Mukutanga kwaZvita 2020, chizvarwa cheBasseterre chakashandura makore makumi manomwe. Unogona kutaura nezvemuimbi Joan Armatrading - matanhatu mune imwe: muimbi, munyori wenziyo, munyori wenziyo, mugadziri, gitare uye piano.
Kunyangwe mukurumbira usina kugadzikana, ane mikombe yemimhanzi inonakidza (Ivor Novello Awards 1996, Order yeBritish Empire 2001). Anoramba ari muimbi ane ganda dema uyo akawana nzvimbo yake yakakodzera murondedzero yevaimbi, pamwe nevaimbi vechichena, vane zvinzvimbo zvepamusoro muBritain.
Musangano unotyisa waJoan Armatrading
Joan mwana wechitatu mumhuri huru yeArmatrading. Pazera remakore masere, muBirmingham, anotanga kudzidza kuridza gitare. Makore maviri gare gare, mupesvedzero yomutami anobva kuCaribbean, P. Nestor akasvika pedyo zvikuru nenziyo dzepop.
Kuzivana kwavo kunova kwakasimba kune wechidiki Joan. Kubva panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, akazofunga nezvesarudzo yekusika yehupenyu hwake. Pamwe chete vanonyora nziyo kubva munziyo dzakasiyana. Zvadaro vanogadzirira kutanga kukuru panguva iyoyo muupenyu hwavo - kubatanidzwa mumhanzi "Mvere" muLondon.
Basa rekutanga naJoan Armatrading
Mugumisiro webasa ravo rakabatanidzwa raiva album "Whatevers For Us". Asi ndiye akaita kuti vaparadzane. Mugadziri Gus Dudgeon aifarira mazwi eArmatrading. Ichi chiitiko mubasa rake muna 1972 chaiva kutanga kwebasa guru remuimbi. Yekutanga solo album yakafanotaurwa kuti ichabudirira. Zvisinei, nziyo, achiperekedzwa gitare Dave Johnston uye Ray Cooper pamadhiramu, haana kukonzera mufaro pakati veruzhinji. Diski harina kutengeswa.
Kurekodha studio "Curb", makore matatu gare gare, kugadzirisa mamiriro acho anosarudza kutengesa iyo albhamu kuUS kunetsekana "A & M". Joan anopinda muchibvumirano navo. Mhedzisiro yekutanga yekondirakiti ndeye "Kudzokera Kuhusiku", iyo albhamu yakabatsirwa nemugadziri Pete Gage. Asi kunyangwe iye haararame zvinoenderana nezvaitarisirwa, kunyangwe nekutora chikamu kwaAndy Summers naGene Rossel. Havatengi zvinyorwa zvakare.
Imwe thaw mubasa rake inouya muna 1976. Zvinonzi, "Joan Armatrading", imwe yezvikamu zvina pasi pemugadziri Glyn Johnson, yakarova makumi maviri eBritish LPs. Chimiro che "Love & Affection" chaive pakati penziyo gumi dzepamusoro.
Black Stripe Joan Armatrading
Aya anotevera kuunganidzwa, "Show Some Emotion" uye "To The Limit", akasiyana zviri nani pane akavatangira, asi anga asina hits. "Steppin 'Out" ndiko kwaive kubatana kwekupedzisira nemugadziri achishanyira United States, asi haina kurova. Bhawa dema rapinda zvega zvakare. Talent haina kuunza mukurumbira kuArmatrading.
Kwenguva yakati akashanda naHenry Dewey, asi izvi hazviunze migumisiro. "Rosic" inowira chete mumitsetse yepazasi yezviyero, kabhuku kadiki "How Cruel" inoburitswa muhuwandu hushoma muUS neEurope.
Sarudzo inotevera yemugadziri yakave yakabudirira. Richard Gotterer, weThe Strangeloves uye mugadziri weBlondie. "Ini, Ini, Ini" akapinda muTop 30. Kuumbwa kwe "All The Way From America" kwakava, kana kusiri kurova, zvino kwakakurumbira muBritain.
Pazera remakore 31, Armatrading yakanyora basa rinotevera - "Walk Under Ladders". Jamaican bassist Sly Danbury uye muimbi Andy Partridge vanonyorerwa kurekodha. Nziyo mbiri dzakaburitswa kubva pane iyi albhamu kamwechete - "Ndine Mhanza" uye "Hapana Rudo uye Kiyi" (1983).
