I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba 2020, ua piha ke kanaka maoli o Basseterre i 70 mau makahiki. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka mea mele ʻo Joan Armatrading - ʻeono i hoʻokahi: mele, mea kākau mele, mea mele, mea hana, mea hoʻokani a me ka mea hoʻokani piano.
ʻOiai ke kaulana kaulana ʻole, loaʻa iā ia nā puʻupuʻu mele maikaʻi (Ivor Novello Awards 1996, Order of the British Empire 2001). Noho mau ʻo ia i mea mele ʻeleʻele i loaʻa i kona wahi kūpono i ka papa inoa o nā mea hoʻokani pila, me nā mea hoʻokani keʻokeʻo, me nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma Beretania.
ʻO ka hui nui o Joan Armatrading
ʻO Joan ke kolu o ke keiki ma kahi ʻohana Armatrading nui. I ka makahiki 8, ma Birmingham, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i ka hoʻokani pila. ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ma lalo o ka mana o kahi malihini mai ka Caribbean mai, ua hui pū ʻo P. Nestor me nā mele pop.
Hoʻoholo ko lākou kamaʻāina no ka ʻōpio ʻo Joan. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻoholo hope ʻo ia i ke koho noʻonoʻo o kona ola. Ua haku pū lāua i nā mele mai nā haku like ʻole. A laila hoʻomākaukau lākou no ka hoʻomaka nui i kēlā manawa i ko lākou ola - ke komo ʻana i ka mele "Hair" ma Lākana.
ʻO ka hana mua na Joan Armatrading
ʻO ka hopena o kā lākou hana hui ʻana ʻo ia ka album "Whatevers For Us". Akā, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokaʻawale. Ua makemake ka mea hana ʻo Gus Dudgeon i nā leo o Armatrading. ʻO kēia hanana i kāna ʻoihana i ka makahiki 1972 ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi ʻoihana maikaʻi loa no ka mea mele. Ua wānana ʻia ka holomua o ka album solo mua. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻohauʻoli ka lehulehu i nā mele, i hoʻokani pū ʻia me Dave Johnston lāua ʻo Ray Cooper ma nā pahu. ʻAʻole kūʻai ka diski.
Hoʻopaʻa studio "Curb", ʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope, e hoʻoponopono i ke kūlana i hoʻoholo ai e kūʻai aku i ka album i ka hopohopo US "A & M". Hoʻokomo ʻo Joan i kahi ʻaelike me lākou. ʻO ka hopena mua o ka ʻaelike ʻo "Back To The Night", kahi album i kōkua ʻia e ka mea hana ʻo Pete Gage. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia e ola i nā mea i manaʻo ʻia, ʻoiai ke komo ʻana o Andy Summers a me Gene Rossel. ʻAʻole lākou e kūʻai hou i nā moʻolelo.
Ua hele mai kahi hau i kāna ʻoihana i ka makahiki 1976. ʻO ia, i ka wā i loaʻa ai ʻo "Joan Armatrading", kekahi o nā hōʻiliʻili ʻehā ma lalo o ka mea hana ʻo Glyn Johnson, i paʻi i ka 20 British LPs kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ke mele "Love & Affection" kekahi o nā mele he ʻumi.
Kaha ʻeleʻele Joan Armatrading
Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hui ʻana ma lalo nei, "Show Some Emotion" a me "To The Limit", ma mua o ko lākou mau mua, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā hits. ʻO "Steppin' Out" ka hui hope loa me ka mea hana i ka wā e kaʻahele ana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ʻaʻole ia he pā. Ua komo hou ka pahu ʻeleʻele i kona iho. ʻAʻole i lawe ʻo Talent i ka kaulana iā Armatrading.
No kekahi manawa, ua hui pū ʻo ia me Henry Dewey, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā hopena. Loaʻa ka "Rosic" ma nā laina lalo o nā helu helu, kahi album liʻiliʻi "How Cruel" i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i nā helu liʻiliʻi ma US a me ʻEulopa.
ʻO ka koho hou aʻe o ka mea hana i lilo i kūleʻa. ʻO Richard Gotterer, o The Strangeloves a me ka mea hana o Blondie. "ʻO wau, wau iho, wau" i komo i ka Top 30. ʻO ka haku mele "All The Way From America" i lilo, inā ʻaʻole he hit, a laila kaulana loa ma Beretania.
I ka makahiki 31, ua kākau ʻo Armatrading i ka hana aʻe - "Walk Under Ladders". Ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo Sly Danbury, bassist Jamaican a me Andy Partridge no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. ʻElua mau mele i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai kēia album i ka manawa hoʻokahi - "I'm Lucky" a me "No Love and The Key" (1983).
