A farkon Disamba 2020, ɗan asalin Basseterre ya cika shekara 70 da haihuwa. Za ka iya ce game da singer Joan Armatrading - shida a daya: singer, music marubuci, lyricist, m, guitarist da pianist.
Duk da shaharar da ba ta da kwanciyar hankali, tana da kyawawan kofuna na kiɗa (Ivor Novello Awards 1996, Order of the British Empire 2001). Ta kasance mawaƙa mai duhun fata wacce ta sami matsayinta na cancanta a cikin jerin mawaƙa, tare da ƴan wasan farar fata, waɗanda ke da manyan mukamai a Biritaniya.
Babban taron na Joan Armatrading
Joan shine ɗa na uku a cikin babban dangin Armatrading. A lokacin tana da shekaru 8, a Birmingham, ta fara koyon buga guitar. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, a ƙarƙashin rinjayar wani ɗan ƙaura daga Caribbean, P. Nestor ya sami kusanci da kiɗan pop.
Sanin su ya zama yanke shawara ga matashin Joan. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ta ƙarshe yanke shawarar zaɓin ƙirƙirar rayuwarta. Tare suna tsara waƙoƙi daga ƙungiyoyi daban-daban. Sa'an nan kuma sun shirya don babban halarta a wannan lokacin a rayuwarsu - shiga cikin m "Hair" a London.
Aikin farko na Joan Armatrading
Sakamakon aikin haɗin gwiwar su shine kundin "Abin da ke gare Mu". Amma shi ne ya haddasa rabuwar su. Furodusa Gus Dudgeon ya fifita muryar Armatrading. Wannan taron a cikin aikinta a cikin 1972 shine farkon babban aiki ga mawaƙa. Kundin solo na farko an yi hasashen zai yi nasara. Duk da haka, waƙoƙin, tare da mawallafin guitar Dave Johnston da Ray Cooper a kan ganguna, ba su haifar da jin dadi a cikin jama'a ba. Faifan bai sayar ba.
Rikodin studio "Curb", shekaru uku bayan haka, don magance halin da ake ciki ya yanke shawarar sayar da kundin ga Amurka damuwa "A & M". Joan ya shiga yarjejeniya da su. Sakamakon farko na kwangilar shine "Back To The Night", wani kundi wanda furodusa Pete Gage ya taimaka. Amma ko da shi ba ya rayuwa har zuwa tsammanin, duk da sa hannu na Andy Summers da Gene Rossel. Ba sa sake siyan bayanan.
Wani narke a cikin aikinta ya zo a cikin 1976. Wato, lokacin da "Joan Armatrading", ɗaya daga cikin tarin guda huɗu a ƙarƙashin furodusa Glyn Johnson, ya sami saman 20 na LP na Burtaniya. Rubutun "Love & Love" yana cikin manyan waƙoƙi goma.
Black Stripe Joan Armatrading
Tarin abubuwa masu zuwa, "Nuna Wasu Ƙaunar" da "Zuwa Iyaka", sun bambanta fiye da waɗanda suka gabace su, amma ba su ƙunshi hits ba. "Steppin 'Out" shine haɗin gwiwa na ƙarshe tare da furodusa yayin da yake zagayawa Amurka, amma ba abin mamaki bane. Bakar sanda ta sake shiga nata. Talent bai kawo farin jini ga Armatrading ba.
Wani lokaci ta yi aiki tare da Henry Dewey, amma wannan ba ya haifar da sakamako. "Rosic" ya fadi ne kawai a cikin layin ƙasa na ratings, an fitar da ƙaramin kundi "Yadda Mummuna" a cikin iyakataccen adadi a cikin Amurka da Turai.
Zaɓin na gaba na mai samarwa ya zama mai nasara. Richard Gotterer, na The Strangeloves kuma mai samar da Blondie. "Ni, Ni kaina, Ni" na shiga Top 30. Abun da ke ciki "All The Way from America" ya zama, idan ba hit, to a kalla rare a Birtaniya.
Lokacin da yake da shekaru 31, Armatrading ya rubuta aikin na gaba - "Walk Under Ladders". Bassist dan Jamaica Sly Danbury da mawaki Andy Partridge an dauki su don yin rikodin. An fitar da mawaƙa guda biyu daga wannan kundi lokaci guda - "Na yi sa'a" da "Babu Ƙauna da Maɓalli" (1983).
