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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Charles Bradley is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 80 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Charles Bradley is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth seeing. Charles Bradley concert reviews describe live shows and performances as heartbreaking, extraordinary, soulful, show-stopping, dynamic, intense, and euphoric.
Charles Bradley (November 5, 1948 - September 23, 2017) was an American funk/soul/R&B singer. Born in Gainesville, Florida, and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bradley spent the better part of his childhood living on the streets.
Has Performed With
Junk, Joss Stone, His Extraordinaires, Clairy Browne and The Bangin' Rackettes
Critic Concert Reviews
Twin Cities Media (USA)
May 27, 2016
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He got his big break a few years ago and with his latest album Changes comes a North American Tour that stopped at First Avenue yesterday.
The 66-year old performer emerged on the Powerstation stage, resplendent in a black-sequined jump suit shortly before 10pm, but not before his ace band, The Extraordinaires laid down a funky groove with a brief overture.
Bradley is an old soul the type of solid endlessly gracious person and legendary performer who’s very presence in a space has the ability to elevate spirits and leave a positive lasting impression.
However, it is rare and unique to see a concert so positively charged, fueled with such raw passion, and as spiritually and mentally empowering as the Screaming Eagle of Soul, Mr.