Chris Beland Music

In a time of instant-fixes and short attention spans, Beland stands out as an offering for the audience to tap into something more. His music falls into the Folk genre in the truest sense: he is a human sharing stories of his experiences through a musical outlet. The depth and genuine self glimpsed through Beland’s lyrics nod toward the 1960’s era rather than more contemporary artists. There is a simple, understated binding element of humanity that permeates through his work and makes the audience nostalgic for a time without cell phones and Facebook. Fittingly, Beland describes his own work as “honest music.”
His biggest influences are Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, though his first and perhaps most profound musical inspiration was the first time he heard Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” on vinyl at his grandfather’s house at age five. It was around this time that Beland started to play music himself, and so began his life-long journey of self-discovery and adaptation as an artist.