Paul Rishell and Annie Raines

For 31 years Paul Rishell & Annie Raines have been hailed as one of the world’s best blues duos. They have recorded 6 albums together including the W.C. Handy Award-winning Moving to the Country (2000) and received numerous award nominations from the Blues Foundation. They have performed and recorded with John Sebastian, Susan Tedeschi, Pinetop Perkins and Rory Block. They have opened for Ray Charles, Dr. John, and Little Feat, and performed on international radio and TV shows including Late Night with Conan O’Brien and A Prairie Home Companion.

From 2011 to 2022 Rishell and Raines worked as Visiting Artists in the American Roots Music Program at Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching Country Blues techniques and history to new generations of aspiring musicians. They continue to perform American roots music and their own compositions at festivals, concert halls, and clubs all over the world.

“…Rishell is a master of country/blues styles, particularly slide played on a National steel guitar. Raines, a rare female ace blues harmonica blower, shows that she is as strong an acoustic country harp accompanist as she is a harder-edged, electrified Chicago-style lead player à la the great Little Walter…” -Billboard

$15/pp. Free parking is readily available along adjacent Lyme Street. Refreshments will be available. Seating is limited; advance ticket purchase via the following link in strongly recommended: https://www.musicnowfoundation.org/event-details-registration/paul-rishell-and-annie-raines-1

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