Kumayambiriro kwa Disembala 2020, mbadwa ya Basseterre idakwanitsa zaka 70. Mukhoza kunena za woimba Joan Armatrading - zisanu ndi chimodzi: woimba, wolemba nyimbo, woyimba nyimbo, sewero, gitala ndi limba.
Ngakhale kutchuka kosakhazikika, ali ndi zikho zochititsa chidwi zoimba (Ivor Novello Awards 1996, Order of the British Empire 2001). Iye amakhalabe woimba wa khungu lakuda yemwe wapeza malo ake oyenera pamndandanda wa oimba, pamodzi ndi oimba oyera, omwe ali ndi maudindo apamwamba ku Britain.
Msonkhano wochititsa chidwi wa Joan Armatrading
Joan ndi mwana wachitatu m'banja lalikulu la Armatrading. Ali ndi zaka 8, ku Birmingham, anayamba kuphunzira kuimba gitala. Zaka ziŵiri pambuyo pake, mosonkhezeredwa ndi mlendo wochokera ku Caribbean, P. Nestor anagwirizana kwambiri ndi nyimbo za pop.
Kudziwana kwawo kumakhala kotsimikizika kwa Joan wachichepere. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, pomalizira pake adaganiza zopanga chisankho cha moyo wake. Onse pamodzi amapeka nyimbo zamitundu yosiyanasiyana. Kenako amakonzekera kuwonekera koyamba kugulu pa nthawi mu moyo wawo - nawo nyimbo "Hair" mu London.
Ntchito yoyambira ndi Joan Armatrading
Chotsatira cha ntchito yawo olowa anali Album "Chilichonse Kwa Ife". Koma iye ndi amene adayambitsa kusweka kwawo. Wopanga Gus Dudgeon adakonda kuyimba kwa Armatrading. Chochitika ichi mu ntchito yake mu 1972 chinali chiyambi cha ntchito yaikulu kwa woimba. Nyimbo yoyamba ya solo inanenedweratu kuti idzapambana. Komabe, nyimbo, limodzi ndi gitala Dave Johnston ndi Ray Cooper pa ng'oma, sizinabweretse chisangalalo pakati pa anthu. Chimbalecho sichinagulitse.
Kujambula situdiyo "Curb", patatha zaka zitatu, kuti athetse vutoli akuganiza zogulitsa albumyi ku US nkhawa "A & M". Joan akulowa nawo mgwirizano. Chotsatira choyamba cha mgwirizano ndi "Back To The Night", album yothandizidwa ndi wopanga Pete Gage. Koma ngakhale iye sakhala molingana ndi ziyembekezo, ngakhale kutenga nawo mbali Andy Summers ndi Gene Rossel. Sagulanso zolemba.
Kusintha kwina mu ntchito yake kumabwera mu 1976. Izi ndizo, "Joan Armatrading", imodzi mwazosonkhanitsa zinayi pansi pa wopanga Glyn Johnson, idagunda ma LP 20 apamwamba aku Britain. Nyimbo yakuti "Love & Affection" inali imodzi mwa nyimbo khumi zapamwamba.
Black Stripe Joan Armatrading
Zophatikiza zotsatirazi, "Show Some Emotion" ndi "To The Limit", zidasiyana bwino kuposa zomwe zidayambika, koma zidalibe zomenyedwa. "Steppin 'Out" inali mgwirizano womaliza ndi wopanga pamene akuyendera United States, koma sikunapambane. Mbala yakuda yabweranso yokha. Talente sanabweretse kutchuka kwa Armatrading.
Kwa nthawi ndithu iye anagwirizana ndi Henry Dewey, koma izi sizikubweretsa zotsatira. "Rosic" imangokhala m'munsi mwa mavoti, chimbale chaching'ono "How Cruel" chimatulutsidwa pang'ono ku US ndi Europe.
Chotsatira chotsatira cha wopanga chidakhala chopambana. Richard Gotterer, wa The Strangeloves komanso wopanga Blondie. "Ine, Inemwini, Ine" ndinalowa mu Top 30. The zikuchokera "All The Way From America" anakhala, ngati si kugunda, ndiye osachepera wotchuka mu Britain.
