The first installment of Daptone Records' new video series, Live From The
House Of Soul. Directed by Poull Brien and shot in the backyard of
Daptone's House of Soul in Bushwick, Brooklyn, features Charles Bradley at his
best with the Menahan Street Band. Charles Bradley's voice has evolved from a
lifetime of paying dues, having nomadically labored
for decades at various day jobs from Maine to Alaska – singing and performing
in his spare time – before re-settling in his hometown Brooklyn and
eventually finding a musical home at Dunham.
In his distinctively rough-hewn timbre one hears the unmistakable voice of
experience – each note and gruff inflection a reflection of his extended,
sometimes
rocky, personal path. It's only fitting that producer, Brenneck (also a member
of The Dap-Kings and The Budos Band), would recognize in Bradley a kindred
musical spirit – a singer whose performances exude both raw power and
poignant beauty.