Upcoming Shows:
photo by Michel Verlinden
Upcoming Shows
Join this Country Blues duo at Southern Vermont Arts Center on Saturday, May 4th for a concert benefiting the Manchester Community Library.
6:00 – 7:30 PM Opening acts from Burr & Burton Academy and Long Trail School
“W.C. Handy Award-winners Rishell & Raines are rousing interpreters of country blues, the original acoustic style that gave birth to electric blues, R&B, and rock. While their guitar, harmonica, and vocals are roiling, muscular, and masterful, their shows are down home-friendly and fun-loving.”
–Scott Alarik, BOSTON GLOBE
This concert is brought to us through the Vermont Blues Society.
Tickets are $25 each, and can be purchased on Eventbrite using the QR Code or the Event Website link below.
More info TBA. Rain date 6/2
Honesdale Roots & Rhythm is excited to welcome W.C. Handy Award Winning duo Paul Rishell & Annie Raines to the Central Park Main Stage on June 15th, 2024.
Headlining the Barney Danson stage Friday night and taking part in a Blues Harp Blow-Off Saturday night on the SiriusXM stage with Jerry Portnoy and Steve Marriner and others TBA
More info coming soon...
An island speakeasy, Skal features small plates and a convivial atmosphere on the island of Vinalhaven.
PAST SHOWS:
Jan. 12, 2018: Passim, Cambridge, MA - SOLD OUT
Jan. 19, 2018: The Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton, NJ
Feb. 18, 2018: The Parlor Room, Northampton, MA - SOLD OUT
Feb. 23, 2018: The Flying Monkey, Plymouth, NH
Mar. 3, 2018: Beal House, Plymouth, MA
April 7, 2018: Homegrown Coffeehouse, Needham, MA - SOLD OUT
April 18, 2018: House Concert, Rochester, NY - SOLD OUT
June 16, 2018: Saturday Night in Marblehead, Marblehead, MA
June 23, 2018: The Bull Run, Shirley, MA - SOLD OUT
July 7-8, 2018: New Bedford Folk Festival
July 19, 2018: The Burren, Somerville, MA - live broadcast - SOLD OUT
September 8, 2018: Cabot Theater, Beverly, MA - Opening for Delbert McClinton
September 15, 2018: Coffeehouse at the Old Ship, Hingham, MA
September 22, 2018: Carriage House Concert, Newburyport, MA - SOLD OUT
September 28-30, 2018: WUMB Blues Camp, Somewhere, NH
October 23, 2018: House Concert, Rochester, NY - SOLD OUT
November 3, 2018: Godfrey Daniels, Bethlehem, PA
November 17, 2018: Carriage House Concert, Newburyport, MA - With Sarah Rogo
November 30, 2018: In Your Ear Studio, Richmond, VA
December 1, 2018: House Concert, Washington, DC - SOLD OUT
December 6, 2018: Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA - James Cotton Tribute
December 14, 2018: Acousticool Concert, Bristol, CT - with Kat & Brad
February 16, 2019: Luckart Gallery, Newton, MA - SOLD OUT
March 23, 2019: First Encounter Coffeehouse, N. Eastham, MA
March 30, 2019: Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton, NJ
June 7, 2019: Bull Run, Shirley, MA - with John Sebastian
June 15, 2019: Manchester City Library, Manchester, VT
June 22, 2019: Luckart Gallery, Newton, MA - opening for Jim Kweskin - SOLD OUT
July 13, 2019: Skål, Vinalhaven, ME
July 18, 2019: Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Oak Hill, NY
September 18, 2019: The Porch, Medford, MA
September 20-22, 2019: NEHI+GIN Guitar and Harmonica workshop & retreat, Newburyport, MA
October 5, 2019: South Shore Folk Music Club, Beal House, Duxbury, MA
October 16, 2019: The Porch BBQ, Medford, MA
November 2, 2019: The Bull Run, Shirley, MA
November 9, 2019: House Concert, Newton, MA
November 20, 2019: The Porch BBQ, Medford, MA
December 18, 2019: The Porch BBQ, Medford, MA
December 20, 2019: Acousticool Concert, Bristol, CT - with Kat Parks & Brad Bensko
December 23, 2019: The Cantab Open Mic, Cambridge, MA
January 11, 2020: Homegrown Coffeehouse, Needham, MA - with Kat Parks & Brad Bensko
January 27, 2020: The Cantab Open Mic with Geoff Bartley, Cambridge, MA
January 30, 2020: The Center for Arts in Natic (TCAN), Natick, MA - with James Montgomery - benefit for James Cotton Film Project “They All Stood Up”
February 24, 2020: The Cantab Open Mic with Geoff Bartley, Cambridge, MA
March 3, 2020: The Red Room at Cafe 939, Boston, MA - with Ira Klein
March 7, 2020: Passim, Cambridge, MA - with Kat Parks & Brad Bensko and special guest Peter Jensen - SOLD OUT
July 18, 2020: [Online] Green Space Blues Jam / Hardy Pond Benefit, Waltham, MA
August 20, 2020: [Online] Calliope Concert sponsored by Calliope, Pittsburgh, PA
February 23, 2021: [Online] Roots Roadshow, sponsored by the American Roots Program at Berklee
July 16, 2021: Skal, Vinalhaven, ME
August 15, 2021: Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA
September 11, 2021: Porchfest, Belmont, MA
December 3, 2021: Bearsville Theatre, Woodstock, NY - with John Sebastian’s Jug Band Village
April 2, 2022: Concord Conservatory, Concord, MA
July 22 & 23, 2022: Skal, Vinalhaven, ME
August 13, 2022: House Concert, Rochester, NY
September 10, 2022: Porchfest, Belmont, MA
September 24, 2022: Bull Run, Shirley, MA
November 5, 2022: Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton, NJ
November 20, 2022: Sailing Into Song House Concert, Newton, MA
January 21, 2023: XIX Carter, Berlin, MA
March 18, 2023: River City Blues Festival, Marietta, OH
NOW BOOKING FESTIVALS AND EVENTS IN 2023 AND BEYOND!
