Erin's debut album.

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Erin Harpe is another player I discovered on the MySpace website, having noticed her surname and wondering if she was in any way connected to Neil Harpe, the accepted authority on old Stella guitars and a fine blues picker in his own right. It turned out she is his daughter and on the strength of this record, he can be justly proud of his parenting skills.
Erin is a great singer and fingerpicking acoustic guitarist, and here she presents a fine selection of rural and classic blues numbers. Things get off to a great start with a rousing version of Memphis Minnie’s “Chauffeur Blues” and there is also a reading of “My Girlish Days” later on. Although the work of women singers features heavily, Erin also tackles pieces by the likes of Tommy Johnson with some great string slapping and Blind Blake.
My current favourite from the album, however, takes us back to the ladies and it is her superb arrangement of Bessie Smith’s “Alligator Blues” which positively rocks along. Throughout the album she sings and plays with great confidence, perhaps hardly surprising for a lady who in a parallel universe fronts the indie band, Lovewhip.
Recommended to lovers of good, clean acoustic picking.

-Michael Prince, Blues in Britain

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Erin Harpe sings and plays new acoustic recordings of classic blues songs powerful,moving and unadulterated!

-Michel Chesnais, France

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This woman has got it together with her clean guitar & a voice that stopped me in my tracks. I can't remember the last time all the work on a single CD kept my attention. Glad I stumbled onto her on iTunes.

-Bradley B. Tinnon

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Fantastic. Heard it playing in a cafe, and knew I had to have it. Great guitar, and the unusual voice - it just works, in a raw, minimalist kind of way;)

-Egor Kraev

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Erin Harpe displays STUNNING, absolutely Hot, bluegrass pickin' and singing in this CD / ALBUM!! She plays her guitar as if she was born with it in her arms! Her Rich and Soulful voice will blow your mind, as she sings out these blues tunes! This is one CD everyone should want to have in thier collection!!! AWESOME!!!!!!
I can't wait to hear this fresh young artists next CD, WOW!! This one definitely hits the top of the charts for me!!!!

-Jeff Adair, jazz drummer

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Maybe it's in the genes, but Erin Harpe, daughter of longtime area bluesman, Neil Harpe, has produced a wonderful album of acoustic blues, Blues Roots. Erin displays considerable command of a wide range of blues including songs associated with Memphis Minnie (Chauffer Blues and In My Girlish Days), Tommy Johnson (Bye Bye Blues and Big Road Blues), Bessie Smith (Alligator Blues), Willie Brown (Future Blues) and others. She plays a strong, percussive-tinged guitar that suits these songs perfectly but is also able to nimbly fingerpick on a Blind Blake number, You Gonna Quit Me. She delivers her vocals with a strong, straightforward and natural delivery that is quite appealing and is reminiscent of longtime DC area blueswoman, Eleanor Ellis, who is credited with the closing Stop and Listen Blues. This is a fine debut album of traditional country blues.

-DC Blues Society Newsletter

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Anyone who loves country blues should buy this record. The guitar is very nice, the voice is great. What more can I say...Don't hesitate, it's a must!

-Philippe Deherand

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