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Colleen Power exploded onto the international music scene in 1996 with her rousing rendition of Ron and Connie Hynes’ “Mary Got A Baby”, which appeared on “11:11 – Newfoundland Women Sing Songs of Ron and Connie Hynes”. The track appeared once again on 1998’s “My Sister Sings”, placing Colleen in the company of well-known artists such as Sarah McLaughlan and Mary Jane Lamond.
Colleen has since released three independently produced CDs. Her award-winning debut, “Lucky You Are” in 2000 gained her a reputation as one of Canada’s finest songwriters. It was Reverb magazine’s number one album to buy for 2000. Three songs were featured in CTV’s “The Associates” and several tracks received extensive airplay on national and international radio stations. Following its release, in 2001, Colleen won Music NL Female and Alternative artist of the year and received three East Coast Music Award nominations.
“Face and Eyes”, Colleen’s sophomore release won the Music NL 2004 Alternative Artist of the year and was named in the Halifax Chronicle Herald as one of Stephen Cooke’s Top Ten albums of 2005. “Na Na Song”, the first single, went to number one on the nationally syndicated East Coast Countdown. It also received three ECMA nominations and airplay on many radio stations worldwide. In 2005, Colleen appeared on CBC TV’s ECMA Songwriter Circle.
In July 2006, Colleen released “Terre-Neuvienne”, her first full length French CD. She was chosen to take part in SACEF’s Serie Découvertes and she performed two shows live at the prestigious Place des Arts in Montreal in January 2007. Aucune Idée spent 10 weeks at number 4 and 5 weeks in the number 5 position in Radio-Canada Manitoba’s Top 20 countdown. Colleen performed on Radio-Canada TV’s Brio taped live in Moncton. Songs from “Terre-Neuvienne” continue to be played regularly on French radio stations from Halifax to France and the CD receives rave reviews throughout Francophonie.
Colleen's fourth CD, Rejects was here on June 13 2008. This is her third English release; a collection of weird and/or humorous songs. A new French CD will follow in Winter 2008
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Hi Colleen! I can't believe it's been almost 4 1/2 years since I last saw you play (late-night ECMA '05 showcase in Sydney - still have great memories of that one!). Hope things are going well with your new recording projects! Just wanted to let you know that "Leaving Song" has made my list of Top Ten Atlantic Canadian Favourites from the past decade - it's published in my local newspaper, The Reporter, and also on my MySpace blog: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&bID=499141088 And three more Power originals almost made the cut, as well! Thanks for all the great music, Colleen - take care and keep smilin'!
The office has been quiet without Ernst around...and you. :) The boss is back though. It was great to finally meet her.
The show is going well. I am even discovering new artists that I like. One of Gary's listeneners called into the show last night. Was hilarious. Will tell you about it in person when I see you next.
Final exam today....but I am sure this one will go fairly well. How did your exams go....or are you still doing them?
Hey Colleen, hope to see you after the holidays, I'll have a lot more free time now so drop me a line if you're ever free & still interested in the song :)
