April 2024 – Black Wax

Black Wax are excited to be working with US soul star Eli “Paperboy” Reed on two exclusive UK club shows.

Eli makes a long-awaited return to the UK and will be hitting Glasgow and Manchester on the 13th and 14th of June.

Eli “Paperboy” Reed is a survivor. He was one of the first of the new wave of singers and songwriters to embrace unabashedly soulful music and he has been tearing up stages all over the world with his heart-stopping falsetto screams for more than a decade with no plans to slow down.

From humble musical beginnings growing up outside of Boston, at 18 Reed moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi and cut his teeth playing and singing in juke joints all over the Delta. From there he took the well-trod path to Chicago where he spent a year as minister of music the Southside church of Soul legend Mitty Collier.

Now approaching the 15-year mark in his career and finishing up his 8th album, Reed has improbably become an elder statesman of the genre, and he’s begun seeing new artists who are taking inspiration from his unique sound. A sound that, over everything else, prizes feeling, energy, and, yes, Soul.

For these full-band club shows, support will come from London’s Danny Toeman.

A dynamic performer with a powerful and evocative voice, Danny Toeman has earned his reputation as a Soul Funk Visionary (The Evening Standard); supporting artists including Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, and Kool & the Gang, performing at many of the UK’s most famous venues, and having his releases played BBC Radio 2, 6 Music, and other national radio broadcasters across Europe.