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Posted by: Kim

In or around Boston? This is what you should be doing tomorrow!:


Erin Harpe CD Release Party: Delta Blues Duets

(Jamaica Plain, MA) Come join Juicy Juju Records' acoustic Delta blues artist Erin Harpe as she celebrates the release of her second cd, Delta Blues Duets, with a FREE show Thursday, April 3, at the Alchemist Lounge in Jamaica Plain! The frontwoman of local electronic-dance band Lovewhip, Erin shifts gears and demonstrates her formidable talent for 1920s and 30s style Delta blues. The party gets underway at 10 p.m. and will feature Erin performing with some very special guests!

Delta Blues Duets features Erin accompanied on vocals and guitar by her father, bluesman Neil Harpe. The duets showcase harmonized vocals and dueling finger picking acoustic guitar parts. The ten-song CD was recorded at Mix One Studio in Boston and mastered at Makeshift Mastering in Hyde Park.

Delta Blues Duets will be Erin's first album that is going to be released as three options: as a CD for $10, a High Quality Digi-Album for $5, or as free mp3's. The Digi-Album comes as a downloadable zip file, which will include 10 songs, artwork, and liner notes. For more information, sign up for Erin's mailing list or for her blog via RSS feed.

Growing up in the Washington DC area, Erin began playing the guitar in her teens, under the teaching her father. She soon began performing at folk festivals, coffee houses, bars, and parties in the DC area, developing a strong blues guitar and vocal style of her own. Erin relocated to Boston to develop her music career, where she met blues talents such as Paul Rishell and Susan Tedeschi.

Since moving to Boston, Erin has performed at many venues, including the original House of Blues, the Middle East, Harpers Ferry and many more. She has opened for Rounder Records national touring act the Tarbox Ramblers, among others. She was also the first solo act to participate in the Boston Blues Challenge, where she made it to the finals, winning her night and beating out six blues bands. She is played regularly on Boston-area blues radio shows, and counts among her fans veteran WBOS radio DJ Holly Harris.

Thursday, April 3
Erin Harpe CD Release, Delta Blues Duets
10 p.m. -12:30 a.m.
@The Alchemist Lounge
435 S. Huntington Ave.
Jamaica Plain, MA
Free show, free parking!

It will be fuuuuuunnnnn. And I'll be there! And it's FREE!