S.O.B.'s Concerts Presents:
Album Release Party for "Sketches of A Man" DWELE AYO
Doors:
7 PM
Show:
9
PM
Admission:
$25.00
in adv/
$30.00 Day Of Show
Media
Information
On
Monday, June 23th, S.O.B.'s presents an evening with Grammy-nominated
R&B singer Dwele; an artist who is not just a singer but
also a talented songwriter, producer and musician.
After recording his first album, 'Rize' in his bedroom the singer came
to the attention of group Slum Village while gigging at a local Detroit
club and was subsequently asked to sing on the groups album Trinity:
Past, Present and Future. Since that auspicious beginning Dwele has been
steadily contributing his creative genius to a plethora of projects.
Most recently Dwele was featured on the commercially and critically acclaimed
Kanye West album, Graduation.
He provided the vocals for West's song
'Flashing Lights' and the recording garnered three Grammy nominations
for the musical pair. Before that Dwele lent his vocals to Common's single
'The People' on the rapper's 2007 release 'Finding Forever'. Besides
the high profile features that Dwele has to his name his solo offerings
are equally as captivating to audiences. With his first major release
Subject in 2003 and the sophomore follow-up 2005's Some Kinda under his
belt, as well as new music not yet officially released, the singer has
an extensive and impressive repertoire.
S.O.B.'s is New York's premier venue for R&B and neo-soul, having
served as the launch pad for the careers of such stars as John Legend,
Erikah Badu and Raheem DeVaughn and the venue continues to present the
best that the genres R&B and Soul has to offer with this performance
by the incomparable Dwele.
AYO is a German born artist, the offspring of a Nigerian father who had
come to Germany to study in the 1970s, and sometimes worked as a DJ,
and a mother who is a gypsy. AYOs rather unusual name means joy in Yoruba.
Her rich cultural background is also reflected in her musical influences.
She grew up amidst Pink Floyd and Fela Kuti, the Soul Children and Bob
Marley, and many others.
AYOs nomadic lifestyle brought her to live between Paris and New York,
two capitals that accurately sum up her musical identity. In Paris, word
got around fast, and she held initial solo concerts with her guitar,
opened for Omar, the British soul brother and jammed alongside Cody Chesnutt.
AYOs entire album, Joyful, was recorded in New York under live conditions.
She cries, laughs and moves us with her simplicity. To accompany her,
producer Jay Newland put together a group of open-minded musicians that,
with a note on a B3 organ or with a stroke of slide guitar melodiously
enter this unusual world, which is studded with a few words in Pidgin,
the street language of Lagos, and unveils recollections of gypsy life.
In addition to her parents, two other influences helped her set the tone
of this album, which very well could have been recorded some 35 years
ago. Firstly, theres mentor Donny Hathaway. Her other reference is Jimmy
Cliff. Like her predecessors, she strives to naturally and sincerely
share her stories and touch others, boosted solely by her life experience
and her dreams.