Ndili ndi zaka 31, Armatrading analemba ntchito yotsatira - "Yendani Pansi pa Makwerero". Woyimba bass waku Jamaica Sly Danbury komanso woyimba Andy Partridge asankhidwa kuti ajambule. Nyimbo ziwiri zidatulutsidwa mu chimbalechi nthawi imodzi - "I'm Lucky" ndi "No Love and The Key" (1983).
Zolemba ndi kuphatikiza "Track Record" pamapeto pake zidakhazikitsa udindo wa Joan ku UK. Wapeza udindo wa woyimba yemwe ali ndi omwe amamukonda. Linali bwalo lopapatiza, koma ndikuthokoza kwambiri chifukwa cha luso lake.
Chifukwa chiyani kusakhazikika kwa luso la Armatrading?
Palibe amene wayankha ndendende funsoli. Mwina kusintha pafupipafupi kwa opanga. Iye sanathe kulumikiza zilandiridwenso ndi munthu mmodzi kapena awiri. Kapena chifukwa chake ndikuchita mopambanitsa komanso kusinthasintha - chilichonse ndichabwino, palibe moto. Mwachidule - chotopetsa: ntchito yabwino pa gitala, kiyibodi. Koma zonse za chinthu chomwecho - chikondi ndi moyo, kuti zikhale zolondola, moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku. Sichiwonetsa luso la mawu, ngakhale kuti liripo, koma limapereka patsogolo kalembedwe ka wolembayo pakuchita.
Secret Secrets 1985, idatulutsidwanso ndi wopanga watsopano Michael Howlett. The zikuchokera "Mayesero" ali, kunena mofatsa, kupambana zolimbitsa. Kutengapo gawo kwa wojambula wodziwika bwino pachikuto sikunathandize. Ndipo adayenera kupita ku chiiwale.
Njira yotsatira yolenga yomwe amadzipanga yekha. Mu 1988, Joan akuitana Mark Knopfler ndi Mark Brezhiski kuti azigwira ntchito limodzi, koma izi sizikupulumutsa. "Souting Stage" imalephera, monga ambiri omwe adatulutsidwa kale.
Zikuwonekeratu kuti zomwe ogula akufuna kumva sizigwirizana ndi lingaliro la mtundu wa nyimbo ndi nyimbo za Armatrading. Kulephera kwa "The Shouting Stage" kunatsimikiziranso mtundu uwu.
Armatrading adatha kukonza pang'ono momwe zinthu zilili pakati pa osewera a rock ya Britain. Kumbali ina, otsutsawo sanam’dzudzule. Panalibe kuzindikira kuchokera kwa omvera. Okonda nyimbo ankafuna kutulutsa kosiyana, osati bata ndipo, kwinakwake, nyimbo zotopetsa ndi nyimbo za Joan.
Mwayi wina wopambana
Maulendo achifundo a banja lachifumu ndi Amnesty International adasewera m'manja. Anzake a Mandela mu 1988 adathandizira maudindo ake mwanjira yomweyo. Koma palibe chomwe chili chaulere - m'zaka zinayi, Joan amadziwona ali pamndandanda wa omwe amatsatira chipani cha Britain. Ngakhale kuti nthawi zonse sankachita nawo ziwembu zandale, sankachita nawo zinthu ngati zimenezi.
Koma apa ndi pamene zikuthera kachiwiri. Zaka zotsatirazi sizikhala zopambana kwa iye pankhani ya kulenga, zoyesayesa za munthu kuti abwerere ndikupeza chikondi cha omvera sizili zomveka. Chilichonse chikubwerezedwa, ngakhale khama lake ndi kutengapo mbali kwa oimba otchuka ndi zisudzo. Palibe chomwe chimathandiza.
Kuimba kunakhala mbali yake yamphamvu kwambiri. Popeza anali ndi alto wogontha, anali ngati Nina Simone. Liwu lamphamvu kwambiri la mkazi wakhungu lakuda linachititsa kuti makambitsirano alekeke ndipo anachititsa chidwi anthu amene ankamvetsa bwino mawu ake.
Iye sakuwoneka kuti wataya mtima. Armatrading akadali ndi mafani ake, onse odzipereka omwewo monga kale. Amapitiriza kuchita zomwe amakonda ndipo samasiya chiyembekezo cha chitsitsimutso. Mwina chidzakhala china chomwe palibe amene akudziwa, ndipo adzatha kudabwitsa aliyense ndikudzikumbutsa yekha. Osachepera Armatrading amayesetsa izi.
