Another month has passed in lock-down... but we've been keeping really busy, and have lots to share. For the last few weeks Jim and I have been working hard in our studio on the new Country Blues Duo album, and we think it sounds pretty great! In fact, we just sent it off to today to our engineer, Pete Weiss, to mix. The album is set to be released in October on VizzTone, and we'll be doing lots of fun stuff leading up to the release, more on that soon...

Since we need to make some space in our "storeroom" for CD's and other album-related merch, we've decided to have a big summer merch sale! We've added a few new items to our online stores, like new t-shirt designs, check them out, and get yourself something nice! All items are 50% off until August 31st (no coupon code necessary). The store links are below, along with all our other news tidbits: show news, Curbside Concerts, Augusta Blues Week, and our July live streaming schedule. Enjoy, and we hope to "see" you soon!

Merch Sale!

Visit our merch stores now and get half off! There's lots to choose from, check out the product lists below.

Erin Harpe Store - CD's, vinyl, T-shirts, instructional guitar DVD's, T-shirts, tank tops, girly T's, trucker hats, beanie hats, patches, flask/shotglass sets, cheap sunglasses, pins, bottle opener keychains, koozies, signed posters, and stickers! Click here to go to the Erin Harpe Store!

Wow, June is here already, and the world is becoming crazier than ever. I hope that somehow some meaningful change can come out of all this. Please stay safe out there! Here in Boston, we've been busy getting some stuff accomplished around the home/studio, and we've been thankful to be staying connected to you twice a week for our Wi-Five Live concerts.

My last month was all about guitar workshops. I want to thank everyone who attended my Intro To Country Blues Guitar online workshop! It was such a success that I plan on doing another one (I'll announce it next month!). I also put together two guitar workshops for Augusta Blues Week. All you budding musicians and blues lovers should consider signing up for this great program, which usually takes place in the mountains of West Virginia, but this year has moved online. Check it out/sign up here!

This month Jim and I have a new project, and we're really excited to get it started and share it with you! We are recording our first acoustic CBD album! We've been wanting to record our Country Blues Duo for a while, and coincidentally we find ourselves stuck at home together, with no touring, so it makes perfect sense. Stay tuned for more announcements about the upcoming pre-sale and release date!

Guitarists! Take your guitar playing to a whole new level with my online Intro To Country Blues Guitar Workshop, coming up on Saturday, May 16th from 2-3:30pm (Eastern Standard Time). This is an online workshop, so you can attend from anywhere! In this fun 90-minute live streamed Zoom workshop, you'll learn basic country blues fingerpicking skills and techniques. This is an intro level class, great for guitarists that are already familiar with first position chords, who want to spice up their playing. It's going to be lots of fun, and you'll come away able to play a new song! 

Country blues guitar involves picking out a bass line with your thumb, while simultaneously picking the melody with your fingers, creating a full sound that's almost like two guitars being played at once. In this workshop, I’ll share secrets about how to get your thumb and fingers coordinated, teach you some helpful exercises, and show you a song or two that showcase these techniques. Plus, so that you can continue your practice, you’ll get downloadable tablature and mp3s for the exercises and songs from this workshop – free to all who attend! 

If you're new to fingerpicking guitar, or need to brush-up on the basics, this class is ideal for you! I’m keeping the cost low for this workshop, just $29. Register now at my website to reserve your spot! 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for my workshop!

We'd like to invite you to join us again this month, as we expand to one hour long concerts, twice a week. Tune in Sundays at 2pm and Wednesdays at 7pm (EST)!

Where to watch:

➡️ Watch and COMMENT at our Facebook page: Facebook.com/ErinHarpe.Blues

➡️ Watch at www.BoxfordCableTV.com

➡️ Tune to Comcast Ch 8 or Verizon Ch 45 in Boxford MA and surrounding communities!

THANK YOU SPONSORS!