ʻO ka moʻolelo a me ka hui ʻana "Track Record" i hoʻokumu hope i ke kūlana o Joan ma UK. Ua loaʻa iā ia ke kūlana o kahi mea hoʻokani pila i loaʻa kāna mau mea mahalo. He pōʻai haiki, akā mahalo nui iā ia no kāna hana hana.
He aha ke kumu o ka hiki ʻole o ka Armatrading akamai?
ʻAʻohe mea i pane pololei i kēia nīnau. ʻO ka hoʻololi pinepine paha o nā mea hana. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻohui i ka noʻonoʻo me hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau kānaka. A i ʻole ke kumu ma kāna ʻano haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka hana a me ka versatility - maʻalahi nā mea a pau, ʻaʻohe ahi. Hoʻopuka maʻalahi - ʻoluʻolu: maikaʻi ka hana ma ke kīkā, nā kī. Akā ʻo nā mea āpau e pili ana i ka mea like - ke aloha a me ke ola, e ʻoi aku ka pololei, ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻole ia e hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka leo, ʻoiai he mea kānalua ia, akā hāʻawi mua i ke ʻano o ka mea kākau i ka hana.
Nā mea huna 1985, hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia me ka mea hana hou ʻo Michael Howlett. ʻO ka haku mele "Temptation", he kūleʻa haʻahaʻa. ʻAʻole kōkua ke komo ʻana o kahi mea paʻi kiʻi kaulana no ka uhi. A ua hoʻoholo ʻia ʻo ia e hele i ka poina.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana hana aʻe āna i hana ai iā ia iho. I ka makahiki 1988, kono ʻo Joan iā Mark Knopfler lāua ʻo Mark Brezhiski e hana pū, akā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopakele. ʻAʻole hiki ke "The Shouting Stage", e like me nā mea i hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia.
ʻIke ʻia ʻaʻole kūpono nā mea kūʻai aku e lohe ai me ka manaʻo o ka maikaʻi o nā mele a me nā mele a Armatrading. ʻO ka hemahema o "The Shouting Stage" i hōʻoia hou i kēia mana.
Ua hoʻoponopono iki ʻo Armatrading i ke kūlana ma waena o nā liona o ka pōhaku Pelekane. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻole i ʻāhewa ka poʻe hoʻohewa iā ia. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia mai ka lehulehu. Ua makemake ka poʻe aloha mele i kahi kope ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole mālie a, ma kahi, nā mele ʻoluʻolu a me nā mele a Joan.
ʻO kahi manawa hou no ka holomua
Ua pāʻani nā huakaʻi aloha e ka ʻohana aliʻi a me Amnesty International i nā lima. Ua kākoʻo nā hoa hui o Mandela i ka makahiki 1988 i kona mau kūlana ma ke ʻano like. Akā ʻaʻohe mea manuahi - i loko o ʻehā mau makahiki, ʻike ʻo Joan iā ia iho ma ka papa inoa o nā mea kākoʻo o ka conservatism o ka ʻaoʻao Pelekane. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i komo i loko o ia mau hanana like ʻole.
Akā ʻo kēia kahi e pau hou ai. ʻAʻole i kūleʻa nā makahiki e hiki mai ana iā ia ma ke ʻano o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana, ʻaʻole kūpono ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o kēlā me kēia kanaka e hoʻi a loaʻa ke aloha o ka poʻe hoʻolohe. Hoʻopau hou ʻia nā mea a pau, ʻoiai ʻo kāna mau hana a me ke komo ʻana o nā mea hoʻokani mele kaulana a me nā mea hoʻokani. ʻAʻohe mea kōkua.
Ua lilo ke mele i ʻaoʻao ikaika loa nona. No kona kuli, ua like ia me Nina Simone. ʻO ka leo ikaika loa o ka wahine ʻili ʻeleʻele ma ke kino i hoʻōki i nā kamaʻilio ʻana a ua hoʻohauʻoli i ka poʻe i hoʻomaopopo i kekahi mea ma ka leo.
Me he mea lā, ʻaʻohe ona manaʻolana. Aia nō ʻo Armatrading i kāna mau mea pā, nā poʻe haipule e like me ka wā ma mua. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia e hana i kāna mea makemake a ʻaʻole haʻalele i ka manaʻolana no ke ola hou ʻana. Malia paha he mea ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi, a hiki iā ia ke kāhāhā i nā mea a pau a hoʻomanaʻo iā ia iho. Ma ka liʻiliʻi e hoʻoikaika ʻo Armatrading no kēia.
