Yael Kraus (Hebrew: יעל קראוס; born November 21, 1977) is an Israeli singer-songwriter based in New York City.

[1] Kraus studied traditional Bulgarian singing and classical modern music with avant-garde virtuoso Fred Frith.

[2] She's a frequent collaborator with Roy Yarkoni and six other musicians under the art rock act Panic Ensemble[3] performing for the Israel Festival and several European live shows.

In 2008, she teamed with Noa Goldanski and Michael Frost to record and release Bussa (בוּסה) on NMC Music, an album of bossa nova covers for popular Israeli songs.

It was produced by Daniel Koren, New York City based composer and pianist, co-composed mainly with Ben Hendler and was mixed by Tamir Muskat of the Balkan Beat Box.