You guys are so awesome! We're sending out BIG THANK YOUS to all our sponsors, who have sent us tips through Venmo and PayPal. Thanks for helping support indie music during this tough time!

We also want to thank Boxford Cable TV for sponsoring our live concerts, and featuring us on their station! If you are not on Facebook, you can tune in to our shows on their stations in Massachusetts, and also at their website www.BoxfordCableTV.com.

You can sponsor our live stream through Venmo at @ErinHarpe or Paypal to Paypal.me/JuicyJujuRecords or juicyjujurecords@gmail.com (send to "friends & family", that way they won't charge us a percentage). Thanks!!!

News from ERIN HARPE & the DELTA SWINGERS, LOVEWHIP, and ERIN HARPE CBD

It's April, and we're all home, so come live stream with us!

Hey there,

Hope you're doing okay! We're all fine, at the moment anyway. The worldwide Corona virus pandemic has us avoiding social gatherings, so for the time being I'm stuck at home here in Boston with Jim and Elwood the cat (who is loving this, by the way). We miss you all!

As you may have seen on Facebook, we started doing daily live stream concerts every day, right after all our gigs were cancelled for the next month and beyond. We wanted to be able to connect with you, and "going live" being the new thing, we wanted to try it. Well, we're happy to report that we loved going live, and we even made the Boston Herald because of it! Thanks to music writer Brett Milano for interviewing me. Check out this his article about musicians in this time of live streaming. (Thanks Satch Romano for the posting the pic below!) And I want to sincerely thank everyone who's been tuning in, commenting, and sponsoring our live stream shows!

With all our upcoming April shows cancelled due to the Corona virus, we're now doing regular streaming concerts! Hope to see you Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 2pm (Eastern Daylight Time)! Let's get together for tunes and togetherness 💕 meet us on Facebook at Erin Harpe – Blues, or click https://www.facebook.com/ErinHarpe.blues/live/ to see all our live concert recordings!

If you are able, you can SPONSOR OUR LIVESTREAM: 

Venmo: @ErinHarpe 

PayPal (send to "friends & family") to: 

paypal.me/JuicyJujuRecords 

We love you guys, and hope you're doing well, staying safe at home! Thanks for joining us!! Leave a comment (I'll see it live if you post on the Erin Harpe - Blues page!). 

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

xo,

Erin & Jim

Hey there everybody! With the COVID-19 situation, many of our live gigs have been cancelled, so we're going to be going live quite a bit in the coming weeks and months. You can tune in at my Facebook Page, Erin Harpe – Blues (make sure you're following us so you get the updates!). 

The first one is tonight, Sunday 3/15, from 7 until 7:30pm, Eastern Standard Time. Hope to see you there!

You can send a tip in any amount and SPONSOR OUR STREAM at:

Venmo (send to @ErinHarpe)

or

PayPal to papal.me/JuicyJujuRecords

Thanks, and hope to see you there tonight for a STEAMING good time! (That was a typo, but I'm going with it!)

xoxo,

Erin

 Country Blues Video Wednesdays...

My latest project is a weekly country blues guitar video series, which I'm pretty excited about! Every Wednesday I'll be uploading a new solo acoustic blues video – just me and my guitar, playing acoustic country blues songs in the style I grew up learning from my dad, Neil Harpe (check out his cool vintage guitar website StellaGuitars.com for a little more about my dad and what he's up to). This week's video is of Willie Brown's “Mississippi Blues” – click here to watch it! So far there are three videos in the series, see them all in this YouTube playlist:

WATCH ON YOUTUBE!*

WATCH ON FACEBOOK!**

*If you love YOUTUBE, hit “SUBSCRIBE”, so you'll know when the next one is up!

**You can also “LIKE” my new Facebook page Country Blues Guitar Lessons for updates! 

Our next big hometown show is coming up on Saturday, February 1st with Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers at The Porch Southern Fare & Juke Joint in Medford, MA! If you haven't checked out this cool new venue yet, you definitely should! They have fantastic food, amazing drinks, and a great dance floor. Not to mention free parking! (Or you can take the Orange Line to Wellington Station and take the free shuttle to Rivers Edge!) $10. Located at 175 River's Edge Dr., Medford, MA.

