Nippertown – Parade of Non-Shoes: Chandler Travis


Chandler Travis, King of the World
Articles about Chandler, the Three-O, and the Philharmonic: Album Reviews, Concert Reviews and Previews, as well as Profiles/Overviews


Tim Reidy is at it again, this time as “giantfan” over at LiveJournal. We’re getting the feeling that our recent performance at Beat Fest, an outdoor show in front of the River St Beat Shop in Troy, NY, may turn

Review and video by Joel Patterson Photographs by Al Goldberg and Timothy Reidy Okay, so you’re determined to write an algorithm that will capture the magic that is the Chandler Travis Philharmonic. The pj’s and bathrobes, that’s easy to program, and the goofy hats. Every

We’d like to thank Tim Reidy at 3garcons for taking some great pix from our recent performance at Beat Fest, a super-fun block party we played at the River Street Beat Shop in Troy, NY and posting them on his

This is not your father’s philharmonic. The nine-piece band (and the pieces are varied – trumpet, trombone, saxophone, clarinet, mandolin, accordion, harmonica, et al.) performed in Shepard Park Wednesday night, July 11, as part of the Lake George Arts Project free summer concert

Review and photographs by Stanley Johnson Riverlink Park in Amsterdam made a triumphant rise from the mess Hurricane Irene and the resultant Mohawk River flood made of the site last year. New walkways that circumnavigated the park and its strange, prehistoric

There are some excellent photos from our recent performance at Riverlink Park in Amsterdam, NY over at the Grove Street Photographer blog by photographer Gerald Skrocki. “Amsterdam’s Riverlink Park Concert Series kicked off Saturday evening with the return of the

Review and video by Joel Patterson I have given up trying to isolate in a test tube what it is that Chandler Travis has. But I wish I could bottle and sell it. I would have a formula for musical brilliance on steroids

Devoted local music supporter Jimmy Barrett and his The River Street Beat Shop are gearing up for Beat Fest, an outdoor street fest on River Street in Troy on Saturday afternoon (July 7). The fest will kick off an 12noon and feature three bands with

Review and video by Joel Patterson The thing that makes Chandler Travis one of the archetypal showmen and performers of our age is not only his outlandish, swaggering humor. That’s the hook, I think… that’s what people mention and remember, the hysterically