1 	Nothing	4:30
2 	All I Want	3:38
3 	Paname	2:36
4 	Boom Boom	3:58
5 	Why	3:50
6 	If Love Is A Killer	2:59
7 	Velvet Clouds	4:39
8 	Cupcakes And Candies	3:46
9 	Let It Rain	4:28
10 	I Pray	4:35
11 	I'm A Fool	4:27
12 	Again	3:33
13 	Forever And Beyond	4:33
14 	Fearless	7:36

Ayo - vocals, percussion, piano, keyboards, kalimba, synth, beats, bass, vibraphone
Al "Boogie" Carty - bass
Jermaine Parish - drums
William "Licspiffy" Barnes - electric guitar, bass, backing vocals
James Rouse - drums
Cynthia Balan - backing vocals

Ayo titled her first project Joyful and her second Gravity at Last, while her third was named after her youngest daughter, Billie-Eve. Her fourth album, which is set to drop in October, is self-titled. Ordinarily, the self-titled album is the debut album, and Ayo can argue that she followed that pattern with Joyful since the Ayo is the Yoruba word for Joy.

This record will introduce Ayo to some people in America, but she has long been a top seller in Europe even though the Nigerian-German singer has lived in the United States for a decade. Ayo moved to America at a consequential time because it’s safe to say that much has taken place in the states in those 10 years, and some of it is reflected in the music included on Ayo – most notably the track “Boom Boom.”

That number, like all of the tracks on Ayo, reflects how deeply the African influences affect singer/songwriter both in terms of her approach to music and her political outlook. “Boom Boom” is a percussive number from the music box opening that flows into recording of an urban street scene where hand clapping children chant a rhyme warning their peers how to carry themselves around law enforcement. That transitions into Ayo’s percussive work on the acoustic guitar, and she is eventually backed by an arrangement sporting an Afro-Caribbean bass line.

Africa - and especially Nigeria - has a tradition of socially conscious musicians such as Fela Kuti, so nobody would be surprised to hear Ayo take on police brutality and political corruption. However, the singer and mother has also witnessed social, political and economic upheaval here in United States that has resulted in everything from the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement to presidency of Donald Trump, so lines such as “why do we have a government/when there’s no justice/just ignorance” were as likely to be made in America as anywhere else.

Still, Ayo may be the artist’s most introspective album, and that’s saying something for someone who wrote searing songs about the impact that her mother’s struggle with addiction had on their family. On Ayo, the artist is reflecting on love and honesty. On the reggae-funk number “Nothing,” Ayo engages in naming designer labels that she loved to purchase. However, this product placement serve to illustrate her spiritual deficits rather than to showcase her material worth.

Being a singer/songwriter at heart, Ayo’s best moments – and there are plenty – come when she is her most intimate and acoustic. That is the case for the beautiful number “Velvet Clouds,” which is the strongest track on the record. Here, accompanied by her guitar and percussion, Ayo uses the vastness of nature to describe the height and depth of the love she shares. “If our love was a forest/there’d be nothing but trees/no concrete giants/no cars and no streets/we’d spread our branches/plant our own seeds/eat our own fruits and grow old in peace.” If she could have used actual strings rather than the digital variety this song would be perfect.

Ayo pulls out a Kalimba on “Why,” a song that finds her wondering why people find it so difficult to say what they feel, while “Let It Rain” is Ayo’s funky, bass driven take on Psalms 23.

It’s clear that Ayo has done plenty of living in the 10 plus years since her debut album. She’s become a mother, an actress and a producer. She remains a citizen of the world, and that growth is reflected in this self-titled project that will hopefully introduce American listeners to an artist who always manages to make a Joyful noise. Highly Recommended. ---Howard Dukes, soultracks.com

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01 – How Many People
02 – I’m Gonna Dance
03 – Black Spoon
04 – I Can’t
05 – Flowers
06 – Real Love
07 – Julia					play
08 – My Man
09 – It’s Too Late			play
10 – Who Are They
11 – We’ve Got To Go
12 – Before (After)
13 – It Hurts (feat. mathieu chedid)
14 – Believe (saul williams)
15 – I Want You Back
16 - I'm Sorry

Ayo's third album is named after her daughter Billie-Eve. The album was recorded in New York with the cooperation of exceptional musicians among whom notably Craig Ross (guitarist of Lenny Kravitz), the rapper Saul Williams, inevitable Matthieu Chedid and panther Gail-Ann Dorsey, bass player of David Bowie. ---cduniverse.com

Featuring an impressive array of guest musicians including Lenny Kravitz guitarist Craig Ross and David Bowie bassist Gail Ann Dorsey alongside collaborations with Matthieu Chédid and U.S. hip-hop poet Saul Williams, Billie-Eve sees Nigerian-German singer/songwriter Ayo extend her eclectic repertoire with a more rock-based, live-oriented sound. Named after her daughter, the follow-up to 2008's Gravity at Last features the single "I'm Gonna Dance" and a cover version of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back." --- Jon O'Brien, allmusic.com

Ayo ma w sobie to "coś", z czym rodzą się tylko prawdziwe gwiazdy. Naturalny wdzięk, ogromny talent a przy tym niewinność i skromność. Wielu innych artystów chciałoby posiąść takie cechy! Jednak nie każdy może być Ayo! Jej płyty to niezwykła mieszanka muzyki soul, reggae i folk. Te elementy, plus bardzo osobiste, emocjonalne interpretacje wokalistki, to recepta na doskonałe albumy. Także teksty Ayo, niosą w sobie bardzo pozytywny przekaz. Ayo mówi o nich tak:"Nawet, kiedy jest ci bardzo ciężko, nie możesz zapominać o tym jak cieszyć się życiem. Nie możesz zgubić tej drogi, która cię motywuje do działania i jest dla ciebie najlepsza". Ayo podąża swoją drogą wprost do wielkiego sukcesu! Z uśmiechem na twarzy i gitarą w dłoni.

Ayo urodziła się w 1980 roku w Niemczech, jako córka nigeryjskiego studenta i rumuńskiej cyganki. Taka niespotykana mieszanka zaowocowała niezwykłym talentem muzycznym, wspaniałym głosem oraz, co nie mniej ważne, niesamowitą urodą. Nawet imię Ayo, ma wpływ na dobrą energię wokół artystki, ponieważ w języku Joruba oznacza "Radość". Wychowywując się w atmosferze miłości do muzyki, stale podróżując i poznając nowych ludzi, było niemal oczywiste, że pewnego dnia zostanie artystką. Kiedy skończyła dziewiętnaście lat, przeniosła się do Londynu, to miasto jednak nie przyniosło jej spełnienia marzeń, dopiero Paryż, w którym zamieszkała jakiś czas później okazał się miejscem, w którym życie może stać się bajką! ---merlin.pl

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