GET TICKETS

Hope to see you Boston friends!!!

Get ready for the New Year with our brand new Music Video for the classic song "Auld Lang Syne"! 

We're so excited to present the official music video for the last cut on our holiday album – Auld Lang Syne. Start the year off right watching this lovely intimate video, featuring Erin in a vintage 1940's sequined gown and classic look, singing you into the New Year with heartfelt emotion. Feel free to watch this with a group on New Years Eve, share with family and friends, and enjoy! We hope you love it! 

Description:

Blues chanteuse Erin Harpe sings the traditional New Years song Auld Lang Syne, featuring a capella vocals with harmonies and a surprise ending! This is the official music video for the song, originally released on Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers' holiday album "The Christmas Swing".

Filmed by Dave Geissler with assistance from Jim Countryman. Video editing by Erin Harpe.

TODAY we release “The Christmas Swing” Limited Edition VINYL!

We are so excited to announce that TODAY is the official release date for the Limited Edition Vinyl of our hit holiday album “The Christmas Swing”, out on VizzTone/Juicy Juju Records. If you haven't heard it yet, check out some of the great reviews it got below! It's also available on CD, and they both come with an immediate download of the album. Check it out, along with all the other fun stuff you can get – kazoos, hats, t-shirts and more – at our store!

GET YOUR COPY HERE!!!

*Supplies are limited, so get your order in now! 

Reviews:

“spans the gap between historic blues and rockabilly... a sound that is both comforting and edgy.” -DownBeat Magazine

Announcing: 

“The Christmas Swing” Vinyl Pre-Sale has started! 

We're very excited to share with you that Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers' classic holiday blues album, “The Christmas Swing”, will be available this season for the first time as a VINYL LP – out on VizzTone/Juicy Juju Records!  

To celebrate, we're offering the new limited edition vinyl LP for a special lower price when you PRE-ORDER it at the link below. Grab just the record, or go for our pre-sale VINYL MERCH BUNDLES that pair the signed vinyl album with other fun stuff like kazoos, winter beanie hats, CD's and more! 

Check out our pre-sale page for more info! 

Pre-sale ENDS 11/8/19! (After that, prices go up!) 

Photo by Patrick Crean.

I'm so excited to share the good news, WE WON! That's right, Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers were just awarded Blues Act Of The Year by the New England Music Awards! THANKS so much to everybody who voted for us and helped get the word out, and to NEMA! We are so honored to be recognized by our hometown scene!!

The awards ceremony was lots of fun, as you can see from the photo above by official NEMA photographer Patrick Crean. Want more? See how much fun we had on the red carpet in the slideshow below!

The Messers at Harper-McNeeley Auditorium. Photo from Augusta Blues & Swing Week (Davis & Elkins College, WV).

New England Music Awards Nominations!

Exciting news!!! ERIN HARPE & THE DELTA SWINGERS have been NOMINATED for not one, but TWO categories in this year’s New England Music Awards! The even better news is YOU get to VOTE for us NOW, from ANYWHERE!

Mark your calendars! 

5/31 | EH & the Delta Swingers at Jasper Hill | Millis, MA

6/1 | EH & the Messers at The Vault at Greasy Luck | New Bedford, MA

6/6 | EH & the Messers at Glenn's | Newburyport, MA

6/7 | EH & the Messers at Sarah Street Grill | Stroudsburg, PA 

6/8 | EH & the Delta Swingers at Cambridge Springs Music Festival | Cambridge Springs, PA 

6/11 | Corrib | Brighton, MA Erin, Jim & Jason at Eddie Scheer’s Tuesday Night Allstars!

