Chris Shaw

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Sometimes a musician brings so many special ties to Nippertown that it feels like he's local. He becomes an honorary local through this…

Lots of folks will eulogize Bill Staines, talking about his songwriting prowess, and there’s certainly no debate on that subject.  His songs have been recorded…

Summer and the great outdoors are almost here, Fishing season is in full swing on the trout streams and lakes. Once more I wade into a stream running so…

Five years after the last Mountain Snow and Mistletoe Christmas show, Chris Shaw is waxing nostalgic as he prepares for his son Tink’s wedding. “You’re not in…

Editor's Note: Mountain Snow and Mistletoe was a yearly concert that Chris Shaw and Bridget Ball did to celebrate the holidays here in the Capital Region.…

Editor's Note: Mountain Snow and Mistletoe was a yearly concert that Chris Shaw and Bridget Ball did to celebrate the holidays here in the Capital Region.…

Editor's Note: Mountain Snow and Mistletoe was a yearly concert that Chris Shaw and Bridget Ball did to celebrate the holidays here in the Capital Region.…

Editor's Note: Mountain Snow and Mistletoe was a yearly concert that Chris Shaw and Bridget Ball did to celebrate the holidays here in the Capital Region.…

Editor's Note: Mountain Snow and Mistletoe was a yearly concert that Chris Shaw and Bridget Ball did to celebrate the holidays here in the Capital Region.…

Editor's Note: Mountain Snow and Mistletoe was a yearly concert that Chris Shaw and Bridget Ball did to celebrate the holidays here in the Capital Region.…

Editor's Note: Mountain Snow and Mistletoe was a yearly concert that Chris Shaw and Bridget Ball did to celebrate the holidays here in the Capital Region.…

Editor's note: Chris Shaw is normally out and about writing about his restaurant adventures in the "Chris's Short Take" articles. In light of the quarantine,…