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Erin Harpe
Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers are an American Delta blues band (music), band from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States. Formed in 2010, the group features founding members Erin Harpe (lead vocals and guitar) and Jim Countryman (electric bass). They released their debut album, ''Love Whip Blues'', in 2014. Their sophomore effort, ''Big Road'', followed in 2017. A festive album, ''The Christmas Swing'', was released in December 2018. With the location in which they formed in mind, Harpe describes the band's sound as Charles River Delta blues, a fictional genre that gave its name to a track on ''Love Whip Blues''. History Erin Harpe's career Erin Harpe grew up in Greenbelt, Maryland. She graduated Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Maryland), Eleanor Roosevelt High School, before studying anthropology at Earlham College. Harpe's father, Neil, is a blues musician who played in a band called Franklin Harpe and Usilton. Although his daughter grew up with music around her, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of the former Town of Roxbury, now also a part of the City of Boston. The community seceded from Roxbury as a part of the new town of West Roxbury in 1851, and became part of Boston when West Roxbury was annexed in 1874.Local Attachments : The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920 (Creating the North American Landscape), by Alexander von Hoffman, The Johns Hopkins University Press (1996), In the 19th century, Jamaica Plain became one of the first streetcar suburbs in America and home to a significant portion of Boston's Emerald Necklace of parks, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. In 2020, Jamaica Plain had a population of 41,012 according to the United States Census. History Colonial era Shortly after the founding of Boston and Roxbury in 1630, William Heath's family and three others settled o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
