Alma Cook

Cook grew up in Madison, Wisconsin,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiN6fHY0xC0|title=Alma speaks on the influence of art |website=YouTube|date=October 23, 2013}} and attended Columbia College in Chicago.{{cite web|last=Caparello|first=Catharine|title=From grief to activism|url=https://isthmus.com/music/laurie-lang-hearsay-multimedia-human-trafficking/|work=Isthmus|date=February 15, 2018|accessdate=2021-01-23}}{{cite web |url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/josieshow/2014/11/01/e262-jenna-mcdaniel-danielle-rancie-alma-angela-peabody |title=E262: Jenna McDaniel, Danielle Rancie, Alma, Angela Peabody |publisher=The Josie Show |date=October 31, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.podcastchart.com/podcasts/seated-at-the-writers-table-podcast/episodes/12-the-rhythm-of-words-songwriter-alma |title=#12 The Rhythm of Words – Songwriter / Alma |publisher=Seated at the Writer's Table |date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704172641/http://www.podcastchart.com/podcasts/seated-at-the-writers-table-podcast/episodes/12-the-rhythm-of-words-songwriter-alma |archive-date=July 4, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiachronicle.com/arts_and_culture/article_7217af06-8565-11e3-b916-001a4bcf6878.html |title=Change, one listener at a time |publisher=The Columbia Chronicle |date=January 27, 2014}} After college, she began playing at various clubs and festivals across the United States, opening for acts including contemporary gospel musician Jonathan McReynolds{{cite web|url=https://artistsphere.uticketit.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624073524/http://artistsphere.uticketit.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |title=Artistsphere: The Evolution to Neo-Gospel |publisher=UTicketIt |date=June 14, 2013 }} and Christian rapper George Moss.{{cite web|url=http://calendar.1055triplem.com/event/2014/05/23/worlds-largest-brat-fest-2 |title=Worlds Largest Brat Fest |publisher=1055 Triple M |date=May 23, 2014}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://blog.magisto.com/2014/07/14/featured-artist-homecoming-alma/ |title=Featured Artist: Check Out 'Homecoming' by Alma |publisher=Magisto |date=July 14, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/hearalma/posts/894517760558816 |title=Rádio Nova 98.9 FM |publisher=Facebook |date=December 1, 2014}} 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{{cite web|url=http://cornellthigpen.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Official website of Cornell Thigpen |accessdate=May 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517050807/http://cornellthigpen.com/ |archivedate=May 17, 2014 }}) played organ on the song "Hotshot."{{cite web|url=http://radioonechicago.com/interviews/ |title=Interviews |publisher=Radio One Chicago |date=October 16, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/home/music-reviews/1624-alma-tactics |title=Alma – Tactics |publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth |date=October 7, 2015}}

As of 2021, Cook was a podcast host and co-director of cultural engagement for Braver Angels, an American nonprofit focused on political depolarization.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMvqV_wfaAA|title=From Entertainer to Entrepreneur with Alma Cook |website=YouTube|date=March 5, 2022}} She was noted by Forbes as a conservative.{{cite web|last=Hendler|first=Micah|title=What Last Night's Inaugural Concert Portends For Musical Reconciliation Efforts In America|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/micahhendler/2021/01/21/what-last-nights-inaugural-concert-portends-for-musical-reconciliation-efforts-in-america/?sh=46e135e4a908|work=Forbes|date=January 21, 2021|accessdate=2021-01-23}}

In addition to her work as a musician, Cook owns an oil and gas compliance company, Cook Compliance Solutions, based in Williston, North Dakota.{{cite web|last=Sisk|first=Amy|title=Advocates say state's new oilfield safety training redundant|url=https://apnews.com/article/34ad5a7c2f847171e933103c84e927b1|work=Associated Press|date=February 25, 2020|accessdate=2021-01-23}}{{cite web|last=Jean|first=Renée|title=Williston-inspired song '5,000 Candles' is lighting up in the Bakken and beyond|url=https://www.willistonherald.com/news/oil_and_energy/williston-inspired-song-5-000-candles-is-lighting-up-in-the-bakken-and-beyond/article_74ce2050-ac8e-11ec-a8a1-3b6d2d23d6b6.html|work=The Williston Herald|date=March 25, 2022|accessdate=2023-03-27}} 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.{{cite web|last=Sisk|first=Amy|title=A year of disruption: Bakken businesses ride out a bad 12 months|url=https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/a-year-of-disruption-bakken-businesses-ride-out-a-bad-12-months/article_232ce272-9e96-51f9-80e3-f270bbc5d55a.html|work=Bismarck Tribune|date=March 8, 2021|accessdate=2021-03-31}}{{cite web|last=Sisk|first=Amy|title=Williston business owner mixes passion for oil industry, music in new video|url=https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/williston-business-owner-mixes-passion-for-oil-industry-music-in-new-video/article_93b98464-afa4-11ec-a157-2f14f483f1e2.html|work=Bismarck Tribune|date=April 21, 2022|accessdate=2023-03-27}}

