Erin Harpe & Jim Countryman

Our second overseas act at Harborough Blues, wife and husband team Erin Harpe and Jim Countryman from Boston Massachusetts are touring the UK and have agreed to stop-over in Market Harborough. When I listen to the blues, it makes me want to cry - its a part of me..., award-winning blues artist and educator Erin Harpe. Erin has jammed with iconic acoustic blues artists Phil Wiggins (of Cephas & Wiggins), Warner Williams and Jay Summerour, Eleanor Ellis, Jontavious Willis, and James Montgomery. Shes opened for legends such as ZZ Top, T-Model Ford, Honeyboy Edwards, Roy Bookbinder, and James Cotton.

Erins new album Meet Me In The Middle is an inspired return to the country blues that shaped her. The 10-song album is produced by Erin - her third production credit - and co-produced and engineered by Jim. This promises to be a memorable performance with a flare and sincerity equalled by few.

"Meet Me In The Middle" is one of those albums that has bags of quality, a generally cracking range of tracks and an old-school, acoustic blues mastery that is seldom found these days. Iain Patience, Bluestown Music NL