Green Space Blues Jam 2025!
Thank you for a wonderful 2025 Green Space Blues Jam!
The venue, Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate, 100 Robert Treat Paine Dr, Waltham MA 02452, was warm and inviting.
The awesome Blues duo Paul Rishell and Annie Raines were fantastic! Read more about Paul Rishell & Annie Raines below.
The online auction is now closed.
2025 GSBJ artists, 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 they 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.
"While their guitar, harmonica, and vocals are roiling, muscular, and masterful, their shows are down home- friendly and fun-loving." - Scott Alarik, Boston Globe
“…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
GSBJ Sponsorship Levels and Benefits
Trailblazer/Gold $5,000
Top listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Logo on WLT website with link to your company’s website
One-year complimentary business membership to WLT
Ten complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 16, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Naturalist/Gold $2,500
Top listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Logo on WLT website with link to your company’s website
One-year complimentary business membership to WLT
Six complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 16, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Sustainer/Silver $1,500
Secondary listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Name on WLT website with link to your company’s website
Five complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 16, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Preserver/Silver $1,000
Secondary listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Name on WLT website with link to your company’s website
Four complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 16, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Hiker/Bronze $500
Third level listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Two complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 16, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Birder/Bronze $250
Third level listing/logo on auction website and in event program
Two complimentary tickets to in-person gala event on May 16, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
A big THANK YOU to 2025's Sponsors!
The WLT would like to thank all the 2025 GSBJ sponsors:
The collective generosity of BXP, ECarter with their Havening Techniques®, Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, Gloria & Peter Ryan, and the Rotary Club of Waltham, Inc. significantly contributes to this endeavor. Further support comes from the kindness of David & Emily Hutcheson, Marie Daly, The Nelson Companies, Ltd., The Village Bank, and Diana Young. Bentley University, along with the thoughtful contributions of John Dieckmann & Betsy Sharawara, Michael Williams & Anna Sura, Barbara Jacobs & Ted Nyder, and Nadene Stein & Tyrone Sandefur, also play a vital role. The 128 Business Council, the Elinor & Jack Marcou Charitable Foundation, Failla & DeFrancesco Family Dentistry, Isis Design, Marc Rudnick & Sally Wetzler, Lauren Sloat, and Watertown Savings Bank are also gratefully acknowledged for their partnership. We also want to give a special shout-out to Boston Beer Company, Stormalong Cider, and Sumo Liquors for their generous donation of beverages for the event! We truly appreciate your support in making this evening even more enjoyable.