Alma Cook

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Alma Cook
Birth nameAlma Lynn Cook
Born Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
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Years active2012–present
Website www.hearalma.com

Alma Lynn Cook is an American singer-songwriter and spoken word artist professionally known as Alma Cook. [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] [4]

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Biography

Cook grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, [5] and attended Columbia College in Chicago. [6] [7] [8] [9] After college, she began playing at various clubs and festivals across the United States, opening for acts including contemporary gospel musician Jonathan McReynolds [10] and Christian rapper George Moss. [11]

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. [12] [13] 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 [14] ) played organ on the song "Hotshot." [15] [16] [17]

As of 2021, Cook was a podcast host and co-director of cultural engagement for Braver Angels, an American nonprofit focused on political depolarization. [18] She was noted by Forbes as a conservative. [19]

In addition to her work as a musician, Cook owns an oil and gas compliance company, Cook Compliance Solutions, based in Williston, North Dakota. [20] [21] [19] 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. [22] [23]

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