Hi! I’m Colin Hallahan, a funk/pop singer-songwriter and Nashville’s hardest-working flute player! From the small town of Old Lyme, Connecticut (Lyme disease’s namesake), I originally set my sights on becoming a rocket scientist. But music stole my heart while studying Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University, and I ditched the stars for the stage.
After a stint at a recording studio assisting some incredible artists (William Shatner, Gov’t Mule), my passion for supporting children with developmental disorders led me to Berklee College of Music. I earned degrees in Music Therapy and Songwriting in May 2025, and I’m currently volunteering and working with children daily.
Since moving to Nashville in September 2025, I’ve brought my signature positivity and energy to the city’s stages, while writing and releasing my own original music, which blends retro nostalgia and romantic themes with a vintage and cosmic aesthetic. My mission is clear: to build a community crafting personal music that speaks to universal truths in unexpected ways!
Saying things you know to be true in a way that you haven’t heard before is his specialty, and bringing that experience to the world is his plan. But who is he? Colin Hallahan is a creative mind and is an artist in every sense of the word. Beyond his eccentric and positive personality, Colin is inspired to make music that is introspective, passionate, humorous, and most importantly is the purest representation of his being.
He may have started out as a flute player in the small town of Old Lyme, Connecticut (the namesake of the infamous Lyme Disease carried by ticks worldwide), but Colin soon found himself studying Aeronautical/Astronautic Engineering, aka Rocket Science, at Purdue University. After deciding that wasn’t for him, he interned at renowned recording studio Sonalyst’s Powerstation New England, assisting a number of
notable artists including legendary jam band Gov’t Mule on their Grammy Nominated record Heavy Load Blues. Now studying Songwriting and Music Therapy at Berklee College of Music, Colin is pursuing his career in music as a solo artist, playing frequent shows, and regularly releasing music.
The Colin Hallahan guarantee is this: wherever he can help you find a smile, he will. Maybe it’s a laugh when hearing an unlikely situation he’s dreamed up into lyrics, or a sad smile when a song brings back memories of times past. It could be a smirk from a shamelessly self-deprecating line, or even just hearing that first chord of a song you love. Colin uses his songs to allow others the same experience of self-expression, by telling stories that are universally and intensely human.
Grammy Nominated record Heavy Load Blues. Now studying Songwriting and Music Therapy at Berklee College of Music, Colin is pursuing his career in music as a solo artist, playing frequent shows, and regularly releasing music.
The Colin Hallahan guarantee is this: wherever he can help you find a smile, he will. Maybe it’s a laugh when hearing an unlikely situation he’s dreamed up into lyrics, or a sad smile when a song brings back memories of times past. It could be a smirk from a shamelessly self-deprecating line, or even just hearing that first chord of a song you love. Colin uses his songs to allow others the same experience of self-expression, by telling stories that are universally and intensely human.