Upcoming Shows:

photo by Michel Verlinden

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

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.