ERIN HARPE – PRESS KIT

Erin Harpe has been playing country blues since she was a little girl, getting her chops from her virtuoso dad, roots/blues musician & Stella guitar expert Neil Harpe. The two-time “Blues Artist of the Year”, and leader of the band Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers, has earned a reputation as a captivating performer, playing stages large and small throughout the US, UK and Europe, and opening for everyone from ZZTop to Honeyboy Edwards, Buddy Guy and James Cotton. In Living Blues Magazine, Frank Matheis called Erin “one of the most dynamic, talented and exciting roots rocking blues women on the scene”, noting, “she has it all – a golden voice and guitar chops that dazzle!” Her latest album – “Meet Me In The Middle” (self-produced by Harpe, along with her husband, bassist Jim Countryman) – won the prestigious “Album of the Year” from the New England Music Awards. Erin’s high-energy performances center around her exceptional finger-style and boogie blues guitar playing as well as her striking soulful vocals. The sound she creates with her band harkens back to the time of juke joints – updated with more modern influences like funk, soul, rock, and reggae. Her music has drawn comparisons to Muddy Waters, Bonnie Raitt, Canned Heat and Maria Muldour.

• New England Music Awards “Album of the Year” for “Meet Me In The Middle” (2021) 

• GRAMMY® Considered (2021)

• New England Music Awards “Blues Artist Of The Year” (2019) 

• Boston Music Awards “Blues Artist of the Year” (2012) 

• Boston Blues Challenge Winner (2018, 2014, 2012 & 2010) 

• Granite State Blues Challenge Winner (2022, 2016) 

• International Blues Challenge Semi-finalist (2019, 2017, 2013 & 2011) 

• Boston Music Awards Nominee (2018, 2012, 2011, & 2010)

 

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VizzTone Recording Artist!

Discography:

Meet Me In The Middle (2020 VizzTone/Juicy Juju Records)

The Christmas Swing (2018 VizzTone/Juicy Juju Records)

Big Road (2017 VizzTone/Juicy Juju Records)

Love Whip Blues (2014 VizzTone/Juicy Juju Records)

Delta Blues Duets (2008 Juicy Juju Records)

Blues Roots (2000 Juicy Juju Records)

ERIN HARPE Country Blues Duo

country blues at its very best... one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land”

Frank Matheis, Living Blues Magazine

Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo has been called “today’s country blues at its very best” by America’s oldest blues periodical Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin “one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land”! A passionate purveyor of the vintage country blues and roots music she was brought up on, Erin has quickly become considered one of the premier acoustic blues pickers in the world today – male or female. Her international fanbase, which has been steadily growing, got a big boost over the last year, since she started posting her popular Fingerstyle Friday video series, the most popular of which – Erin on her back porch playing Memphis Minnie’s “Me & My Chauffeur Blues” – surpassing 264K views in two months on Facebook (with over 12K shares)!

Erin shows off her feel-good, ragtime-influenced Piedmont roots in her award-winning Country Blues Duo, aka “CBD”. The group features Erin on acoustic guitars, vocals, kazoo & foot percussion, with her husband, Jim Countryman, on ukulele bass and backing vocals. The pair’s foot-stomping back-porch blues transports the audience to the delta, with catchy and danceable vintage classics by the likes of Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Johnson and Blind Blake – elevated by Erin’s own interpretations – mixed in seamlessly with original compositions and country blues takes on popular songs. The act has been a hit everywhere from intimate venues to blues festivals, from the US to the UK and EU, to rum bars in Jamaica!