?ic 7M "G\OKt'Z 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
XJl2_# 歌手姓名:Ayo
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{o9 唱片公司:Universal
v=15pW 发行日期:2008年10月6日
&KC^Vn3Nj 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
G*_$[| H 推荐指数:4星
@N?A0S/ F%!ZHE7 专辑介绍:
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At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
gR)T(%W time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
eC:?j`H- to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
8KKI.i8` first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
M&Aeh8>uX her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
8 ;oU{ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
?5d7J,"<h vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
e1ru#'z Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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0U'g2F>{ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
C<Q;3w`#1j drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
AZ~=]1 Z'EXq.hk At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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yD6lzuk{X talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
Jybx'vZj Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
B\BxF6 y Polydor Records.
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E ni$7)YcF Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
'(M8D5?N- her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
XKqUbi Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
5yO%| ) days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
^M60#gJ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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NQCJ '%L6 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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]|I;I"b KCG-&p$v@s At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
noz&4"S.{ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
pq0F!XmU performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
ptXCM[Z+ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
:Z0m " and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
ooa>~!91P Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
mup<%@7m 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
j_2- United States and Canada.
T@c{5a J{Fu 8 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
ZujPk- album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
@ %LrpD Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
Y{~[N y E is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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fg1_D (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
0&!,+ (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
5AV5`<r. Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
rOC2 S(m composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
v6B}ov[Y2 will be released at the end of September 2008 by
bnS"@^M Universal Music France.
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曲目列表:
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Xq<NG 1. I Am Not Afraid
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