Music Review: James Bay’s ‘Changes All the Time’ is soulful folk-pop for the stomp and holler crowd

The truth is, Bay is incredibly articulate. The album, his fourth, sees the musician turn lyrics into soulful cries or earnest encouragement atop raw instrumentation — as is signaled by the album cover, which features Bay alongside images of guitars and a keyboard. The singer-songwriter, 34, first emerged over a decade ago, making waves with his 2014 debut album, “Chaos and the Calm.”