Upcoming Shows:
photo by Michel Verlinden
Upcoming Shows
Saturday, November 04, 2023
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines
Fundraiser Concert - Save the Date!
Saturday, November 4th at First U!
Tickets are $25 on line. Seating is limited! Tickets may be available at the door if not sold out.
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6140957
Doors open at 7:00 pm
Opening for Rishell and Raines is the duo of Hazel Royer and Ira Klein. Ira and Hazel will play original music and unique interpretations of folk music from their upcoming album "Say Darlin' Say".
This concert is the first in the revival of John Henry's Hammer Concert Series! First Unitarian Church hosts open mic events every second and fourth Fridays of each month, welcoming local artists, performers, poets and more to the stage. Founded in the late 1960’s, John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse was recognized as a premiere folk venue featuring local and national performing artists. It began its comeback in 2012 and continues to present quality performers with eclectic appeal.
Paul and Annie are honored to return to First U and John Henry's Hammer, which is considered one of the best ‘listening rooms” in Central Massachusetts.
The Lizzie Rose Music Room is a community-driven music hall in a beautiful Victorian-styled tea room in coastal Tuckerton, NJ. A great place for an intimate show!
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!
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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.
