{"id":43275,"date":"2016-03-19T15:08:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T20:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=43275"},"modified":"2016-03-19T15:11:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T20:11:27","slug":"charles-bradley-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/03\/19\/charles-bradley-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Bradley: Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright wp-image-43276\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/changes_opt.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"changes_opt\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/changes_opt.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/changes_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/changes_opt-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><em>Changes<\/em> is a blissfully crafted serenade, laden with a soothing horn entourage and a guiding backdrop of rim knocks, humming organ and golden backup vocals. Charles Bradley, the grand master himself, provides raspy, soulful sermons about love, life, and societal issues. Out on <a href=\"http:\/\/daptonerecords.com\/\">Daptone Records<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Changes<\/em> is dedicated to his late mother, and his passion and love shine through. &#8220;Changes,&#8221; the title track, is a rendition of the Black Sabbath song. It was released late last year and was powerfully foreboding of what was to come.<\/p>\n<p>The album makes a few things explicitly clear: Charles Bradley is back, he loves America, we need to make some serious changes in this world and LOVE is always the answer. Soul is not a new concept. Bradley emulates some James Brownisms\u2014such as siren wails, announcing he\u2019s back and some crowd background shouts and hollers. However, his personal style overpowers any influences to create, once again, one hell of an album.<\/p>\n<p>It is incredibly hard to go wrong with this one. The shuffle button exists for a reason, and it is suggested that you take full advantage of it. &#8220;Ain\u2019t It A Sin&#8221; is probably the most up-tempo song on the album, and even then it tries to remove the word hurry from any facet of your life. <em>Changes\u00a0<\/em>is\u00a0rounded out by the final track, &#8220;Slow Love.&#8221; Listen to this with a loved one, alone in your shower, or on a sunny day and take the vocals to heart and be grateful for the rest.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Lee Fields, Naomi Shelton &amp; Gospel Queens, Sharon Jones<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 5 (Changes), 10 (Change For The World), 3 (Nobody But You), 11 (Slow Love)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Colin Smith on 03\/19\/16 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s back!  The grand master himself, Charles Bradley, provides raspy, soulful sermons about love, life, and societal issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1645,"featured_media":43276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[4638,1905,2655,4381],"class_list":["post-43275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-changes","tag-charles-bradley","tag-colin-smith","tag-daptone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/changes_opt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}