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  God's Dictionary: A Chat With Soul Survivor Charles Bradley

  April 1, 2013 – Charles Bradley's story is the stuff of a pulp novel. Alone and homeless by the time he was 14, Bradley drifted from his native Gainesville, Florida, to New York City to the West Coast and back, taking jobs as a cook and gigging as a James Brown impersonator under the name Black Velvet. …
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  See Charles Bradley Sing Inside of a Bush for 'Strictly Reserved for You'

  March 28, 2013 – Never you mind that Charles Bradley is 64 years old — the late-blooming soul man and onetime James Brown impersonator "re-creates the sound of his youth, with a gorgeously weathered voice," as Josh Modell noted in his review of the Brooklyn singer's 2011 debut No Time for Dreaming. And indeed, the so-called Screaming Eagle of Soul isn't sitting back on his newfound laurels. …
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  Charles Bradley Keeps His Love 'Strictly Reserved for You' on Soul-Steeped Single

  January 29, 2013 – The title of Charles Bradley's upcoming album is Victim of Love, but instead of being hurt by love, he celebrates it on opening track "Strictly Reserved for You." Rather, it's the city and its day-to-day distractions that are getting the 64-year-old singer down on this song, a horn-romancing escape from the humdrum. …
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  10 Must-Hear Artists at Outside Lands Fest

  August 10, 2011 –  …
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  FREE ALBUM: Get SPIN's Mix for Outside Lands

  August 9, 2011 – From August 12-14, San Francisco's Golden Gate Park welcomes the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, the fast-growing event that delivers a stellar lineup -- and, in typical NoCal fashion, a collection of delicious food and wine vendors. …
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  Charles Bradley, Sharon Jones Cover Marvin Gaye

  July 22, 2011 – Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, Janelle Monáe, Grace Potter, Stevie Wonder, and Jay Leno bandleader Ricky Minor will come together this weekend in Los Angeles to honor the 40th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's benchmark album What's Going On. It's the final installment of the ongoing Global Soul, which pays tribute to soul music from around the world. …
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  FREE ALBUM: SPIN Tribute to Nirvana's 'Nevermind'

  July 19, 2011 – SPIN's August issue pays tribute to the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind, and as part of our package we tapped some of our favorite contemporary artists to cover the influential album's 13 songs, in their original order. …
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  Charles Bradley, 'No Time for Dreaming' (Dunham)

  January 25, 2011 – It'd be easy to mistake Charles Bradley's debutalbum for a lost soul classic, from the throwback cover art to the Otis Redding- and James Brown-inspired songs. But this 62-year-old Brooklynite isn't making a comeback; he's just touching down. Discovered and backed by the Daptone crew -- specifically note-perfect stylists the Menahan Street Band -- Bradley re-creates the sound of his youth, with a gorgeously weathered voice. …
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