Alma Cook
Alma Lynn Cook is an American singer-songwriter and spoken word 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 Madison, 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 Jonathan McReynolds 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 (Mary J. Blige, Chaka Kahn, Stevie Nicks, and Patti LaBelle) played organ on the song "Hotshot." An album review by "The Phantom Tollbooth" magazine said of Cook's performance on "Tactics", "Alma has the vocal innocence of Amber Rubarth combined with vocal qualities rivaling Denise Donatelli." As of 2021, Cook was a podcast host and co-director of cultural engagement for Braver Angels, an American nonprofit focused on political  depolarization. She was noted by "Forbes" as a conservative. In addition to her work as a musician, Cook owns an oil and gas compliance company, Cook Compliance Solutions, based in Williston, North Dakota. 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.