Erin Harpe

Erin Harpe & Countryman Jim bring “top-notch foot-stomping front porch blues” to Pittsburgh PA! They’re celebrating their new Blues Music Award-nominated release “Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt”! w/ Jagtime Millionaire (8PM, $20, Pre-Sale Coming Soon) “Erin has a timeless quality about her. Maybe it is her signature look with a flower in her hair and the fishnet stockings... or her virtuoso finger picking guitar style, or her beautiful singing voice, especially when she is covering the old-time blues music of Memphis Minnie or Sippie Wallace with a confidence and sass that might remind you of Maria Muldaur. Her style is both endearing and enduring.” (Sound Waves Magazine) “she can sing the tattoos right off your arm” proclaims Living Blues Magazine. Leader of the award-winning electric boogie blues band Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers, Erin has recently been gaining attention as a celebrated finger-style acoustic guitarist and purveyor of Piedmont country blues – a style she learned from her dad, bluesman Neil Harpe, and by watching local luminaries such as John Cephas & Phil Wiggins, Archie Edwards, John Jackson, Eleanor Ellis, and Warner Williams, at Washington DC’s famed Archie’s Barbershop. On her new album, Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt, Erin Harpe pays homage to the legendary bluesman, who was a big influence on her. She recorded the stripped-down album with partner Jim Countryman in their home studio in Boston. “This album was a real labor of love. I’ve always loved Mississippi John Hurt’s music, since I was a little girl listening to my dad play his songs around the house,” the award-winning blues artist and educator shares. The 10-song album is out now on VizzTone/Erin Harpe Music!