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Coles Whalen is an Americana, pop and country singer-songwriter based in Denver. She has toured extensively through the United States and Canada and has released six 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."
In January 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to review a particular case regarding the extent of First Amendment protection for threatening communications. Whalen was the recipient of the communications in the case.




Personal background


Coles Whalen is based in Denver, Colorado. She began her performance career with the Colorado Children's Chorale and traveled with the group throughout the United States and to China. She attended Cherry Creek High School and graduated from the University of Southern California.




Counterman v. Colorado



From 2014 to 2016, Whalen received thousands of messages sent by Billy Raymond Counterman to her Facebook account. Counterman was convicted of stalking via the true threats doctrine. In 2023, the case's appeal reached the Supreme Court of the United States, which wanted to decide whether or not the state needed to prove a specific intent to put the target in fear when prosecuting a true threat. In Counterman v. Colorado, the Supreme Court held that the State must do so, overturning Counterman's conviction and restarting the trial process.

Following the Supreme Court's decision to review the case, Whalen released a statement: The thousands of unstable messages sent to me were life threatening and life altering. I was terrified that I was being followed and could be hurt at any moment; I had no choice but to step back from my dream, a music career that I had worked very hard to build. As the Supreme Court weighs this issue, I hope it will consider how dangerous stalking is for victims and their families all over this country. … I am grateful that when I reported these alarming messages, they were taken seriously …. If you are afraid – please – trust yourself and reach out for help.




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



Let's Be Lovers 2021

We're Gonna Make it Right
Let's Be Lovers
I'll Make a Change
Right Back to You
Getaway Car
Stop Drop and Roll
Love Me Loving You
Till the Next Life
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

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

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




References






External links


Coles Whalen Official Website
Coles Whalen on Facebook
Coles Whalen at AllMusic
Ourstage Article

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