Bio

Chrissy Coughlin

Chrissy's seasoned voice coupled with her warm personality are an unstoppable combination. She calls to mind Sheryl Crow and Natalie Merchant with tinges of Rickie Lee Jones and Lucinda Williams.

2010 has brought some changes to this songwriter's life with her relocation to the Boston area. She now splits her time between Boston and NYC and has been laying low while she writes. "It has been nice to take it down a notch and spend some time writing and reflecting", says Chrissy. She is also spending lots of time with her niece, Grace, and singing to her as much as humanly possible.

Chrissy was raised in numerous places including Detroit, Kansas City, and Washington DC and is no stranger to moving around and making things work for her. Her ease with meeting people from all different walks of life through her travels throughout the country and the world has afforded her the ability to translate those experiences into intensely thoughtful songs.

She didn't start off a singer-songwriter. In fact, it was only after a post college career in the environmental field, when she allowed herself the time to sit down and to develop her craft. Music has always been in her blood as an accomplished flutist and singer but songwriting was new. "I remember writing my first song, 'Holding Out' when I was in grad school", Chrissy adds. " I was so excited...much more than my studies and I knew then that this was going to be my way to tell my story."

Then, while living in DC, working an intense job, playing out at night, and performing songs from her debut CD, You Never Know, Chrissy realized it was time to dedicate more of her time to her music.

Chrissy quit her job, packed her bags and moved to the cozy woods of New Hampshire. Living in a beautiful and tranquil environment she enlisted the help from some of Boston's best musicians to record and create Look Ahead. And it has paid off.

Look Ahead is full of songs deeply rich in wisdom, perception, longing, and sophistication. The songs evoke strong emotions in the listener as Chrissy beautifully describes feelings that make you grin one minute and cry the next. Her song, "Back to You", a classic rock song, pleading to return to her lover as well as her hauntingly angelic ballad, Wait for You, that delicately balances patience and interpersonal strength, are two perfect examples.

With the release of Look Ahead, Chrissy entered a new level in the music world and continues to dig deeper and deeper to levels she never knew existed.

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