• 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){{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE! 'Medicine Man' by Alma|url=http://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/news/exclusive-medicine-man-by-alma/28894|website=Songwriting Magazine|date=December 14, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://groundsounds.com/2015/10/22/premiere-alma-shines-bright-oh-k/ |title=Alma shines bright oh "Oh, K"|publisher=Groundsounds |date=October 22, 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Haslam|first1=Rebecca|title=Exclusive: Singer-Songwriter Alma Chats Ambitions, LA & 'Oh, K'|url=http://popwrapped.com/news/117192/singer-songwriter-alma-chats-ambitions-la-oh-k/|website=PopWrapped|date=November 30, 2015|access-date=December 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222093808/http://popwrapped.com/news/117192/singer-songwriter-alma-chats-ambitions-la-oh-k/|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}
• Hearsay – Single (2018)
• Surefire – Single (2018){{cite web|url=https://www.bongminesentertainment.com/alma-cook-surefire/ |title=Alma Cook releases a delicious pop tune |publisher=Bong |date=December 23, 2019}}
• Courtship (2019)
• So Close – Single (2019){{cite web|url=http://pickymagazine.de/alma-cook-laesst-hip-hop-herzen-hoeher-schlagen/ |title=Alma Cook lässt Hip Hop Herzen höher schlagen |publisher=Pickymagazine |date=January 11, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://centralsauce.com/alma-cook-so-close |title=Why We Like It: Alma Cook's 'So Close' |publisher=Central Sauce |date=December 31, 2019}}
• Bobby - Single (2021){{cite web|last=|first=|title=Introducing: Alma Cook – Bobby

|url=https://lefuturewave.com/2021/10/10/introducing-alma-cook-bobby/|work=Lefuturewave|date=October 10, 2021|accessdate=2023-03-27}}"

• Long Division - Single (2021){{cite web|last=|first=|title=Alma Cook releases a lovely contemporary pop tune, entitled, 'Long Division'|url=https://www.bongminesentertainment.com/alma-cook-long-division/|work=Bong Mines Entertainment|date=December 20, 2021|accessdate=2023-03-27}}
• 5000 Candles - Single (2022){{cite web|last=|first=|title=Alma Cook Announces Her New Oilfield-Themed Song and Music Video, '5000 Candles'|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alma-cook-announces-her-oilfield-133700949.html|work=Yahoo! Finance|date=March 23, 2022|accessdate=2023-03-27}}{{cite web|last=Spiess|first=Jason|title=Alma Cook Releases Music Video, Finishing Album With Oil And Gas Themes|url=https://www.thecrudelife.com/2022/04/16/alma-cook-releases-music-video-finishing-album-with-oil-and-gas-themes/|work=The Crude Life|date=April 16, 2022|accessdate=2023-03-27}}

• "Fast Car" (Daytrotter, 2013) – Kwesi K{{cite web |url=http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/12/05/listen-to-kwesi-ks-daytrotter-session-playing-melodies-cafe-ardmore-on-1220/ |title=Listen to Kwesi K's Daytrotter session (playing Melodies Cafe, Ardmore on 12/20) |publisher=WXPN 88.5 |date=December 5, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/kwesi-k/20057491-37385117 |title=Kwesi K |publisher=Daytrotter |date=December 4, 2013}}
• "What the DJ Spins" (Empire, 2014) – Terrence Howard{{cite web |url=http://alistarrecords.com/track/731526/what-the-dj-spins-from-empire?feature_id=157084&trackship_id=833644 |title=What The DJ Spins (from Empire) |publisher=Alistar Records |accessdate=July 2, 2015}}
• "Get Your Life" (2015) – Caught A Ghost{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7185638/?ref_=nv_sr_2 |title=Alma Cook |publisher=IMDb |access-date=June 26, 2018}}
• "Providence" (2016), "Painkillers" (2016) – OBY
• "White Lie" (2016), "Fountain" (2018), "Heavyweight" (2018) – Hamster
• "Gone" (2017) – Da$Htone
• "Someday" (2020) – Da$Htone{{cite web|last=Hafey|first=Lisa|title=Da$Htone – 'Someday' (feat. Alma Cook and Ethan Butler)|url=https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2020/06/dahtone-someday-feat-alma-cook-and-ethan-butler/|work=Essentially Pop|date=June 19, 2020|accessdate=2021-01-23}}

• 2014: Media Communication Association-International (MCA-I) WAVE Award and Judge's Choice Award for "Chicago (Beacons)" lyric video{{cite web |url=http://www.mediainstitute.edu/media-schools-blog/2014/11/wave-awards/ |title=Madison Media Institute Alumni Winning WAVE Awards |publisher=Madison Media Institute |date=November 21, 2014 |access-date=July 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704060225/http://www.mediainstitute.edu/media-schools-blog/2014/11/wave-awards/ |archive-date=July 4, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mediainstitute.edu/media-schools-blog/2014/11/wave-awards/ |title=2014 WAVE Awards List |publisher=Media Communication Association-International |accessdate=July 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704060225/http://www.mediainstitute.edu/media-schools-blog/2014/11/wave-awards/ |archive-date=July 4, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
• 2015: MCA-I WAVE Award for "Hypocrite" lyric video{{cite web |url=http://mcaimadison.org/events/wave-awards-2/ |title=2015 WAVE Awards List |publisher=Media Communication Association-International |accessdate=December 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222094208/http://mcaimadison.org/events/wave-awards-2/ |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

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