a=S &r1s> 7o4E_ .* 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
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"< 歌手姓名:Ayo
hzD)yf 唱片公司:Universal
2"0VXtv6 发行日期:2008年10月6日
pEB3qGA 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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sY?C 推荐指数:4星
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-]%EX:bm lp*5;Ls'q At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
_ep&`K time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
zU5@~J to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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&0 QUObK her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
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1I;q@g0 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
RqROl!6 Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
R;"$ PHD who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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lU 9o"2 first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
hyxv+m[ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
+5fB?0D; /G5KNSi At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
FC 8<D Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
>$kFYb>~q talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
/}u:N:HA% her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
uNewWtUb( Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
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DB! Polydor Records.
"]^U(m>f hl[<o<`Q Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
A._CCou her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
6cg,L:j# Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
'3XOU. days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
dLQp"vs $ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
'+_-r'2 released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
H!NGY]z* 2007 in the United States and Japan.
.}E<,T vkLt#yj~ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
2w8YtM3+"z Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
gy1kb,MO performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
[:,|g;=Y} 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
*~`oA~-Q and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
Vg(p_k45` Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
|rpMwkR 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
_ru<1n[4~ United States and Canada.
YU87l M/[9ZgDc On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
xZAg album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
^')4RU Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
HDo=W qG is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
_#<l -R` includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
acpc[^' (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
\ }-v (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
yYC\a7Al4 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
DL_M#c`< composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
hHt.No will be released at the end of September 2008 by
;r;>4+zn\ Universal Music France.
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tn?''~; ]~WIGl"g 曲目列表:
8BIPEY -I? aBF<it> 1. I Am Not Afraid
OOsd*nX/ 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
3e[k 9` 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
[xs`Pi 4. Love And Hate
jaTCRn3|< 5. Get Out Of My Way
7")&njQ/x 6. Better Days
*!EHs04 7. Change
H]lD*3b 8. Piece Of Joy
.b%mr:nEt7 9. Lonely
]sI{+$~:c 10. Sometimes
BD ,3JDqT 11. What's This All About ?
51%<N\>/4 12. Mother
D@mqfi(x 13. Thank You