Hookah Music Vibes

Israeli born "Michal Cohen, a female vocalist who has a hauntingly angelic voice..." (Andrew Griffin, The Town Talk). Her range extends from ancient Yemenite songs through to contemporary.

Her performing experience includes Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Jazz Standard, Jewish History Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Symphony Space, Scullers, and Joe’s Pub.

She has toured widely, including the Avivir Festival, Festival Del Desierto, San Luis Potosi in Mexico, Ottawa Folk Festival in Canada, Tamaulipas World Music Festival in Mexico, as well as the Far East.

Michal has been collaborating with Meredith Monk, Uri Caine, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Jazzhole, Avi Elbaz, Guillermo Nojechowicz, and Frank London.

Her vocals have appeared on a few movies: "Sharon", "souvenirs", "Pathos", "Historias Minimas", and "Divan".

She was featured in a program of original electronic music in the German capital - Berlin, on NPR, WMRD-AM, Forward, WHRV, WUST-AM, PBS, and the 'Voice of Music'.

Besides English, Yemenite, and Hebrew, Michal has sung in Bulgarian, Spanish, French, Turkish, Yiddish and Portuguese. She is the recipient of a "Finalist" from the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, as well as The Vocal-Jazz Cleo Laine Award.