Shane Cook

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Shane Cook
NationalityCanadian
OccupationMusician
Known forFiddle
HonoursCanadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion, Canadian Open Fiddle Champion, U.S. National Old Time Fiddle Champion
Websitehttps://www.shanecook.com

Shane Cook is a Canadian violinist.[1] He is a long-time member of the celtic fusion ensemble Bowfire,[2] and is a past Canadian Grand Master fiddler and U.S. National Fiddle Champion. His musical career has taken him to tour across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Germany, England, China and Taiwan.[3]

Life[]

Shane Cook was born in Dorchester, Ontario[4] as the oldest son of Ken and Shirley Cook. Shane Cook holds an Honours degree in music from the University of Western Ontario (now known as Western University) in London, Ontario.[5] He and his wife Jillian have one son, Charlie.[4]

Career[]

Shane Cook won the U.S. National Fiddle Championship in Weiser, Idaho in 1999 at the age of 17.[2][4] He won the Canadian Open at the Canadian National Fiddle Championship held in Shelburne, ON in 2001, 2003 and 2005.[6][7] as well as three Canadian Grand Masters championships in 2000, 2002 and 2003.[8][9]

As a founding member, Shane toured for over 15 years with "Bowfire," a high-energy violin ensemble that combined string masters of classical, Celtic, bluegrass, jazz and rock violin.[10] The group toured from June 2000 [11] to Fall 2015.[12] Step dancing was also a feature with this performance troupe.[13][2]

In 2008, Cook's album Where Here Meets There, with Nova Scotia fiddler and pianist Troy MacGillivray, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award [14] and won an East Coast Music Award (ECMAs) for Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year.[15]

In 2013, Mr. Cook joined the Alison Lupton Band, an Ontario folk group.[16]

In 2014, Mr. Cook released an album titled Head to Head with Ontario pianist, guitarist and Juno-winning member of the East Pointers, Jake Charron.[17][18] The album was nominated for Group of the Year at the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards.[19]

Since 2016, Shane Cook has performed in a four member group called "The Woodchippers," a group with various musicians and step dancers who grew up in Ontario’s traditional fiddle and step dance world.[4][20] Joining Shane Cook as The Woodchippers are:[21]

  • Joe Phillips (The Art of Time Ensemble) on double bass, guitar and vocals
  • Emily Flack (Leahy) on piano, vocals and dance
  • Kyle Waymouth (Five-time Canadian National Step Dance Champion) on guitar, tenor banjo, and dance.

In 2021, this group released an album, titled "Shane Cook and the Woodchippers: Be Here for a While."[22]

Since 2018, Shane Cook has played in the Claire Lynch Band, led by three-time Grammy nominee and International Bluegrass Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, Claire Lynch. [23]

Discography[]

[24][25]

  • Shane Cook – Cookin’ on the Fiddle (1994)
  • Shane Cook with Kyle Cook and James Bickle – Heritage Fiddles (1996)
  • Sundry (2001)
  • Shane Cook (Self-Titled - 2005)
  • Shane Cook and Troy McGillivray – When Here Meets There (2008)
  • Shane Cook and Jake Charron – Head to Head (2014)
  • Shane Cook and The Woodchippers - Be Here for a While (2021)

References[]

  1. ^ The Devil's Box. Tennessee Folklore Society. 1997. pp. 17–16.
  2. ^ a b c "Aiken welcomes Bowfire". Aiken Standard, via Newspaper Archives. January 11, 2008 - Page 22
  3. ^ Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Camp Instructors'event-wizard.com
  4. ^ a b c d "Fiddle champ brings world view home to London". Dec 15, 2016 by Sean Meyer, Our London
  5. ^ Bio for Shane Cook'
  6. ^ Valley Fiddle Camp Instructors 2008'
  7. ^ 'Shelburne Fiddle Champion Results
  8. ^ "Historic Saugeen Métis Rendezvous". Shoreline Beacon, August 11, 2016
  9. ^ "Canadian Grand Masters Past Top Three Champions", cgmfa-acgmv.ca
  10. ^ 'Bowfire is not a Typical Violin Concert, park record.com'
  11. ^ 'Article on Bowfire, the Ensemble'
  12. ^ 'Giging with Bowfire'
  13. ^ "Bowfire fiddles up a storm". Hays Daily News, via Newspaper Archives. March 17, 2011 - Page 3
  14. ^ "Late fiddler Oliver Schroer leads Canadian Folk Music nominations". CBC Arts News, October 8, 2008
  15. ^ 'East Coast Music Award Archive, 2009'
  16. ^ "Reaney's pick: The Allison Lupton Band". By James Stewart Reaney, The London Free Press, November 25, 2015
  17. ^ "Fiddler Shane Cook, friends, likenesses and Kyles launch CD". By James Stewart Reaney, The London Free Press, November 6, 2014
  18. ^ ["P.E.I.'s The East Pointers celebrate winning a Juno Award". The Guardian, April 2, 2017 |title= P.E.I.'s The East Pointers celebrate winning a Juno Award']
  19. ^ 'Canadian Folk Music Awards Results, 2015.'
  20. ^ Cook and the Woodchippers Facebook Artist Page'
  21. ^ 'Shane Cook and the Woodchippers-Band Members'
  22. ^ "Release of Be Here for a While"
  23. ^ 'Claire Lynch Band set for Park Performance, Sherwood Park News.'
  24. ^ Cook Discography, Odyssey.on.ca'
  25. ^ Cook Discography, shanecook.com'
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