Coles Whalen

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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 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."^[2]

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.