​Chris Ahlman (from the album Santa Barbara Songs

​Chris Ahlman (from the album Santa Barbara Songs

​Chris Ahlman (from the album Santa Barbara Songs available as a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)
 
Beginning on piano, then saxophone, singer/songwriter Chris Ahlman switched to guitar in his teens, jumping fully into a music career in 2007. For nearly 20 years, he has logged in 100+ plus shows a year on the West Coast. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chris uses the Golden State promise of a musical export that holds elements of Folk Rock, Cosmic Country, and a diversity of other styles forged into a brand. His recent release, Santa Barbara Songs, continues the form of his previous releases when Chris Ahlnan opens the album on the sturdy backbeat and easy ocean breeze sway of “The Perfect Fit”, bordering the album opener when he exits Santa Barbara Songs with a song of longing that tentatively vows “I’ll Be Okay”.
 
Taking pride for his lifestyle, Chris Ahlman strides into “Six String Freedom” with assured guitar strums and follows the tangle of notes that enter the weekend rush with “Slide into Eternity”. Santa Barbara Songs feels the rush of air through an open car window as Chris Ahlman offers a song from the heart with “Oh My Friend”, floating on a dreamscape melody that wraps around “Broken One Down”, and lets the chords define the rhythm for “It’s True with You”. (by Danny McCloskey)
 
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