Tally Koren

Influenced by the sounds of both her Middle Eastern roots and contemporary Western pop music, husky-voiced singer/songwriter Tally Koren has been described as Israel's answer to Dido. Spotted by a talent scout at the age of 15, Koren was a regular fixture on the catwalks of New York before she discovered her singing talents while serving in the Israeli army. After turning down a longterm record deal in the U.S., she moved to London, where she worked on material with producers Dave Dix (Alison Moyet) and Thrashing Doves' Bill and Ken Foreman. In 1995, one of her tracks, "Like B...