Coles Whalen
Coles Whalen is an Americana, pop and country singer-songwriter based in Denver.[1] She has toured extensively through the United States and Canada and has released five independent records. Whalen also composed and performed the soundtrack to Passport & Palette, a Public Television Series, and is the voice of the Living Spaces 2010 ad campaign seen in Super Bowl XLIV. In 2009, a writer for the St. Joseph News-Press described her music as "evolving from a stereotypical emotive folksy singer/songwriter into an artist who dabbles in crafting melodic pop mixed with touches of alt-country, rock and jazz."[2]
Appearances
South by Southwest 2016
Denver Pride Festival 2012 with En Vogue
HRC National Gala 2011 Phoenix Pride Festival 30th Anniversary 2010 with Joan Jett
Akon's Hitlab Showcase, Winner 2009
Taos Solar Music Festival 2008 with Paula Cole, John Butler Trio
Discography
Come Back, Come Back 2013
- Catch Hold
- Counting Down the Days
- Cruel Game
- There's Gotta Be
- More Than the Immediate
- Fairy Tale
- Go Back
- Tether
- Phone Lines
- On My Way to You
I Wrote This for You 2012[3]
- Cannonball
- Average 20 Something
- Beautiful Without Me
- Cactus
- Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
- So It Is
- These Small Things
- Wrecking Ball
- Wake Up Easy
- You'll Be There
- Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
- Paper Airplane
- Second to None
The Whistle Stop Road Record 2010
- Go Child
- Whistle Stop
- Butterflies
- Hole in My Heart
- Wrecking Ball
- So It Is
- Romeo and Juliet (by Mark Knopfler)
- Average 20 Something
- Call On Me
- Wake Up Easy
- Hurricane (Wicked Won Remix)
Nothing is Too Much 2008[4]
- Call on Me
- How Do You Do This to Me
- The Gettin' Side
- When You Were Here
- Honeyed Out
Gee Baby 2006
- Shine
- Manhattan
- Turn Away
- Ship That Sails The Sea
- Twice
- Weepin' Heart
- Pretty Kids
- Saint Tony
- The Hand That Gives the Rose
- Come Back for More
- Sevens
- Gee Baby
Coles Whalen: ep 2005
- Why I Cry
- Pick Up the Pieces
- Sevens
- Hollow Railroad
- Providence
- Old Man Reality
Songs for Sensational Kids Vol. 1: The Wiggly Scarecrow 2005[5]
Personal life
Coles Whalen was born is Philadelphia and moved to Denver at the age of one. She was accepted to the international touring ensemble of the Colorado Children's Chorale in 1990 and traveled with the group to China before she left in 1993. She attended Cherry Creek High School and graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in 2003.
References
- ↑ Holly Hatch, "Denver musician Coles Whalen defies genre", Out Front Colorado, February 15, 2012.
- ↑ Blake Hannan, "This is: Coles Whalen", St. Joseph News-Press, August 19, 2009 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- ↑ Colorado Music Buzz Article.
- ↑ Coffey, Kevin (18 December 2008). "On her way to a breakout: Coles Whalen returns to Omaha ahead of a couple of CD releases, including one with a major label", Omaha World-Herald, p. GO16
- ↑ Milvy, Erica (September 2005). "Songs for Sensational Kids Vol. 1: The Wiggly Scarecrow", Parenting 19 (8): 237