Cigarette Mom Rock
Strong FitLilith Fair Alum

Paula Cole

She wrote the Dawson's Creek theme song and was nominated for seven Grammys, which is a wild range. "I Don't Want to Wait" soundtracked a million teen melodramas, and "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" was slyly subversive.

What Genre Is Paula Cole?

Paula Cole is a strong fit artist of Cigarette Mom Rock — the gritty, emotional, female-led alternative rock of the 1990s and 2000s, and the feminine counterpart to Divorced Dad Rock. Paula Cole also performed at Lilith Fair, the all-female festival at the heart of the genre. Explore the full definition or the wider 90s female rock scene.

Key Albums

  • This Fire
  • Harbinger
  • Courage

Listen

I Don't Want to Wait(This Fire, 1996)

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