LACONIA — Pitman's Freight Room at 94 New Salem St. in downtown Laconia presents Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers Saturday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.
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 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.
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. Their unique brand of dance music is rooted in vintage 1930's Mississippi delta blues, then shaken and stirred with other genres like soul, funk, and reggae, evoking a wild southern juke joint where the whiskey and gin are flowing and everybody’s dancing!
“This blues chanteuse breathes new, whiskey-soaked life into the likes of Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe, with a sound that's uniquely Charles River Delta.” –Boston’s Weekly Dig
Doors open at 7 p.m. Pitman's is a BYO venue. For reservations, call 527-0043.
Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers
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