Biography

Alma Zohar g (born June 6, 1977) is a critically acclaimed Israel

Israel

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i musician

Musician

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 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

Reggae

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 band which recorded in English

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, 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

Musical career

Her debut album, "Speak" ("Dabri"), released in July 2008 combined various musical genres, including world music

World music

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, jazz

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, reggae, folk

Folk music

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 and rock

Rock music

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, 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

Galgalatz

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 as the new artist of the year and the Singer of the Year in the Galgalatz Annual Parade.

Zohar's second album, "Thirty-Three" is scheduled to be released this summer and the single, "I Was Excited for You" was released in March 2010. The album will draw upon her recent experiences in Uganda

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 and Oman

Oman

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and was recorded at Afrokaliptus Studio^