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Paul Rishell & Annie Raines

A Homegrown favorite and one of the best and most innovative blues duos in the world, with a musical rapport and a wide embrace of styles, from Delta heartache to Chicago drive, W.C. Handy Award-winning blues duo Paul Rishell and Annie Raines bring their magical combination of soulful vocals, National steel guitar, and sizzling blues harp to the Homegrown Coffeehouse.

Paul Rishell honed his craft in the 1970s, playing alongside greats such as Son House, Johnny Shines, and Howlin' Wolf. Annie Raines, hailed as one of the country's top blues harpists, and one of the few women blues harp players, carries on the tradition of great players Muddy Waters and Little Walter while adding her own soulful drive. The duo was nominated for Acoustic Artist of the Year for both the 2009 and 2010 Blues Music Awards in Memphis.PAUL RISHELL & ANNIE RAINES at the Homegrown Coffeehouse, Saturday, April 7 at 8:00 P.M.

The Homegrown Coffeehouse is located at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, at the corner of Great Plain and Dedham Avenue in Needham center. There is free parking and full handicapped accessibility. Admission is $20 / $15 students and seniors to benefit the Church. For more information, call (781) 444-7478, or visit www.uuneedham.org for directions, performer links, and advance tickets.