HOW TO CONTACT US:send us a message via our website contact form
PREVIOUS WORK:
NATIONAL TV & RADIO APPEARANCES
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (NBC TV) (as part of J Band) 1996 & 1999
Arthur "A Word From Us Kids" (PBS TV) December 2003
A Prarie Home Companion (MPR radio) 1995 & 2004
Mountain Stage (WV Public Radio) 2003
NPR Radio Features: Here & Now, The World
A SAMPLING OF FESTIVALS PLAYED
- Merelefest
- Wheatland Festival
- Swannanoa Gathering
- King Biscuit Blues Festival
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
- Gloucester Blues Festival (UK)
- Kansas City Jazz & Blues Fest
- National Blues Festival (UK)
- Moulin Blues Festival
- Ole Blues Festival
- Poconos Blues Festival
- Savannah Folk Festival
- Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
- Mountain Stage
- Boston Folk Festival
- Notodden Blues Festival
- North Atlantic Folk Festival
- Edmonton Labatts Blues Fest
- Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Fest
- Guinness Temple Bar Blues Fest
- Big Bear Rhythm & Food Fest
- Luxembourg Blues Festival
- Ottawa Blues Festival
- Herndon Blues Festival
- Silver City Blues Festival
- Queen City Blues Festival
- Riverwalk
- Great British R&B Fest
- Augusta Heritage Festival
- Taste of the Blue Ridge Fest
- Cool Blues & Microbrews Fest
- KCBS Acoustic Blues Festival
- Harvest Acoustic Blues Fest
- Midwinter Blues Festival
- Chenango Blues Festival
- River Blues Festival
- Fire on the Mountain
- Skoebustel Blues Festival
- Kalamazoo Blues Festival
- Buckeye Harmonica Convention
- Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Fest
- Cognac Blues Festival
A SAMPLING OF CLUB & CONCERT VENUES PLAYED
- Bushnell Theatre - Hartford, CT
- The Barns At Wolf Trap(as part of J Band) Vienna, VA
- Keswick Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
- Merrill Auditorium - Portland, ME
- Kitty C. Hart Theatre at the Egg - Albany, NY
- Jorgenson Auditorium - Storrs, CT
- Capitol Center for the Arts - Concord, NH
- Lowell Auditorium - Lowell, MA
- Ellington Theatre - Lynchburg, VA
- The Orpheum Theatre - Memphis, TN
- Westbury Music Fair - Westbury, NY
- The Paradise - Boston, MA
- Yoshi's - Oakland, CA
- Jazzhaus - Freiburg, Germany
- Godfrey Daniels - Bethlehem, PA
- BamBoo Room - Lake Worth, FL
- House of Blues - Cambridge, MA
- The Bitter End - New York, NY
- Caffe Lena - Saratoga Springs, NY
- Club Passim - Cambridge, MA
- Catamount Arts Center - St. Johnsbury, VT
- The Freight & Salvage - Berkeley, CA
- The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA
- Irving Plaza - New York, NY
- Crossroads Cafe - Antwerp, Belgium
- Oupeye Castle - Oupeye, Belgium
- Aladdin Theatre - Portland, OR
- Jersey Arts Centre - Jersey, UK
- Plaza Palomino - Tucson, AZ
- Frick Fine Arts Center - Pittsburgh, PA
PAUL RISHELL AND ANNIE RAINES HAVE OPENED FOR: Ray Charles, Little Feat, Asleep at the Wheel, Susan Tedeschi, Leon Russell, John Hammond, Dr. John, and John Sebastian.
