Hannah Cohen (born October 25, 1986) is an American singer and model. She has released three albums and toured internationally.

Family background

Hannah Cohen was born in San Francisco and comes from a family of musicians and booksellers. Her grandfather, Bertie Rodgers, was a poet. Her father is the Jazz drummer Myron Cohen. Hannah left home as a teenager, soon finding herself in New York and becoming something of a muse to the city's art scene, posing for

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, and

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. Hannah immersed herself in New York's music scene, working at the

Village Vanguard The Village Vanguard is a jazz club at Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon. Originally, the club presented folk music and beat poetry, but it became primarily a jazz ...

Music career

Child Bride

Hannah's debut record, ''Child Bride'', was produced by Thomas Bartlett, aka

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, known for his keyboard work with artists like The National and

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. Drawn from Hannah and Thomas's mutual friends, the core band is a small group of New York musicians, including

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, Brad Albetta, Doug Wieselman and Kenny Wollesen. Their sessions were recorded by engineer

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. ''Child Bride'' was released by

Bella Union Bella Union is a British independent record label founded in 1997 by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins. It is now run solely by Raymonde. History After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twi ...

on April 23, 2012.

Pleasure Boy

A second album, ''Pleasure Boy'' was released March 2015.

Welcome Home

A third album, ''Welcome Home'' was released April 2019.

References

External links

Bella Union: Hannah Cohen
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