BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20220313T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20220313T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers DESCRIPTION:7pm doors – 8pm show | $15 adv. – $20 day of\n\n“When I listen to the blues\, it makes me want to cry—it’s a part of me— but before making this album\, I felt I was neglecting the acoustic blue s woman in me\,” award-winning blues artist and educator Erin Harpe sh ares. Erin proudly acknowledges the acoustic blues woman in her with the return-to-roots duo record\, \;Meet Me In The Middle\, out now on V izzTone/Juicy Juju Records! \;It is an album of joyous music made fo r desperate times.\n\nThe Boston-based multi-band leader\, producer\, in die label owner\, singer-songwriter\, and guitarist leads the electric b lues quartet \;Erin Harpe &\; the Delta Swingers \;with her h usband and label co-owner\, bass player Jim Countryman. This outfit has released three well-received albums. The couple also founded the neo-new wave-y Afro-pop group\, \;Lovewhip\, which has released four critic ally-acclaimed albums. Erin has issued a pair of acoustic blues albums\, and maintains an acoustic blues duo with Jim playfully nicknamed “CBD \,” Country Blues Duo. In addition\, Erin is also an in-demand fingers tyle blues educator who in 2016 released the DVD Women of the Country Bl ues Guitar through the esteemed Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop.\n\n Select collective career highlights include rave press in LA Weekly\, Bo ston’s Weekly Dig\, Boston Herald\, DownBeat Magazine\, and Living Blu es Magazine\, among other outlets. She’s a Boston Music Award Winner a nd a five-time BMA nominee\, and she is a New England Music Award winner and an International Blues Challenge Semifinalist. Erin has had songs f eatured on Showtime’s Shameless\, MTV’s Veronica Mars\, Paris Hilton ’s BFF\, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations\, and many other shows.\ n\nErin has jammed with iconic acoustic blues artists Phil Wiggins (of C ephas &\; Wiggins)\, Warner Williams and Jay Summerour\, Eleanor Elli s\, Jontavious Willis\, and James Montgomery. She’s opened for legends such as ZZ Top\, T-Model Ford\, Honeyboy Edwards\, Roy Bookbinder\, and James Cotton. Erin has played at the House of Blues\, Caffe Lena\, Club Passim\, the International Blues Challenge\, South by Southwest\, the N ew York State Blues Festival\, and many other festivals and venues aroun d the US. Her Country Blues Duo has toured Spain and the UK twice.\n\nWe are very excited to be hosting live music shows again in our listening room. OLS is committed to providing a safe environment for all who work\ , listen\, or perform live music in our venue. Because our venue is so s mall\, we will require all staff\, volunteers\, performers\, and patrons to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 when they attend OLS events AND to wear masks indoors unless they are actively drinking\, ea ting\, or performing.\n\nProof of vaccine must come directly from the he alth care provider that performed the vaccination and can be a photo or physical copy of the vaccination card or record with an accompanying pho to ID. Full vaccination means that the date of the performance you are a ttending is:\n\n*at least 14 days after your second dose of an FDA or WH O authorized two dose COVID-19 vaccine\, or\n\n*at least 14 days after y our single dose of an FDA or WHO authorized single dose COVID vaccine.\n \nWe hope we can ease these restrictions once further progress has been made reducing transmission of the virus. Until then\, we greatly appreci ate your patience and cooperation.\n\nOne Longfellow Square does not ass ume liability\; the ticket holder will assume all risks involved. By pur chasing a ticket to this event you agree to assume full liability for an y risks incurred before\, during and after the event and agree to the cu rrent Terms of Use. URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/erin-harpe-the-delta-swin gers/ UID:urn:uuid:1b2db061-6c04-468d-aced-eb51303a3901 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260515T120637Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220506T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220506T223000 LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\, Maine 04101\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR