Review
World Cafe
Eli 'Paperboy' Reed Delivers Soul
The Satisfier
Song List
- "Am I Wasting My Time"
- "The Satisfier"

Eli "Paperboy" Reed. Nicole Tammaro hide caption
Blue-eyed soul virtuoso Eli "Paperboy" Reed may have grown up in Massachusetts, but he conveys the heart-wrenching emotion of Southern predecessors such as Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding.
Reed, along with his seven-piece band True Loves, just finished a month-long tour, sharing dates with the alt-pop band Say Anything. While the combination may seem odd, Reed says that soul music breaks all barriers, because its purpose is to "make people feel something."
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