Cole Redding keeps his guard up in the “Smile and Say Hello” video

Cole Redding is a singer / songwriter from Philadelphia area who performed in 2015 at the XPoNential Music festival; James Adams is a photographer and videographer studying at Temple University. The two teamed up on the music video for Cole’s latest single “Smile and Say Hello.” It’s shot all over Philadelphia in black and white and was co written with Cole and Obie O’Brien; watching the video, you may relate — many of us put on the box and walk into the world, keeping our guard up and trying to do our best.

Cole and James joined me on XPN Local this week to talk about the song and video for “Smile and Say Hello”; listen to the interview below and grab a download if the single at iTunes.

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Cole Redding | photo by Helen Leicht and James Adams for XPN