Rikodi da tattarawa "Track Record" a ƙarshe sun kafa matsayin Joan a Burtaniya. Ta samu matsayin mawakin da ke da masoyanta. Da'irar kunkuntar ce, amma tana matuƙar godiya a gare ta don ƙirƙira ta.
Menene dalilin rashin kwanciyar hankali na ƙwararrun Armatrading?
Babu wanda ya amsa wannan tambayar daidai. Wataƙila sau da yawa na masu samarwa. Ba ta taɓa yin haɗin gwiwa tare da mutum ɗaya ko biyu ba. Ko kuma dalilin shi ne a cikin wuce gona da iri na yanayin aiki da kuma iyawa - komai yana da santsi, babu wuta. A sauƙaƙe - m: kyakkyawan aiki akan guitar, maɓallan maɓalli. Amma duk game da abu ɗaya - ƙauna da rayuwa, don zama mafi daidai, rayuwar yau da kullum. Ba ya haskaka fasahar muryar, ko da yake babu shakka akwai, amma yana ba da fifiko ga salon marubucin a cikin aikin.
Asirin Asirin 1985, sake sakewa tare da sabon furodusa Michael Howlett. Abun da ke ciki "Temptibility" yana da, a sanya shi a hankali, matsakaicin nasara. Shigar da wani sanannen mai daukar hoto don murfin bai taimaka ba. Kuma an kaddara masa ya shiga mantuwa.
Tsarin kirkire-kirkire na gaba ta samar da kanta. A cikin 1988, Joan ya gayyaci Mark Knopfler da Mark Brezhiski don yin aiki tare, amma wannan ba ya ajiye ko ɗaya. "Mataki na Tsawa" ya gaza, kamar yadda aka saki da yawa a baya.
Ya bayyana a fili cewa abin da masu amfani ke so su ji bai dace da manufar ingancin kiɗan da waƙoƙin Armatrading ba. Rashin nasarar "Matakin ihu" ya sake tabbatar da wannan sigar.
Armatrading ya yi nasarar gyara halin da ake ciki a tsakanin kungiyoyin wasan rock na Burtaniya. A gefe guda, masu suka ba su tsawata mata ba. Babu sanarwa daga masu sauraro. Masoyan kiɗa sun so haifuwa daban-daban, kuma ba su kwantar da hankali ba kuma, wani wuri, waƙoƙin waƙa da waƙoƙin Joan.
Wani damar samun nasara
Ziyarar sadaka da dangin sarauta da Amnesty International suka yi a hannu. Abokan huldar Mandela a shekarar 1988 sun goyi bayan mukamanta haka. Amma babu abin da ke da 'yanci - a cikin shekaru hudu, Joan na ganin kanta a cikin jerin sunayen magoya bayan jam'iyyar Conservatism na Birtaniya. Duk da cewa ta kasance mai nisa daga ra'ayin siyasa, amma ba ta taɓa shiga irin waɗannan abubuwan ba.
Amma wannan shine inda ya sake ƙarewa. Shekaru masu zuwa ba su yi mata nasara ba ta fuskar kere-kere, yunƙurin dawowa da samun ƙaunar masu saurare bai dace ba. Komai yana maimaituwa, duk da kokarinta da shigar da shahararrun mawaka da mawaka. Babu wani abu da ya taimaka.
Waka ta zama bangarenta mafi karfi. Tana da alto kurma, ta yi kama da Nina Simone. Muryar da ta fi karfi ta mace mai duhun fata mai rauni ta sanya tattaunawa ta tsaya kuma ta burge wadanda suka fahimci akalla wani abu a cikin murya.
Da alama bata fidda rai ba. Har yanzu Armatrading yana da magoya bayansa, duk masu ibada iri daya kamar da. Ta ci gaba da yin abin da take so kuma ba ta barin bege ga farfaɗowa. Wataƙila zai zama wani wanda ba wanda ya sani, kuma za ta iya ba kowa mamaki kuma ta tuna da kanta. Akalla Armatrading yayi kokari akan hakan.
