About Colleen Rae
Listeners have been falling in love with Colleen Rae’s music for many decades. Rae has three studio albums!
Rae latest single Where Did I Go has found a home in a Brimstone Pictures film ‘Spin The Wheel (2023)
Award winning Producer Louis Sedmak & Ms Rae have consistently delivered solid singles to the airwaves, fourteen to be exact! ‘Holding On To Life’ is Rae’s latest CD, an extraordinary collection of seven uplifting, emotional, and empowering songs.
Colleen Rae began showcasing her songwriting power when she penned 90% of the pull-on-your-heartstrings material for her Sophomore CD Look At Her Go. Colleen describes a song about adoption with 'Do I Have Your Eyes' as her fingers flowing effortlessly across the keys. Colleen Rae was thrilled to be Awarded in 2016 by the Edmonton Music Awards, "Artist To Watch" for her Sophomore CD.
Accolades include singing at the Calgary Stampede, The Big Valley Jamboree, The Edmonton Winspear, and performing on an Alaska Cruise!
“I ran into country music’s hottest couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill during their Soul2Soul tour in Oregon and I wasted no time; I pitched my original song ‘Do I Have Your Eyes’ to Faith because she is adopted and I could always picture Faith singing it. I made a promise to myself that if Faith didn’t record it in 5 years, I would!”
"Quickest Heart In Town" is one of Colleen Rae's most successful radio releases from her sophomore CD. This song, which captures the story of one guarded heart, was co-written with Nashville's William (Jimmy) Wallace.
Colleen Rae was excited to co-write with renowned songwriters, Byron Hill and Wood Newton. "Drunk On Your Kiss" was written with two of Colleen favourite Canadian songwriters, Louis Sedmak and Duane Steele.
Rae's debut CD What You Need Is Me yielded seven nationally and internationally charted singles. The following year, Rae was honoured to receive nominations by the Western Canadian Music Awards, Toronto Independent Music Awards and Canadian Country Music Awards. These accomplishments are very unusual for an independent artist, especially for a first album!
Four of Colleen’s Singles went #1 on CFCW's Top Canadian Singles, including "Family" which crossed over from the country stations to the gospel stations in Ohio and Texas and locally on Shine FM.
“My goal was to record songs with strong meaningful messages, including lively uptempo pieces for my fans to dance to but modern country enough that radio would embrace it.”
Colleen Rae is a natural on stage. Rae has performed at several clubs, festivals, and casinos for nearly two decades now with her solid band CORNERSTONE. Their uniqueness, versatility and harmonies have captured audiences throughout Western Canada. Career highlights include Canadian icon Dan Aykroyd taking the time to join Colleen Rae and CORNERSTONE on stage while he was in Colleen Rae's hometown. (See the video https://www.youtube.com/user/colleenraemusic)
“ It is thrilling for me to know how many people I’ve met and how many places I’ve been able to travel to because of my music.”
Colleen Rae is a member of SOCAN, Alberta Music, CMAB, CCMA, SAC, and many other music organizations. She is very proud to be an independent recording artist.
Colleen Rae’s passion for music and her determination and drive is stronger than ever. What keeps Rae rolling? Perhaps it is her motto... “Why Not”!