Riff Cohen (Hebrew: ריף כהן; born on March 23, 1984) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, and musician who performs songs in Hebrew, French and Arabic.[1]
In 2012 she released her single "A Paris", whose video on YouTube has received over 4 million visits. The single is part of an album of the same name, which Cohen herself produced and launched later, and includes 14 tracks, four of which are in Hebrew, one in Nubian and the rest in French.[4]
In 2014, she collaborated with the psychedelic rock band Moodoïd for its album Le Monde Möö. In 2016, she collaborated with The Borochov Brothers for the Jerusalem Piyyut Festival.[7]
Music style and influences
Cohen defines her music as a mix of Middle Eastern Urban Rock, North-African folk and Raï,[8] considered representative of the Tzarfokai culture, a slang term in Hebrew used to refer to the FrancophoneJews from the Maghreb. Her music has been influenced by amazigh music, gnaoua and raï, especially the Algerian singer Cheikha Rabia.[2] Her songs are in Hebrew, French, or Arabic, with her mother Patricia writing the lyrics in French.[9]
