http://nhpr.org en http://nhpr.org/post/howard-fishman <p><strong><a href="http://www.howardfishman.com/">Howard Fishman</a></strong> is no stranger to the diverse potential of musical genres. His first project, The Howard Fishman Quartet, captured the New York City music scene. The group has released three eponymous quartet volumes since its inception in 1999. After several live and studio albums, he diversified further by helming a brass band echoing hints of bluegrass and New Orleans street music in 2008. This was followed by an original theater work, “We Are Destroyed”. His most recent endeavor consists of a concept album, “No Further Instructions,” which illuminates the traversement of Romania and Eastern Europe.</p><p><strong>Howard</strong> will appear at the <a href="http://www.themusichall.org/calendar/event/howard_fishman_quartet">Portsmouth Music Hall</a> tomorrow night, and the <a href="http://www.stonechurcharts.org/Concerts.html">Stone Arts Church</a> in Bellows Falls, Vermont on Saturday.</p><p> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:42:18 +0000 Virginia Prescott 24084 at http://nhpr.org Howard Fishman http://nhpr.org/post/joshua-bell <p>A few years ago, violin virtuoso <a href="https://www.facebook.com/joshuabellviolinist" target="_blank"><strong>Joshua Bell</strong></a> set up as a busker at D.C. subway station. The former child prodigy whose concert performances command hundreds of dollars made less than fifty bucks that day. <strong>Joshua Bell </strong>doesn’t play it safe. He’s been called a “classical music rockstar” with 40 albums to his credit ranging from solos to movie scores. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:17:15 +0000 Virginia Prescott 21806 at http://nhpr.org Joshua Bell