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Erin Harpe

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Blues Roots (2002)

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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA

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Blues

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Blues

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2010

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2010 to Present...

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Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers are an American Delta blues band based in Boston from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Formed in 2010, the group features founding members Erin Harpe (lead vocals and guitar), Jason Novak (harmonica) and Jim Countryman (electric bass).

They released their debut album, Love Whip Blues, in 2014. Their sophomore effort, Big Road, followed in 2017. A festive album, The Christmas Swing, was released in December 2018.

With the location in which they formed in mind, Harpe describes the band's sound as Charles River Delta blues, a fictional genre that gave its name to a track on Love Whip Blues.

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Erin Harpe's early career
Erin Harpe grew up in Greenbelt, Maryland. She graduated Eleanor Roosevelt High School, before studying anthropology at Earlham College.

Harpe's father, Neil, is a blues musician who played in a band called Franklin Harpe and Usilton.

Although his daughter grew up with music around her, she did not pick up an instrument until fourth grade, when she opted to play the flute. She played that for about ten years, before a young love interest, who knew all of the lyrics to "Alice's Restaurant," turned her head to the guitar. “I ran home and said, ‘Dad, you’ve got to teach me how to play it.’ After that, I was hooked. I could pick it up really easily, so I said, ‘Screw the flute’ and learned finger-picking blues guitar.”

Harpe started to play at folk festivals and coffeehouses in her 20s. She later moved to Boston and met bass player Jim Countryman, whom she married in 1999. Harpe has stated "he’s my partner (as an artist) and my manager. I’m the artistic director, visual and musical.” Together, they formed the electro-funk dance band Lovewhip in 1998, releasing four studio albums and one live set, winning a Boston Music Award in 2004 for "World Music Act of the Year".

Harpe released two albums under her own name. The first, Blues Roots (2002), was a set of covers by artists such as Memphis Minnie (Harpe's main influence), Bessie Smith and Tommy Johnson. The second, Delta Blues Duets (2008), included duets recorded with her father.


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