Alma Lynn Cook is an American singer-songwriter and

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artist professionally known as Alma Cook. Her debut album ''Pass It On'' was released in 2012, and her single "For a Poet" and full-length project ''Tactics'' followed in 2014.

Biography

Cook grew up in

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, Wisconsin, and attended Columbia College in Chicago. After college, she began playing at various clubs and festivals across the United States, opening for acts including contemporary gospel musician

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and Christian rapper George Moss. 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. She later released the full-length album ''Tactics'', produced by bassist Chris Thigpen, whose father Cornell Thigpen (

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, and

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) played organ on the song "Hotshot." As of 2021, Cook was a podcast host and co-director of cultural engagement for

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Discography

* ''Pass It On'' (2012) * ''Us Three: A Live Acoustic Session'' (2013) * ''Tactics'' (2014) * ''For a Poet – Single'' (2014) * ''You & I – Single'' (2015) * ''The Travel Size EP'' (2016) * ''Hearsay – Single'' (2018) * ''Surefire – Single'' (2018) * ''Courtship'' (2019) * ''So Close – Single'' (2019) * ''Bobby - Single'' (2021)" * ''Long Division - Single'' (2021) * ''5000 Candles - Single'' (2022)

Appears on

* "Fast Car" ('' Daytrotter'', 2013) – Kwesi K * "What the DJ Spins" (''

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'', 2014) – Terrence Howard * "Get Your Life" (2015) –

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* "Providence" (2016), "Painkillers" (2016) – OBY * "White Lie" (2016), "Fountain" (2018), "Heavyweight" (2018) – Hamster * "Gone" (2017) – Da$Htone * "Someday" (2020) – Da$Htone

Recognition

* 2014: Media Communication Association-International (MCA-I) WAVE Award and Judge's Choice Award for "Chicago (Beacons)" lyric video * 2015: MCA-I WAVE Award for "Hypocrite" lyric video

References

External links

Official website

IMDb profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Alma 1991 births Living people Columbia College Chicago alumni Musicians from Madison, Wisconsin American women singer-songwriters American women pianists American sopranos American ukulele players 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American pianists Singer-songwriters from Wisconsin