The Uplifter

2024 marks 20 years since Tom Earwaker stepped onto the stage as The Uplifter. Earwaker is a one-man-band on stage whilst a music producer and multi-instrumentalist off-stage, currently living in England, beneath the towering cranes and rusty shipping containers of Southampton docks.

The Uplifter live shows are fierce yet playfully-delivered, with bass in the driver's seat and live drums at the helm. Both simultaneously joyful and ferocious live shows channelled though a unique stage performance fuelled by a mission to uncover and expose reggae, ska, dub and punk-influenced music from the underground to crowds all over the world, culminating into an exquisite energy that has taken Earwaker from the UK to Europe and as far as New York and New Zealand.

The Uplifter releases include a sold out 12” vinyl in collaboration with Paul Fox named Freedom Chant / Flag So High followed shortly by a limited edition 10” vinyl entitled, Stroud (Vocal Version) / Stroud (Instrumental Version). 2023 saw The Uplifter step into new musical territories with the single and music video, Riverbed: a dark and atmospheric journey in and out of the sea and the mist.