6/16 | EH & the Messers at HK Too | Hull, MA 

6/18 | EH & the Delta Swingers at Henniker Concert Series | Henniker, NH

6/21 | EH & the Messers at The Local Tavern | Holden, MA

6/23 | EH & the Messers at Town Square Concert Series | Bangor, ME 

6/27 | Lovewhip at Portland House of Music | Portland, ME

6/28 | EH & the Delta Swingers at Red Square | Burlington, VT 

6/30 | EH & the Messers at Marty's Driving Range | Mason, NH

Erin Harpe & Jim Countryman Country Blues Duo at the Green Note, London on March 4, 2019. Photo by John Gregory.

Spring is finally here, and, though I was so busy I missed sending you a newsletter last month, I'm happy to report that last month's UK tour went great, and we've got plenty of news to share! Our second UK tour (my acoustic duo with Jim Countryman on U-bass) was a whirlwind of well-attended and sold-out shows, with a couple guitar workshops thrown in, an overnight ferry (or two), snow in Scotland, and lots of fun adventures, travelling to new places meeting new friends. I made a really fun photo and video album of the tour

Photo by Deke Rivers, from the Women In Blues Showcase at Alfred's on Beale in Memphis TN.

Happy February darlin’!

2019 is off to a great start, I just returned from the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, where I made it to the semi-finals, saw many old (and new) friends, and made some great contacts. It was also a lot of fun. Big thanks going out to the Boston Blues Society, fellow semi-finalists Soul Box and the rest of the Boston crew who came down, and all you watching from home! Love you all!! One of the most special parts of being in Memphis for me this year was getting to play the Women in Blues Showcase 2019.

We are very excited to announce that we made DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE's 2018 Yuletide Music Roundup with our very first holiday release!!! How cool is that?!? (I have always wanted to be on a list that included the great Diana Ross!!) “Singer and guitarist Erin Harpe spans the gap between historic blues and rockabilly, satisfying a roots music fan’s thirst

The first, glowing review has come in of our new holiday album "The Christmas Swing", from our friend Aj Wachtel! Thanks for the nice words Aj! Check it out:

"This music is for the listener who would rather celebrate the holidays with their friends and family drinking at the bar with a live band instead of enjoying the yuletide with the solitude and warmth of their own cozily lit living room fireplace; contemplating good times past.

Today is the world premier of our new music video “JINGLE BELL BLUES” – the first single from our new album “The Christmas Swing”! I'm very excited to share this audio/visual creation with you! We filmed and edited the whole thing ourselves, and I think it came out really great! Take a snowy trip with Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers on a one-horse open sleigh complete with slide guitar, harmonica, bass, drums, and plenty of fishnets! CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT NOW!

Are you ready for the holidays yet? I'd love to help you get in a festive mood! Pre-order our first ever holiday album “The Christmas Swing” (coming out December 7th on VizzTone/Juicy Juju Records) and get an instant song download, plus other exclusive (pre-order only!) perks! (Or choose to pre-order just the download for $10!)

Exciting CD Pre-Order Perks:

• Instant song download of “Jingle Bell Blues”!

• Personalized, signed Christmas card from yours truly!

• Beautiful 4-panel color digipack, which I designed myself!

• Exclusively hand-signed and numbered!

• First download! You’ll get the album download TWO WEEKS EARLY! (on 11/23/18)

• Early delivery! Your CD package will be sent out ONE WEEK EARLY! (on 11/30/18)

CLICK TO PRE-ORDER NOW!

I recently won the Boston Blues Challenge, so I'll be headed down to Memphis to compete in the 2019 International Blues Challenge, coming up January 22-26th! If you wanna help me get there, please check out my GoFundMe page…

I am so excited to announce that Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers has been nominated for “BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR” by the Boston Music Awards! WE'D LOVE YOUR VOTE, LET'S GET AS MANY VOTES AS POSSIBLE…

It's been a very busy summer, we've got some fun photos from our whirlwind summer tour! And... lots of great shows around New England this month and next to keep your spirit flying high!!

And coming up... Next month…