Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires | photo by Jeremy Zimmerman for WXPN
Watch the creation of a Charles Bradley mural, listen to a new song from his posthumous album
Charles Bradley passed away one year ago, but his life is celebrated in the form of Black Velvet, the posthumous album set to release November 9. HIs label Daptone Records has launched a website featuring murals by Chicago-based artist Joe Miller, who will paint his larger-than-life icons of Bradley in cities around the world. The first mural went up in Chicago, and you can watch a time-lapse video below set to the grooving, passionate “Luv Jones.”
Black Velvet track listing:
1. Can’t Fight the Feeling
2. Luv Jones
3. I Feel a Change
4. Slip Away
5. Black Velvet
6. Stay Away
7. Heart of Gold
8. (I Hope You Find) The Good Life
9. Fly Little Girl
10. Victim of Love (Electric Version)