Alma Cook
American singer-songwriter
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Alma Lynn Cook, known professionally as Alma Cook, is an American singer-songwriter and spoken word artist.[1] Her debut album Pass It On was released in 2012, and her single "For a Poet" and full-length project Tactics followed in 2014.[2][3]
- Vocals
- ukulele
- piano
Alma Cook | |
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| Born | Alma Lynn Cook Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Website | www |
Early life
Cook grew up in Madison, Wisconsin,[4] and attended Columbia College in Chicago.[5][6][7][8] After college, she began playing at various clubs and festivals across the United States, opening for acts including contemporary gospel musician Jonathan McReynolds[9] and Christian rapper George Moss.[10]
Career
Cook released an EP titled Pass It On in September 2012, followed by the single "For a Poet," which charted at No. 2 on Rádio Nova Portugal in December 2014.[11][12] She later released the full-length album Tactics, produced by bassist Chris Thigpen, whose father Cornell Thigpen (Mary J. Blige, Chaka Kahn, Stevie Nicks, and Patti LaBelle[13]) played organ on the song "Hotshot."[14][15]
As of 2021, Cook was a podcast host and co-director of cultural engagement for Braver Angels, an American nonprofit focused on political depolarization.[16] She was noted by Forbes as a conservative.[17]
In addition to her work as a musician, Cook owns an oil and gas compliance company, Cook Compliance Solutions, based in Williston, North Dakota.[18][19][17] The business works with oilfield service providers looking to obtain the right safety certifications, insurance and other measures needed to contract under larger oil companies.[20][21]
Discography
- Pass It On (2012)[2]
- Us Three: A Live Acoustic Session (2013)
- Tactics (2014)
- For a Poet – Single (2014)[1]
- You & I – Single (2015)
- The Travel Size EP (2016)[22][23][24]
- Hearsay – Single (2018)[5]
- Surefire – Single (2018)[25]
- Courtship (2019)
- So Close – Single (2019)[26][27]
- Bobby - Single (2021)[28]"
- Long Division - Single (2021)[29]
- 5000 Candles - Single (2022)[30][21][31][16][19]
Appears on
- "Fast Car" (Daytrotter, 2013) – Kwesi K[32][33]
- "What the DJ Spins" (Empire, 2014) – Terrence Howard[34]
- "Get Your Life" (2015) – Caught A Ghost[35]
- "Providence" (2016), "Painkillers" (2016) – OBY
- "White Lie" (2016), "Fountain" (2018), "Heavyweight" (2018) – Hamster
- "Gone" (2017) – Da$Htone
- "Someday" (2020) – Da$Htone[36]