On his 2011 debut LP, the then-62-year-old Charles Bradley recapped his hardscrabble life story with an impassioned plea (one of many on the record) imploring, “Why is it so hard/To make it in America?” His third album, by contrast, opens with a brief, heartfelt take on “God Bless America”—evincing none of the sly subversion of, … Continue reading Essential New Music: Charles Bradley’s “Changes”