Episode 012 : Howard Fishman + Josh Lederman
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The Howard Fishman Quartet is not a jazz band, though sometimes they improvise as in that musical form. They aren't a blues or a folk band either, but you'll hear those influences at play, too. A little swing, a little soul, a little rock...the Howard Fishman Quartet will make you recall a wide variety of American music, but it's put together in such a natural, effortless way that it sounds like an entirely new form.
Josh Lederman y Los Diablos call themselves "The Kings of Irish-Jewish folk-punk," so it's safe to assume you're going to get a musical concoction that you've not heard before. Self-professed fans of Tom Waits, The Pogues, Leadbelly, and Johnny Cash, the band got their start playing at Boston-area weddings before leaping into the club circuit with a live show that embodies the spirit, if not always the sound, of punk rock. Like the Howard Fishman Quartet, Los Diablos mix together so many American musical styles you'd be hard pressed to describe them in a few words.
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