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!

A Trilogy of New Albums

BETTER GET RIGHT is Howard Fishman's love letter to New Orleans, featuring his "Biting Fish Brass Band" working out on a dizzying array of new originals ("Since You've Been Gone, "Tee Na Na"), soulful traditionals ("Down By The Riverside," "When I Die"), and at least one funky cover from left field ("Mexican Radio").

NO FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS is a song cycle about Fishman's travels through rural Romania with a childhood friend, and what Howard in his liner notes calls "the strange and beautiful adventures we had there."  The album features Fishman's vocals and guitar enveloped by lush arrangements for strings, accordion, piano, banjo and horns (with a bit of nasty electric guitar and bass thrown in for good measure).

THE WORLD WILL BE DIFFERENT is a new suite of songs about love won and lost, featuring a stripped-down combo of guitar, bass, drums and piano accompanied by a string quartet, Fishman's most personal and intimate album to date.

Three New Albums in 2010!

"BETTER GET RIGHT" is the first of a trilogy of albums Howard will release this year. Recorded simultaneously in 2009 at Hoboken Recorders, the three recordings feature Howard fronting an overlapping ensemble of musicians exploring life in three distinct musical locales. "BETTER GET RIGHT" is inspired by New Orleans. The other two, "NO FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS" and `THE WORLD WILL BE DIFFERENT" occupy entirely different musical and geographic landcapes: Romania and Brooklyn, NY, respectively. Stay tuned for release dates coming soon!