Erin Harpe CBD | Promo & Advancing EPK
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ERIN HARPE & Countryman Jim | PROMO ASSETS
front porch roots & blues
Short Bio:
Blues Music Award Nominated Acoustic Blues
Erin Harpe & Countryman Jim “Country Blues Duo” (aka “CBD”) plays irresistible, old-school front porch blues.
Praised by Living Blues Magazine as “today’s country blues at its very best,” Erin Harpe is celebrated as “one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land.” With her soulful vocals, dazzling Piedmont-style guitar, foot percussion, and kazoo, Erin delivers a sound that’s both authentic and electrifying. Paired with Countryman Jim’s grooving bass and harmony vocals, the duo creates a full-band feel with just two players – tight, rhythmic, joyful, and deeply rooted in tradition!
Quotes
“an artist who belongs in any conversation about top-notch present-day blues women.”
— Roots Music Report
“fresh & nostalgic at the same time”
— The Rock Doctor
“perfect… clear and clean picking and vocals supported by Countryman’s cool bass work”
— Blues Matters Magazine (UK)
Blurbs
Erin Harpe & Countryman Jim are pure fun! “Guaranteed crowd-pleasing ragtime Piedmont roots & blues.” Featuring Erin on soulful vocals, fingerstyle guitar, kazoo, & foot percussion, and Jim Countryman on ukulele bass, vocals & train whistle!
Award-winning acoustic blues duo from Boston, called “today’s country blues at its very best” by Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin “one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land”.
“Hypnotic singer extraordinaire and master of the Piedmont blues… an irresistible overview of traditional American music of the early 20th century: Memphis Minnie, Luke Jordan, Blind Boy Fuller, Mississippi John Hurt, Lonnie Johnson, Slim Harpo and Muddy Waters… fit right in with their own original tracks.” Griffin Jazz
Blues Music Award Nominee! “ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR”
Select career highlights
- 2026 Blues Music Award Nominee “ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR” from the Blues Foundation in Memphis.
- Rave reviews in MOJO (UK), Living Blues Magazine (US), Blues Matters (UK), DownBeat Magazine (US), Blues in Britain (UK) and LA Weekly (US) among other outlets.
- Boston Music Award Winner and five-time nominee, a New England Music Award winner, and an International Blues Challenge Semifinalist.
- Songs featured on Showtime’s Shameless, MTV’s Veronica Mars, Paris Hilton’s BFF, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, and many other shows.
- Erin has jammed with iconic acoustic blues artists like Phil Wiggins (of Cephas & Wiggins), Jontavious Willis, and James Montgomery, and opened for legends such as ZZ Top, Buddy Guy, T-Model Ford, Honeyboy Edwards, Roy Bookbinder, and James Cotton.
- Erin and Jim have played at the House of Blues, Caffe Lena, Club Passim, South by Southwest, the New York State Blues Festival, and many other festivals and venues around the world.
- Erin is also an in-demand fingerstyle guitar educator who released the DVD Women of the Country Blues Guitar through the esteemed Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop.
More Background
Erin Harpe has been playing country blues since she was a kid, getting her chops from her virtuoso dad, roots/blues musician, Stella guitar expert, and visual artist Neil Harpe. She is an award-winning bandleader (Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers, Lovewhip) who learned the blues sitting at the knees of the greats at Archie’s Barbershop, Washington DC’s epicenter of the Piedmont Blues. Her award-winning Country Blues Duo, aka “CBD”, features Erin on acoustic guitars, vocals, kazoo & foot percussion, with husband Jim Countryman on ukulele bass, backing vocals and train whistle. The pair’s foot-stomping front-porch blues transports the audience to the delta, with vintage classics by the likes of Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Johnson and Blind Blake, mixed in seamlessly with original compositions, and country blues takes on popular songs.