Howard and his band embark on a Northeast tour next month, performing his Basmenet Tapes Project in select theaters in New England. The tour coincides with the release of the complete, original Basement Tapes, recorded by Bob Dylan and The Band in 1967 -- music that has been bootlegged for almost forty years, and the inspiration behind Howard's project.
For more information and to buy tickets, see the schedule page here.
Howard will make his Nashville, TN debut on Friday, September 19 when he appears as a featured performer at this year's Americana Music Festival! Howard will be joined by his NYC cohorts Kenny Bentley on sousaphone, Roland Barner on trombone, and special guests Ross Holmes on violin and Marcus Finnie on drums for the 8pm concert.
On Sunday, July 6, at the Bentley Theater in the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Howard's theater work-in-progress "A STAR HAS BURNT MY EYE: THE STRANGE CASE OF CONNIE CONVERSE" will have a public outing as part of this year's VOX THEATER FESTIVAL.
The most current iteration of the piece features Howard performing alongside fellow NYC music scenesters Jean Rohe, Charlotte Mundy and Liam Robinson, directed by Sarah Hughes.
Click here for more details!
"Surrounded By You," a new musical collaboration between Howard and drummer/composer Mark McLean, is featured on Mark's new album FEEL ALRIGHT, released this week.
Howard wrote the song's lyrics, and the music was co-written by the two longtime collaborators (Mark is the featured drummer on 2002's DO WHAT I WANT album, as well as 2007's BASEMENT TAPES recording).
On the new album, Howard is featured singing and playing the new song, alongside Mark on drums and other regular Fishman band members Russell Farhang (violin) and Nathan Peck (upright bass).
Howard wis scheduled to appear at the CD release show for the new album on Wednesday, May 28 at SubCulture in New York City. For tickets and information, click here.
Howard’s theatrical oeuvre will be the focus of a concert on May 15, 2014 at SubCulture in New York City, in a special evening of music to benefit Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue, directed by Sarah Hughes and MC'ed by playwright/performer Ed Schmidt.
Special Guest Artists scheduled to appear:
Anastasia Barzee
Karlie Bruce + Chris Parrello
Laura Cantrell
Cristi Castro
Jason Craig
Brad Hammonds
Lorna Hampson
Dina Maccabee
Dave Malloy
NICKCASEY
Grace Phelan
Catherine Porter
Everett Quinton
Liam Robinson
Jean Rohe
Barry Rowell
Kelly Salvadore
Jennae Santos
Precious Sipin
Mazz Swift
omi Tichman
Music for the concert will include selections from Fishman’s works for theater, including songs from Barry Rowell’s MANNA-HATA, Sam Shepard’s THE TOOTH OF CRIME, Christopher Wall’s THE CALAMITY, and Fishman’s own oratorio “we are destroyed.”
For tickets and information, click here.
Read a fun Q&A with Howard related to the event here.