Coles Whalen is a

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and

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singer-songwriter based in

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. 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

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series, and is the voice of the Living Spaces 2010 ad campaign seen in

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. 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

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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

, Colorado. She began her performance career with the

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and traveled with the group throughout the

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and to

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. She attended

Cherry Creek High School Cherry Creek High School (commonly Cherry Creek, Creek, or CCHS) is the oldest of seven high schools in the Cherry Creek School District in the Denver metropolitan area. It is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and is the largest high school ...

and graduated from the

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''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 threat A true threat is a threatening communication that can be prosecuted under the law. It is distinct from a threat that is made in jest, or a threatening remark that no reasonable person would perceive to be a genuine threat, intended to be acted upon ...

s doctrine. In 2023, the case's appeal reached the

, 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:

Appearances

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2016 Denver Pride Festival 2012 with

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HRC National Gala 2011
Phoenix Pride Festival 30th Anniversary 2010 with

Joan Jett Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress. Often referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music#J, Godmother of Punk", she is regarded as a Pop icon, rock icon and ...

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's Hitlab Showcase, Winner 2009

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Solar Music Festival 2008 with

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Discography

Stronger (Single) 2024 # Stronger - seen in Stalking the Stars, MAX 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 Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish–Scottish Rock music, rock band formed in 1994 in Dundee, Scotland, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, keyboards, backi ...

# 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 Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is the one of the two members who stayed during the band's existence ...

) # 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 2005Milvy, Erica (September 2005). "Songs for Sensational Kids Vol. 1: The Wiggly Scarecrow", ''

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References

External links

Coles Whalen Official Website

Coles Whalen on Facebook

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whalen, Coles Living people American women singer-songwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Singers from Philadelphia University of Southern California alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania Singers from Denver 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from Colorado Cherry Creek High School alumni