Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers

Erin Harpe pulls together a number of classic elements: sultry singing, high-energy jams, and fingerpicking she learned from blues legends like Memphis Minnie and Eleanor Ellis. From her blues-drenched childhood (her artist/musician dad Neil Harpe was a mainstay at Archie’s Barbershop in DC; she grew up at the feet of Archie Edwards, John Cephas, Phil Wiggins, and John Jackson) to her tenure as lead singer for the funky roots-rock ensemble known as the Delta Swingers, Harpe fronts the next generation of blues-keepers, intent on bringing this majestic music to the masses.

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• A native of Annapolis, Harpe is currently based in Boston where she sings the Delta blues.
• Harpe and her band have opened for dozens of artists, including members of Boston, Aerosmith, and The J. Geils Band.
• Want to learn to fingerpick like Harpe? She’s made two blues-centric instructional DVDs.
• Erin Harpe is recognized along with Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Shemekia Copeland, Rory Block, and Ana Popovic in 2013’s “30 Woman Burning Up the Blues” in The Alternate Route Magazine.