Today’s country blues at its very best!
Join Fivesparks and Fugitive Productions in an intimate setting for a performance in Harvard’s beautiful town center.
About Fivesparks
Fivesparks has been cultivating arts and culture programming within the Harvard community since 2017, creating a space where people can come together to experience the arts in many forms. They are broadening their offerings and collaborating with other community organizations to expand and serve even more people through classes, events, and exhibits. Check out their website and subscribe to their newsletter to stay up to date on what’s coming up!
About the Artists
Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo has been called “today’s country blues at its very best” by America’s oldest blues periodical Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin “one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land”! A passionate purveyor of the vintage country blues and roots music she was brought up on, Erin has quickly become considered one of the premier acoustic blues pickers in the world today – male or female.
The group features Erin on acoustic guitars, vocals, kazoo, and foot percussion, with her husband, Jim Countryman, on ukulele bass and backing vocals. The pair’s foot-stomping back-porch blues transports the audience to the delta, with catchy and danceable vintage classics by the likes of Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Johnson and Blind Blake — elevated by Erin’s own interpretations — mixed in seamlessly with original compositions and country blues takes on popular songs. The act has been a hit everywhere from intimate venues to blues festivals, from the US to the UK and EU, to rum bars in Jamaica!
Erin has opened for and played with many artists, including Ana Popovic, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, James Montgomery, Ronnie Earl, Roomful of Blues, and Toni Lynn Washington.
Doors: 7pm • Performance: 7:30–9:30pm • $25/advance (incl. fees) • $30/door
