:Iv;%a0 - `x#Ud)g 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
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O: \ 歌手姓名：Ayo
eZLEdTScM 唱片公司：Universal
\A" o[A2v 发行日期：2008年10月6日
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X! , 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
>s f g`4 推荐指数：4星
>H!Mx_fDL 15 \m.Ix 专辑介绍：
^AS \a4`/ S3E,0%yo+) At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
S{rltT- time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
/Hyz]46 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
t? W}=%M[ first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
*h!fqT%9 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
_ U <fS taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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i?\4 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
#]kjyT0 Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
c+9L6}D who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
2 }r=DAe0 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
U]iI8c first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
QO/0VB42 drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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|}}a GQqGrUQ*} At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
ZgP%sF Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
uZS : talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
N Qk aW) her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
GiV %Hcx Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
z1PwupXt1 Polydor Records.
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`Vb Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
qTd[Da G# her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
<(L@@.87R Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
fFjpQ~0 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
/\ I6j;$z organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
;]>kp^C# released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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kDkb 2007 in the United States and Japan.
5i!Q55Yv=, @ _Ey"k< At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
2bp@m;g$ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
6#?T?!vZ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
#DTKz]i? 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
;b$P*dSG} and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
Dqx#i-L23 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
1- KNXGb' 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
KA5)]UF`l United States and Canada.
z%;p lMj m&UP@hUV- On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
uJ !&T album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
Ms{";qiG Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
mmAm @/ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
Xn6#q3;^| includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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(guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
QU"WpkO (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
?[D 3 -4 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
3o<d= @`r composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
RLmO g{L will be released at the end of September 2008 by
RZOK+!H: Universal Music France.
WRh5v8Wz0 w?Te%/s. 曲目列表：
_C?j\Wy CdolZW-!" 1. I Am Not Afraid
YG "Ta|@5 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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;O"?6d0 4. Love And Hate
SK<R k 5. Get Out Of My Way
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bz4Gzp'6k 7. Change
'0<d9OlJ} 8. Piece Of Joy
(o^tmH* 9. Lonely
WJShN~ E 10. Sometimes
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