Nippertown! – LIVE: The Chandler Travis Three-O @ the River Street Beat Shop & the Ale House, 1/21/12

Review and video by Joel Patterson

If the name Chandler Travis means anything to you, it means a combination of dazzling musicianship and fearless merry-making – in his many incarnations, the man has developed a fiercely loyal cult following… and with good reason. Sage-like and impish at the same time, he explores the terrains of love and life’s absurdities with rowdiness, tenderness and a sardonic faith in humanity that never wavers. Plus he makes a habit of wandering around in the audience, mid-song, which creates an aura that’s hard to describe: we’re witnesses and co-conspirators in something that feels magical.

Last Saturday, he brought his Chandler Travis Three-O traveling road show to Troy for an afternoon stop at the River Street Beat Shop followed by an evening performance at the Ale House.

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A Record About Records!

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Our dear friends Belinda and January Fairy at Bubbles in the Think Thank recently launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to raise funds so that they can release “The Petite 7 Inch Record“, a compilation to be released in time for Record Store Day 2012 which will feature tracks from Ray Mason, David Greenberger, Paulette, and [...]

Nippertown – LIVE: Catbirds @ Valentine’s Music Hall, 12/29/11

The Catbirds: Chandler Travis, Rikki Bates, Steve Wood and Dinty Child

The Catbirds: Chandler Travis, Rikki Bates, Steve Wood and Dinty Child

Review by Fred Rudofsky Photograph by Joseph Deuel

“Welcome to Rich and Denise’s Christmas party!” exclaimed Chandler Travis as he adjusted the microphone, strapped on his bass and smiled at his friends in the audience. It was time for the Catbirds to [...]

Chandler Travis Three-O – “January”

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A new song for the new year from Sonic Trout Digital – “January” by the Chandler Travis Three-O.

January by Chandler Travis Three-O

Chandler Travis Three-O – “Drunk Angry People Shut Up”

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Now available from SonicTrout Digital – a digital release by the Chandler Travis Three-O – “Drunk Angry People Shut Up”

Drunk Angry People Shut Up by Chandler Travis Three-O

The Catbirds – “Gonna Keep Driving”

The Catbirds - Gonna Keep Driving

Now available is a lesson for New Year’s Eve from the Catbirds – “Gonna Keep Driving”, a new digital release from Iddy Biddy.

Gonna Keep Driving by The Catbirds

Also available as an instrumental.

Gonna Keep Driving (instrumental) by The Catbirds

Buy them both and save a little money.

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Nippertown – Best of 2011: Ed Conway’s Top Ten Concerts

Chandler Travis (right) with his singing valet Fred Boak performing at Riverlnk Park (photo by Stanley Johnson)

Chandler Travis (right) with his singing valet Fred Boak performing at Riverlnk Park (photo by Stanley Johnson)

Here are my Top 10 concerts for 2011. Not all were in Nippertown, and this list is not in any particular order:

The Chandler Travis Philharmonic @ Riverlink Park, Amsterdam The Hurricane Irene benefit @ Valentine’s Music [...]

Chandler Travis Three-O on Mountain Stage

Chandler on Mountain Stage - photo by Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage

Chandler on Mountain Stage – photo by Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage

The Three-O’s recent performance on the Mountain Stage Radio Show is now available on the NPR site.  This is the full set from the performance, which includes one song not included in the Mountain Stage radio broadcast.

Listen online here and be sure to [...]

Christmas 2011 Songs of the Weak

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“Christmas Day” -so far, C.T. w. John Clark on bass and Rikki Bates on drums, recorded at Trout Towers by Chris Blood

This one got written last week -wrote the lyrics, such as they are, while driving up for a Cavalcade rehearsal in Boston the night before the Johnny D’s show, and debuted it at [...]

Merry Christmas from Cambridge and Rachel Jarvis

Christmas With Kico

Well, first of all, merry Christmas n happy holidays n’ all… I perhaps should mention right at the top that this year’s mix is relatively silly even by my standards… also relatively filthy, as it features a couple of songs (which I’ve thoughtfully placed at the very end, to make them easy to avoid) that [...]