Alma Zohar

Alma Zohar (Hebrew: עלמה זהר‎) (born June 6, 1977) is a critically acclaimed Israeli musician and singer. Zohar began pursuing music as a career somewhat later than most of her peers. It was only at age 25 after divorcing her husband that Zohar decided to seriously pursue her childhood dreams and become a singer. She initially worked with a reggae band which recorded in English, but abandoned the project. She experienced success soon afterwards with the release of two songs, "With Your Back" ("Im Hagav") and "Ego Trip". Both songs, which Zohar wrote herself, became hits in Israel in the Spring and Summer of 2008.

Alma Zohar is the daughter of painter Israel Zohar and half-sister of electronic musician Matan Zohar (a.k.a. Mat Zo).

Musical career

Her debut album, "Speak" ("Dabri"), released in July 2008 combined various musical genres, including world music, jazz, reggae, folk and rock, was both critically acclaimed and very successful. It has achieved gold status in Israel. The album, which was produced by Assaf Ayalon, spawned a number of hits, most notably "Indian Love Song (Miguel)" ("Shir Ahava Indiani") and "Know" ("Da"). In the aftermath of the album's success, Zohar won several awards including Song of the Year for "Indian Love Song" and was honored by Reshet Gimel and Galgalatz as the new artist of the year and the Singer of the Year in the Galgalatz Annual Parade.