The good people at The New Yorker have chosen Howard's CD release show at the Algonquin as one of their featured picks in this week's issue. Hope to see you there!
Top Pick in this week's NEW YORKER magazine
Michigan and Ohio this week!
Howard Fishman Quartet makes its Michigan and Ohio debuts this week with shows on September 9th at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor and September 10 at the Black Swamp Arts Festival in Bowling Green, Ohio. The two Midwest HFQ shows will feature Mazz Swift on violin, Etienne Charles on trumpet and percussion, and Nathan Peck on upright bass.
Ann Arbor News has just published an advance preview of the Michigan show, writing "Fishman’s songs are richly layered and abstractly evocative, hinting at jazz, folk and cabaret, without ever sacrificing grit or rough edges for the sake of a marketeer’s vision of commercial value."
Read the full article here.
Back at the legendary Algonquin Oak Room in NYC in September 2011!
On Sunday, September 25th, Howard Fishman reunites with members of his original quartet to celebrate the release of the upcoming album "THE HOWARD FISHMAN QUARTET VOL.III: MOON COUNTRY," a collection of songs composed by the late, great American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael ("Stardust," "Georgia," "The Nearness of You," "Skylark").
A limited number of seats are available for this special, one evening-only event. Tickets are available by only by phone (212 419 9331) or email bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com The concert begins at 7:30pm on 9/25/11; the cover charge is $50 per person plus either a $25 food and beverage minimum or a $50 prix fixe dinner.
The Howard Fishman Quartet made its formal debut at the Algonquin in 1999, beginning with a two-week stand that turned into a nine-month residency. Writing for the New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote that "the band recombines familiar ingredients to form its own brand of classicism [that] transcends time and idiom."
HFQ Vol. III, Howard's tenth album, reunited him with members of the original HOWARD FISHMAN QUARTET including (pictured, left to right: Andrew Hall, Peter Ecklund and Russell Farhang). All four will be on hand for the Algonquin show on 9/25. Get your tickets now!
Review of "The World Will Be Different" by VERBICIDE Magazine
A new review of the still-new "World Will Be Different" album in VERBICIDE MAGAZINE compares Howard's vocals to the late, great Johnny Cash, calls the album "steady, subtle and organic" and says that "If you’re into Damien Rice or Tom Waits you have to give this a spin."
NEW ALBUM COMING THIS FALL!
"The Howard Fishman Quartet Vol. III: Moon Country" will be released this September. Howard's tenth CD find him reuniting with original HFQ bandmates Russell Farhang and Peter Ecklund, along with longtime bassist Andrew Hall, on a set of Hoagy Carmichael songs (many of them obscure) including "Hong Kong Blues," "How Little We Know," and "I Walk With Music."
A CD release party has been announced for September 25th at the legendary Algonquin Oak Room in NYC. Tickets on sale soon!