Iyo rekodhi uye kuunganidza "Track Record" yakazosimbisa chinzvimbo chaJoan kuUK. Akawana chinzvimbo chemuimbi ane vanomuyemura. Raiva denderedzwa nhete, asi ndichimutenda zvakanyanya nekuda kwehunyanzvi hwake.
Ndechipi chikonzero chekusagadzikana kweiyo tarenda Armatrading?
Hapana akanyatsopindura mubvunzo uyu. Zvichida kuchinja kazhinji kwevagadziri. Haana kumbokwanisa kubatanidza hunyanzvi nemunhu mumwe kana vaviri. Kana kuti chikonzero chiri mune yakanyanyisa mwero maitiro ekuita uye kuita zvakasiyana-siyana - zvese zvakatsetseka, hapana moto. Kungotaura - kufinha: kuita kwakanaka pagitare, keyboards. Asi zvese nezve chinhu chimwe chete - rudo uye hupenyu, kunyatsojeka, hupenyu hwezuva nezuva. Harionese hunyanzvi hweizwi, nyangwe chiriko pasina mubvunzo, asi chinoisa pamberi pemaitiro emunyori mukuita.
Zvakavanzika Zvakavanzika 1985, yakaburitswa zvakare nemugadziri mutsva Michael Howlett. Kuumbwa kwe "Muedzo" kune, kutaura zvinyoro, kubudirira kwepakati. Kubatanidzwa kwemutori wemifananidzo anozivikanwa webutiro hakuna kubatsira. Uye akanga akatemerwa kupinda mukukanganwa.
Nzira yekugadzira inotevera yaanozvigadzira. Muna 1988, Joan anokoka Mark Knopfler naMark Brezhiski kuti vashande pamwe chete, asi izvi hazvina kuponesa. "The Shouting Stage" inokundikana, sezvakawanda zvakambobudiswa.
Zvinova pachena kuti izvo vatengi vanoda kunzwa hazvienderane nepfungwa yemhando yemimhanzi yeArmatrading nenziyo. Kukundikana kwe "The Shouting Stage" kwakasimbisa iyi vhezheni zvakare.
Armatrading yakakwanisa kugadzirisa zvishoma mamiriro ezvinhu pakati pezvikwata zveBritish rock. Kune rimwe divi, vatsoropodzi havana kumutsiura. Pakanga pasina kuzivikanwa kubva kuvateereri. Vadi vemimhanzi vaida kubereka kwakasiyana, uye kwete kudzikama uye, kumwewo, nziyo dzinofinha nenziyo dzaJoan.
Mumwe mukana wekubudirira
Kushanya kwerudo nemhuri yehumambo uye Amnesty International yakaridzwa mumaoko. Shamwari dzaMandela muna 1988 dzakatsigira zvigaro zvake nenzira imwecheteyo. Asi hapana chemahara - mumakore mana, Joan anozviona ari pamazita evatsigiri vebato reBritish Conservatism. Kunyange zvazvo nguva dzose akanga ari kure namanomano ezvamatongerwe enyika, haana kutongobatanidzwa muzviitiko zvakadaro.
Asi apa ndipo pazvinoperera zvakare. Makore anotevera haana kubudirira kwaari maererano nekugadzira, kuedza kwega kwega kudzoka uye kuwana rudo rwevateereri hakuna kururama. Zvose zvinodzokororwa, pasinei nekuedza kwake uye kubatanidzwa kwevaimbi vakakurumbira uye vaimbi. Hapana chinobatsira.
Kuimba kwakava rutivi rwake rwakasimba zvikurusa. Aine alto matsi, akafanana naNina Simone. Inzwi rakasimba zvikuru romumwe mukadzi ane ganda dema asina kusimba rakaita kuti kurukurirano dzimire ndokufadza avo vainzwisisa chimwe chinhu mumanzwi.
Haaite seapererwa. Armatrading ichine vateveri vayo, vese vanozvipira sekare. Anoramba achiita zvaanoda uye haasiye tariro yerumutsiriro. Zvichida ichava imwe iyo pasina anoziva, uye achakwanisa kushamisa munhu wose uye kuzviyeuchidza pachake. Zvirinani Armatrading inovavarira izvi.
