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charleyBRAND (26) is a singer/songwriter/producer
& Executive Director of both
The charleyBRAND Entertinment Cooperative
as well as ThewisdomPROJECT.
charley and his wife Angelique
are expecting a boy on March 12th.

Rarely does an artist perplex so many audiences like charleyBRAND. When the man first appears most crowds see a rocker. What they hear? Well... let's just say: SOUL.
It's easy to believe that what lies within the soul of charleyBRAND just maybe the future of Soul music.
It's obvious that the gospel choir provided most of charley's vocal influence. Captivated audiences nearly everywhere draw comparisons to Donnie Hathaway, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder and Bryan McKnight all begging the question: charley where did you find that soul? Few would guess charley to be the product of White-Middle-Class, and most wonder; how did such a gift fall into the hands of this unlikely recipient? charley prefers to address the cultural contradiction that is his music in an historic and rather philisophical sense.
"I do know one thing" charley leans forward "the sounds that move me now are the same sounds that moved me as a boy, it has and always will be the healing powers found within African American music. From the Slave Spiritual to Gospel to Blues to Jazz to Soul & Hip-Hop. Each musical period addressed a social ill and each period helped to soothe the soul of the people living through it.