Jln:`!#fDf taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
}Zp,+U*" vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
#Gi$DMW Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
`Urhy#LC who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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S,8elKH4 first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
d&>^&>?$zh drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
4CTi]E=H{ xskz)kk At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
I7]8Y=xf Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
w,D+j74e$ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
-mh3DhJ, her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
;$Jo+# Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
+lTq^4 Polydor Records.
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= nO-#Q=H, Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
:Hbv)tS\3w her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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\{NO?%s0p days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
3XNCAb2 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
K(|}dl: released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
@2#lI 2007 in the United States and Japan.
izR"+v F"mmLao At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
n=q76W\ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
~V6D< performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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c0xL 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
?V=CB,^ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
J[kTlHMD Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
y1#1Ne_ 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
cz$2R United States and Canada.
zT{VE+= 6S{l'!s' On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
|':{lH6+1 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
l+b~KU7~l Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
nr#|b`J] is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
z(~_AN M4, includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
ji="DYtL (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
qxj(p o (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
"Y.y:Vv; Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
ajpXL composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
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|l!aB(NW Universal Music France.
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qZae 曲目列表:
ss-D(K" v-Sd*( 6 1. I Am Not Afraid
Xnh8e 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
LH6vLuf 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
K,UMqAmk 4. Love And Hate
z?//rXuO 5. Get Out Of My Way
3gf1ownC 6. Better Days
54qFfN8O 7. Change
8;X-)&R 8. Piece Of Joy
,z?':TZ 9. Lonely
IGN1gs 10. Sometimes
;wD)hNLAvR 11. What's This All About ?
:hA#m[ 12. Mother
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