Imagine a voice so steeped in the golden era of funk and soul that it sounds as if it has been waiting a lifetime to be heard. In this episode of pplpod, we conduct a structural archaeology of Charles Bradley, the man who captivated the world as The Screaming Eagle of Soul. We deconstruct a journey marked by decades of profound obscurity and hardship, from childhood abandonment to literally sleeping in subway cars, analyzing how these harrowing experiences forged the raw emotion of his Retro Soul sound. We unpack the serendipity of his Late Career Breakthrough, exploring his discovery at age sixty-two and his transformative partnership with Daptone Records. By examining the documentary Soul of America, we reveal the man behind th ...