{{Short description|Israeli musical artist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2014}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Shlomi Bracha | image = יובלבנאישלומיברכה2.jpg | caption = Shlomi Bracha (left) and [[Yuval Banai]] | native_name = שלומי ברכה | image_size = 200px | background = solo_singer | native_name_lang = he | birth_name = Shlomo Bracha | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|03|21}} | birth_place = [[Tel-Aviv]], Israel | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Pop rock]] *[[New wave music|new wave]] *[[ska]] *[[alternative rock]] *[[hard rock]] }} | origin = [[Israel]] | associated_acts = [[Mashina]] | label = [[Hed Arzi Music|Hed Arzi]] | years_active = 1985–present }}
'''Shlomi Bracha''' ({{langx|he|שלומי ברכה}}; born March 21, 1962) is an Israeli musician and record producer, best known for being the guitarist and one of the songwriters in the Israeli [[pop rock]] band [[Mashina]].
==Biography== Bracha was born on March 21, 1962, in [[Kiryat Shalom]], [[Tel Aviv]], Israel. He met [[Yuval Banay|Yuval Banai]] in 1980 while they were serving together in the [[Israel Defense Forces]], and they formed a band. They split up after their army service, and Bracha formed the group ''HaChazit Ha'amamit'' ("The National Front") with bassist Michael Benson. In 1984 Bracha teamed up again with Banai and with the drummer [[Iggy Dayan]] to form the band [[Mashina]]. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1985. Later [[Avner Hodorov]] joined the band on keyboard and saxophone.
In May 1995 the group disbanded after a series of four farewell shows. Bracha began co-writing with [[Rami Fortis]], and they released an album a few years later. He released a solo album, ''Chaplin Charlie'', in 2003, the same year that Mashina got back together and resumed recording and performing.
Aside from his musical career, Shlomi Bracha served as a coach and mentor (alongside his teammate, Yuval Banai) on the television show [[The Voice Israel]] in the [[The Voice Israel (season 2)|second season]].
==Discography== * "''Ratz Al Ha'Ketza''" (Running on the Edge) with [[Rami Fortis]] (1998) * "''Chaplin Charlie''" (2003) * For Mashina's complete discography see [[Mashina#Discography|Mashina]]
==External links== * {{Mooma artist|id=5002}} * [http://www.shiron.net/homepage.aspx?id=962&name=שלומי(ברכה&type=4&tab=0 Lyrics to Shlomi Bracha's songs]
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