Posts tagged with "Eli Reed"
PAUL THORN
PAUL THORN
What the Hell Is Goin’ On?
[Perpetual Obscurity]
Its title comes from one of the songs contained in this set of covers, but Paul Thorn has earned such a reputation for his own singular, sometimes autobiographical material that its existence might well provoke the titular question from fans. What’s going on, according to Thorn himself, is simply an effort to paint beyond his usual palette. The results turn out to be as idiosyncratic...
Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed
WHO’S NEXT:
ELI ‘PAPERBOY’ REED
HOMETOWN: Boston
INFLUENCES: Ray Charles,
Sam Cooke, Otis Redding
ALBUM: Come and Get It, due out Aug. 10
WEBSITE: elipaperboyreed.com
EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR YOUNG ELI REED THE DAY that his father bought a Ray Charles box set, which the family listened to again and again over the course of a summer vacation. Reed was already a fan of vintage rock ’n’ roll and country music, but when he heard...